Thinking about the big picture

Dan Roam, aka. “the napkin guy” has a great recent post about proactive thinking about the big picture, instead of having simple knee-jerk reactions.  Why do all of the “solutions” to the various economic problems seem like band-aid approaches doomed to fail?

“Wait a minute folks. What happens if we take just a couple minutes and look at the bigger picture? I’ll bet a better set of solutions will appear.” … “It seems to me there is a lot more that makes sense when the pieces are looked at in concert rather than alone. All the sudden potential solutions that have a long-term impact emerge.”