SWOT

It's amazing how SWOT comes to play almost everytime. Last week, my gfs had a huge disagreement between them, which left a client-friend very concerned. I was in the middle of that spat and being the middle person, chose not to take sides but worked on bridging the differences.
He then sat each of them down separately and requested for a SWOT analysis to be done, so that such differences will not be a common occurence in future. The saying 'too many cooks will spoil the broth' came to mind instantly, yet in this circumstances, it may not be as true, because each of these cooks have a speciality - and unfortunately, for this stew, all 3 cooks are needed.
It's very important that each member of any group keep in mind that we should never magnify another's weakness, but focus on strengths. The magnification of strengths mean that we are capitalising on opportunities which we have spread on the table. If we loose sight of each others strengths, we will be threatened and our goals will not be met.
Therefore, although SWOT may be the cliche in the context of studying business, it's really not in practice.
It works and it makes sense.
In less than 6 hours (including sleeping time), the spat was resolved.