Making A3 Problem Solving Accessible, Actionable, and RealDecember 11, 2025 •4:00 PM UTC
A3s are one of the simplest yet most misunderstood tools in problem solving. Too often, A3 training is either too obscure or too rigid. People get lost in templates, structure, and terminology when what they really need is a way to frame, explore, and communicate problems clearly.
This session isn’t about how to fill out an A3. It's a behind-the-scenes look at MoreSteam's question-driven approach to teaching A3 problem solving. We’ll share how we’ve reimagined A3 training to be accessible, actionable, and easy to reference so that anyone in your organization can confidently use A3s to solve problems.
What We'll Explore
- Common pitfalls in A3 training and why overly rigid teaching creates barriers instead of learning.
- Our question-driven approach to teaching A3s and how asking the right questions builds critical thinking skills and drives ownership of the problem.
- How we teach storytelling with visuals to make your A3s more readable, relatable, and useful for collaboration and communication.
- The role of AI in A3 problem solving with real examples of how to prompt AI to guide reflection, surface insights, and make coaching time more productive.
- Making A3s accessible to everyone with approaches for teaching and scaling A3 problem solving across teams with varying experience levels.
Want to go deeper? Check out MoreSteam's A3 Problem Solving course. This course goes beyond theory. You’ll walk step by step through the full A3 framework alongside a practical case study, building a complete A3 as you go.
eLearning Content Manager • MoreSteam
Michael manages instructional content at MoreSteam, working to ensure that lessons are clear, memorable, relevant, and filled with high-impact practice. Prior to joining MoreSteam, he spent seven years teaching middle school students at YES Prep Northside in Houston, Texas, and KIPP Columbus Middle in Columbus, Ohio. He taught classes covering a broad range of subjects including reading, social studies, and science. Both of these charter school systems were founded on data-driven process improvement principles.
Instructional Designer • MoreSteam
Mel Coyle is a licensed educator with experience in course development, classroom teaching, large scale project management, and data-informed practices. She joined the MoreSteam team in December 2022 as the eLearning Instructional Designer. She is responsible for improving the clarity and alignment of current lessons, adding more practices, skill checks, and exam questions, and analyzing question data.
