Kairos MBA Masterclass·02:37

Week 1 Opener: Define the Problem Before the Solution

Kairos programme host Unnamed Growth School / Kairos Business Fellowship host - the two short intro lessons

The short version

A two-minute framing: business people meet problems daily, so Week 1 teaches how to define and structure a problem and apply reusable frameworks (MECE named) instead of starting fresh on every one. Watch at 1.5x; building comes later (0:00-0:02).

At a glance, three clicks deep

Skim here first: the closed row is the glance, open is the study card with the key points and timestamps, and the ↓ link drops to that concept's full write-up below.

01Define the problem before the solutionProblem definition + reusable frameworks before any solution.›

Problem definition + reusable frameworks before any solution.

Framing (0:00-0:02)

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The concepts in full

Define the problem before the solution

Twenty different problems do not need twenty different brains - they need one way of defining a problem.

Week 1 of the Kairos fellowship is about thinking, not building: learn to state the problem precisely, structure it, and reach for reusable frameworks (MECE is the example named) so you stop 'breaking your head' on each new case. The Week 1 teacher is introduced as Akilesh, ex strategy at PhonePe, Flipkart, Razorpay and BCG.

Why it matters

Sets the order of the whole course: thinking first, Bubble second.

Tools referenced

Tool	Coverage	Moment	Context
Bubble	explained		Subject of the lesson; nothing else demonstrated

Action items

Resources mentioned

Resources

docLesson page on the platform

Extraction notes

This page was built from an auto-generated transcript, which garbles product and people's names. Those were corrected silently in everything above and logged here for transparency. The warnings flag claims that were true on the recording day but change fast.

Transcript corrections applied

The transcript says	The trainer actually means
real start date / real aesthetics / real static	real estate
Type / Cypress / Skype / Sykes	Stripe
Mando / Mandrope / Mangrove	Manrope (font)
repeating loop / repeating row	repeating group
paid listings name	Current page Listing's name

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Course-structure remarks are specific to the Kairos cohort this was recorded for