{"id":1770,"date":"2026-04-02T12:12:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T12:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pwent.lionstackailab.hu\/?p=1770"},"modified":"2026-06-11T12:12:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T12:12:58","slug":"elephant-problem-solving-and-what-they-dont-usually-tell-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pwent.lionstackailab.hu\/en\/elefant-problemamegoldas-es-az-amit-nem-szoktak-elmondani\/","title":{"rendered":"Elephant, problem-solving, and what they don't usually tell you\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\n  .pwent-elefant-cikk {\n    max-width: 1100px;\n    margin: 0 auto;\n    font-size: 16px;\n    line-height: 1.7;\n    color: #555;\n  }\n\n  .pwent-elefant-cikk h1,\n  .pwent-elefant-cikk h2,\n  .pwent-elefant-cikk h3 {\n    color: #333;\n    font-weight: 500;\n    line-height: 1.3;\n    margin: 36px 0 16px;\n  }\n\n  .pwent-elefant-cikk h1 {\n    font-size: 34px;\n  }\n\n  .pwent-elefant-cikk h2 {\n    font-size: 28px;\n  }\n\n  .pwent-elefant-cikk 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should break it down into sub-problems.\n        <span class=\"pwent-elefant-red\">How do you eat an elephant?... One bite at a time!<\/span>\n        Germany\n      <\/strong>\n    <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"pwent-elefant-card\">\n    <p>\n      This was never mentioned afterwards, with what would you cut up the elephant?\n      Because, you see, for that you would need at least a knife, an axe, a cleaver, a saw, or a chainsaw.\n      I realised this in the middle of the Tasmanian rainforest.\n    <\/p>\n\n    <p>\n      Every day we travelled around 40-70 km, just one way, in the Tasmanian wilderness to tend to the placed bee colonies, or to \u201eharvest\u201d the honey. It was Leatherwood season, and there were also huge bushfires.\n    <\/p>\n\n    <p>\n      This meant that on the morning after the first forest fire, we had to remove about 20-30 smaller trees that had fallen across the road with a chainsaw. And we might have to do this again the same afternoon. This worked without any problems in a few minutes.\n    <\/p>\n\n    <p>\n      Then one day, when we thought all the trees that needed to fall onto the road had already fallen, the elephant was lying right in front of us in the road\u2026\n    <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <figure class=\"pwent-elefant-image\">\n    <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/erdo-1-1.png\">\n      <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/erdo-1-1.png\" alt=\"Falling tree, road hazard\" width=\"832\" height=\"622\">\n    <\/a>\n    <figcaption>Falling tree = problem<\/figcaption>\n  <\/figure>\n\n  <div class=\"pwent-elefant-card\">\n    <p>\n      Gas cylinder maintenance hurdle \u2014 in the form of a 100-year-old Black tree.\n    <\/p>\n\n    <p>\n      The chain we had available for consumption,\n      in this case a petrol chainsaw with a 55 cm guide bar,\n      seemed insufficient.\n      The importance of the chainsaw becomes less and less,\n      when it gets stuck in the log.\n    <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <figure class=\"pwent-elefant-image\">\n    <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/lancfuresz-fabanB.jpg\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/lancfuresz-fabanB.jpg\" alt=\"Chainsaw in wood, new problem\" width=\"653\" height=\"490\">\n    <\/a>\n    <figcaption>Chainsaw in wood \u2013 another problem<\/figcaption>\n  <\/figure>\n\n  <div class=\"pwent-elefant-orange-card\">\n    <h2>Misguided problem-solving<\/h2>\n    <p>\n      What happens when, beyond routine tasks, we encounter a level of problem that requires us to break out of our usual patterns? Do we have sufficient knowledge and experience for it?\n    <\/p>\n    <p>\n      Everyone is sure to set off with their own tools at least once, but then they might get stuck on the saw\u2026\n    <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"pwent-elefant-card\">\n    <p>\n      Can we bring in larger resources from within the organisation?\nCan we organise a group?\nCan we involve specialists from other areas to successfully overcome the obstacle?\n    <\/p>\n\n    <p>\n      Let's go back to our elephant for a moment.\nIf I haven't mentioned it already, I trained at a professional apiary.\nThere must be a fork here somewhere to go with the knife!\n    <\/p>\n\n    <p>\n      After not too much searching, we lowered our forks from the back of the truck.\nIt was written on our forklift that it was a MOFFETT M4,\nan all-terrain machine capable of lifting 2 tonnes.\nIt's an essential part of every professional beekeeping setup.\n    <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <figure class=\"pwent-elefant-image\">\n    <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/erdo-3.png\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/erdo-3.png\" alt=\"Problem-solving\" width=\"785\" height=\"583\">\n    <\/a>\n    <figcaption>Problem-solving<\/figcaption>\n  <\/figure>\n\n  <div class=\"pwent-elefant-card\">\n    <h2>A suitable tool for reorganising the maintenance plant<\/h2>\n\n    <p>\n      It wasn't easy even then. I'll share two interesting videos at the end of the article.\n    <\/p>\n\n    <p>\n      Lesson learned: we were able to solve it then because we had the expertise, the capability, and the necessary resources within the organisation.\n    <\/p>\n\n    <p>\n      If our friend Moffett hadn't been there, we would have had to deal with our problem at the cost of very high energy expenditure and risks, or we would have been left with the 40 radio frequency, where we would have had to call in outside experts.\n    <\/p>\n\n    <p>\n      In the life of an organisation, situations naturally arise when external resources need to be accessed. Wisdom lies in recognising this, or else hindering the organisation's progress by years through futile attempts.\n    <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"pwent-elefant-quote\">\n    <p>\n      The picture is complete when we include the question of time and economic interest in the formula.\nI believe that if we wanted to carry away the Himalayas, we could do it.\nDo we have enough time for it? Do we have enough resources for it?\nIf we wanted to carry it away by tomorrow, then of course it wouldn\u2019t succeed.\nIf we have a few million years for it, then yes.\n    <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <figure class=\"pwent-elefant-image\">\n    <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/erdo-4.png\">\n      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/erdo-4.png\" alt=\"Clear path\" width=\"400\" height=\"298\">\n    <\/a>\n    <figcaption>Clear path<\/figcaption>\n  <\/figure>\n\n  <div class=\"pwent-elefant-card\">\n    <p>\n      Everyone will encounter an obstacle they cannot overcome alone,\n      lacking sufficient knowledge, resources,\n      or financial means to bring in external support.\n    <\/p>\n\n    <p>\n      There will be elephants that no one will eat,\nbecause simply time and economic interest do not support it.\n    <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"pwent-elefant-signature\">\n    <p>\n      <strong>Lajos Szab\u00f3<\/strong><br>\n      12.02.2016, Tasmania\n    <\/p>\n\n    <p>\n      Sales of gas cylinder and fire extinguisher maintenance machines in the CEE region,\nsales of bundles and trailers,\nLEAN consultancy for maintenance plants.\n    <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"pwent-elefant-card\">\n    <h2>Tools for dismembering an elephant<\/h2>\n    <p>\n      P.S. I recommend this article to my teacher, Csaba Bereczki,\n      with whom the elephant quote was often heard.\n      I know that although we didn't explicitly say it, he gave us tools,\n      but under his guidance, everyone sharpened their own cutting tools,\n      or acquired new ones to go with them.\n    <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"pwent-elefant-divider\"><\/div>\n\n  <section class=\"pwent-elefant-video-section\">\n    <h2 class=\"pwent-elefant-video-title\">Some extra videos<\/h2>\n\n    <div class=\"pwent-elefant-video-grid\">\n\n      <div class=\"pwent-elefant-video-card\">\n        <h3>Extra video 1<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"pwent-elefant-video-frame\">\n          <iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QTW1huKnCY8\" title=\"Extra video 1\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"pwent-elefant-video-card\">\n        <h3>Extra video 2<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"pwent-elefant-video-frame\">\n          <iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Haknt_R3e9E\" title=\"Extra video 2\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"pwent-elefant-video-card\">\n        <h3>Extra video 3<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"pwent-elefant-video-frame\">\n          <iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/07H3CashUuk?start=1\" title=\"Extra video 3\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n<\/article>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hogyan esz\u00fcnk meg egy elef\u00e1ntot? T\u00f6bbsz\u00f6r hallottam, hogy ha egy nagy probl\u00e9m\u00e1val \u00e1llsz szemben, akkor bontsd fel r\u00e9szprobl\u00e9m\u00e1kra. Hogyan esz\u00fcnk meg egy elef\u00e1ntot?&#8230; Falatonk\u00e9nt! DE\u2026 Sohasem hangzott el ezut\u00e1n, hogy mivel darabold fel az elef\u00e1ntot? Mert ugyeb\u00e1r ehhez legal\u00e1bb k\u00e9s, balta, h\u00fasv\u00e1g\u00f3 b\u00e1rd, f\u0171r\u00e9sz vagy l\u00e1ncf\u0171r\u00e9sz kell. Erre a Tasm\u00e1niai \u0151serd\u0151 k\u00f6zep\u00e9n \u00e9bredtem r\u00e1. 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