What a Rubix Cube can teach product managers about solving problems
I have a confession to make. When I first picked up the rubix cube, I tried to solve it by cheating.
Honestly, in my heart of hearts, I didn’t set out to cheat at a children’s game, ummm, per se. I simply wanted to learn a way I could impress others and myself by solving the Rubix Cube over and over. So, I opened up a search engine, typed in “Universal Rubix Cube Solution” and opened up the first video link.
The video narrator said they found an easy way to solve it consistently and that anyone can learn to solve the cube in no more than 25 moves. The video had been viewed more than 28 million times.
So, obviously this was going to work. Sign me up.
Experiment, Fail, Learn, Repeat
Just in case you’ve never actually played with a Rubix Cube before. A Rubix Cube is a cube with six faces and each are covered by nine stickers. Each one a solid color. White, red, blue, orange, green and yellow. Generally it’s a diabolical gift from someone who hates you and truly wants you to know it.
Now the first thing the video discussed was the universal solution algorithm itself. L R2 B L’ R U2 F2 L B D U2 B L’ R2 B2 L’ D2 U L’ B2 U2 R2 B D2
