If we did this, what would happen?
Omidyar, a systems analyst, designs end-user interfaces
from the ground up with no preconceived way of doing things
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To do this, Omidyar probes deeply by asking a series of questions that work from a blank-slate
Perspective, such as,
“What would be the cleanest way to solve it?”
He sees himself as “the devil’s advocate in the room saying things like,
2. ‘What if it really didn’t work this way?
3. Or what if we really did do the opposite of this?
4. What would happen then?’
Ask “what if” question to impose constraints Ask “what if” questions to eliminate constraints