Every issue starts as a headline, and most are too vague to solve. "Sales are inconsistent" is not something a leadership team can fix in a meeting.
Our IDS Processor takes one issue at a time and asks the plain questions first: when does it happen, where, what is at stake, and how often. Then it keeps asking what is driving it until you reach the root, because vague answers and blame do not count as a why.
Before the issue goes on the agenda, it runs four checks: necessity, sufficiency, actionability, and specificity. Would solving it actually fix the problem, and can you act on it? You walk into the meeting with an issue clear enough to solve, not a headline. Solve the root, not the fruit.