Comment by Surfactant7

> Allen described his work as a consultant when he goes into a new organisation:

> - First he observes

> - Then he would try to identify the biggest problem

> - Then he would try change it (i.e. run an experiment)

> - Then if that works, run another experiment

> - If it doesn’t work, go back

It's probably no accident, but this is pretty close to the scientific method.