To effectively use the MECE Principle, start by defining the basics of your problem and list all of your Mutually Exclusive (ME) items, as well as all of your Collectively Exhaustive (CE) items. Communicate these items to your team or stakeholders. You can use tools like slides to visually represent these items. For example, you can create a Profitability Tree, a type of issue tree that is created with the sole intent to run a thorough analysis of the company profits.
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