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:*'''Tried and failed''': What have you tried to fix the problem?
:*'''Tried and failed''': What have you tried to fix the problem?
::*Why didn’t it work?
::*Why didn’t it work?
:*Identify the blocker: What (or who) is stopping you
:*'''Identify the blocker''': What (or who) is stopping you
:*'''If you had a magic wand, how would you fix the problem? What (or who) stops that happening?
:*If you had a magic wand, how would you fix the problem? What (or who) stops that happening?
*'''Containment''': stopping the bleeding
:*'''Containment''': stopping the bleeding
:*Could the problem get worse?
:*Could the problem get worse?
:*If so what can you do to contain it while you solve it?
:*If so what can you do to contain it while you solve it?
:*'''Conflicting mandates''': Where that “what” or “who” is a person or process with a mandate: What is that mandate? How is that person or process trying to achieve it? Is it inherently contradictory?
:*'''Conflicting mandates''': Where that “what” or “who” is a person or process with a mandate: What is that mandate? How is that person or process trying to achieve it? Is it inherently contradictory?
*'''Negotiations''':
:*How much flexibility is there in the conflicting mandate? What sort of things could be changed to help you without disrupting that mandate?
:*Psychological approaches: what problems does the mandate holder have? If it isn't working for you, likely it isn't working out for him/her either.