The Casebook

The companion workbook for Three Pipe Problems.

The book gives you the method. The Casebook gives you the tactical plan.

The Casebook — the workbook companion to Three Pipe Problems, by Jason VanLue
The Problem It Solves

Knowing the method is the easy part.

You can read a great book on problem-solving, close it genuinely inspired, and still find that a week later nothing’s changed. Not because the ideas were wrong — because good ideas don’t move on their own. They need a real problem, and a place to do the work.

That’s what the Casebook is for. It takes the one problem you keep coming back to and walks it all the way through the five phases — so you end up with movement, not just margin notes. A clear read on what you’re actually solving, what it’ll take, and the first move you can make this week.

It’s built to be worked, not skimmed. You bring the problem; the Casebook gives it somewhere to go.

The Five Phases

Work one problem. All the way through.

Pick one real problem and carry it through every phase — from seeing it clearly to striking the match.

  1. See the Problem earn the right to solve it by understanding it first
  2. Shape Yourself build the resilience to stay with a hard problem
  3. Build Your Arsenal the skills and resources the problem demands
  4. Rally the Team the allies who change the math
  5. Strike the Match make the first move and turn the plan into momentum
What’s Inside

What you actually get.

20 guided exercises
one per move, so the method becomes muscle, not theory
the Problem Worth Solving Scorecard
pressure-test whether this is even the right problem before you spend a year on it
a strategy canvas
the whole case on one page
a 90-day plan
the smallest credible first moves, sequenced
a one-page Case File
the artifact you hand your team
a 30/60/90-day progress log
so the plan survives contact with real life

Most workbooks give you more to read. This one gives you something to do.

A Look Inside

Read a sample.

Want to see how it works on the page? Take a look at a sample exercise before you buy.

Workshop

Bring the Casebook to your team.

The Casebook also runs as a live workshop. Jason leads your team through the five phases on a real problem you’re facing right now — not a hypothetical, the thing actually in front of you. Everyone leaves with a copy of the Casebook, a worked Case File, and a first move they can make that week.

  • A copy of the Casebook for every attendee
  • The five phases, taught live and worked in the room
  • Hands-on time on a real problem your team is stuck on
  • A one-page Case File and a 90-day plan each person walks out with

Request a workshop

Tell us a bit about your team and we’ll be in touch.

Get the method and the workbook together.

The bundle is the best value — the book and the Casebook together for $36.