“If you give a mouse a cookie” Format For proposing new solutions for problems generated by unworkable circular solutions

If you give a mouse a cookie What was the first step in the solution that’s not really a solution?

Then he wants a glass of milk What was the second step in the solution that’s not really a solution?

Then he wants a straw What is the third step in the solution that’s not really a solution?

Then he wants… After that?

And it leads to another cookie When the problem circles back around and you know the solution did not really fix the problem

What to give the mouse instead? If they had just done this other thing at first, then it would have all been different.

Solving the real problem How your solution will break the cycle

The ask Why your project needs to be funded - to implement your solution that breaks the cycle