AI Troubleshoot
Structural reframing when optimization stops producing movement.
A bounded intervention when an AI initiative is technically active but strategically stalled.
Designed for teams who are working — but not advancing.
The Moment
The system runs.
Metrics are tracked.
Tradeoffs are debated.
The same conversations return each week:
- accuracy vs latency
- safety vs speed
- complexity vs performance
Optimization continues.
Movement does not.
The frame has narrowed.
The search space has collapsed.
The solution does not exist inside the current definition of the problem.
The intervention operates at the level of the frame itself.
What This Intervention Is
A one-session structural examination of the geometry of the problem.
Not additional analysis.
Not incremental tuning.
Not another optimization pass.
It examines:
- Which tradeoffs are structural
- Which constraints are assumed
- Which variables are artificially coupled
- Where the framing itself limits the solution space
When It Is the Right Move
01 — Circular debate
The same arguments recur without resolution.
02 — Metric fixation
Progress is defined narrowly, and alternative objectives are excluded.
03 — Local optimization
Components improve individually, but the system does not advance.
04 — False constraints
Assumptions are treated as immutable without structural verification.
05 — Strategic fatigue
Energy is being spent, but no meaningful shift occurs.
What Happens in the Session
- Assumed tradeoffs are separated and stress-tested.
- Variables believed to be linked are examined independently.
- Foundational constraints are enumerated explicitly.
- Structural versus self-imposed limits are distinguished.
- The search space is reopened.
Movement resumes when the frame changes.
Deliverable
A Restructured Strategic Frame
A clarified problem definition that:
- removes artificial tradeoffs
- restores optionality
- expands the search space
- enables forward movement without circular debate
No implementation roadmap by default.
No implied continuation.
Format
One focused session.
One stalled initiative.
One bounded reframing intervention.
No pitch.
No pipeline.
No follow-up sequence by default.