About this Presentation
The quality of the solution to break the cloud depends on the quality of assumptions that should be surfaced under the logical connections in the cloud in the search of the one(s) that can be challenged and negated. This in effect makes the cloud 'raw material' for finding assumptions, which in their turn become 'raw material' for finding a solution. In the webinar we will look at typical mistakes in surfacing assumptions and will work with examples to see how to develop good quality assumptions and how to improve the ones that have already been suggested but do not qualify as 'good quality'.
What Will You Learn
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The session reveals why many TOC Conflict Clouds fail to yield good solutions — because assumptions are hidden or incorrectly surfaced, impairing sound logic rather than exposing it.
It shows how five common mistake patterns (e.g., reverse repetition, “it’s the only way,” irrelevant assumptions) distort logic and prevent teams from honestly testing what they believe about cause-and-effect.
The presentation illustrates how making assumptions explicit under each arrow (not just causes or effects) clarifies the real reasoning behind a Cloud’s logic, enabling better challenge and refinement.
It emphasizes that correctly surfacing assumptions transforms Clouds from vague statements into robust diagnostic tools, enabling teams to generate injections that truly resolve conflicts rather than obscure them.
Instructor(s)
Jelena Fedurko-Cohen
Jelena Fedurko-Cohen is one of the world’s leading experts in the TOC Thinking Processes with over 25 years of experience working with companies and individuals all over the world. Her further development of the TOC logical tools and creating the Simplified Thinking Processes, as well as her five major books on TP have provided TOC practitioners and numerous companies in many countries with improved tools for developing and checking solutions. Together with Oded Cohen, she is a Co-founder of the TOC consulting company tocExpert and a Co-founder and Co-president of TOC Practitioners Alliance – TOCPA.