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Effective Problem Solving The Art, Science, and Practice |
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By: Vadim Kotelnikov
Founder, Ten3 Business e-Coach – Inspiration and Innovation Unlimited!
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"The solving a problem lies in finding the solvers." – Van Herpen's Law "If a problem has a single neck, it has a simple solution." – Anonymous |
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Art, Science, and Practice of Problem Solving
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Three Types of Problem
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The first type of problem can be solved by vertical thinking. The second and third type of problem require lateral thinking for their solution.1
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Burke's Rule
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Problem Defined A problem is simply the difference between what you have and what you want. It may be a matter of getting something, of getting rid of something, of avoiding something, or of getting to know what you want.
Balance is a key element of a happy life and sustainable business.
Yin (passive,
receptive) and Yang (active, creative) are both opposing forces and
complementary pairs. Problems arise not when the two forces are
battling, but when there is an imbalance between them in the
environment.
Conflicts, business problems,
health
disorders, divorce,
and other problems – all can be attributed to disharmony in the forces
of
Yin and Yang...
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Turning Problems in Opportunities
There's an old saying "There are no problems – only opportunities."
Too often we focus on problems and fail to see opportunities right in
front of us. When you focus on your problems – when you only think of
what is wrong – you will only see problems and fail to see
opportunities and solutions.
Turning Problems to Opportunities: 6 Tips
Creativity Quotes "When I am working on a problem I never think about beauty. I only think about how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong." ~ Buckminster Fuller.. More5 Things You Should Know To Win Source: The Art of War, Sun Tzu You must know five things to win: Two Approaches It has been said that 98% of an organization's problems can be solved routinely. However, the remaining 2% of an organization's problems – the problems that have the greatest effect on the organization – require innovation to surmount. Build cross-functional expertise to be able to find innovative solutions to old problems. Simple solutions to many problems are often just nearby – waiting for you to find them.
Every solution breeds new problems... More
Risk Management Strategy: "One should never impose one's views on a problem; one should rather study it, and in time a solution will reveal itself." – Albert Einstein... MoreHappiness – It's All in Our Own Hands Think in a positive way. When you encounter a problem, try to look for the good points. Everything has at least one good point... More Turning Failures Into Opportunities : 3 Steps1. Get rid of negative emotions – and learn!... More Two Rules for Business Start-Ups Entrepreneurship is the art of finding profitable solutions to problems. Every successful entrepreneur, every successful businessperson has been a person who has been able to identify a problem and come up with a solution to it before somebody else did. Here are the five rules for entrepreneurship... MoreFive-Why Process In most situation, real problems and root causes are obscured by apparent problems. The intent of the "Five-Why" procedure is to assure that the route causes and not merely superficial symptoms are corrected. The "Five-Why Process" was introduced at Toyota to find solution to manufacturing problems, but this approach can be applied to any other area as well. Ask "Why this problem happened?" to discover its underlying problem; then ask "Why?" again to go deeper by another level until you reach the root cause. Asking "why" repeatedly, possibly more than five times, directs the focus toward real causes so problems can be solved permanently.
Brainstorming The best-known and widely used team-based problem-solving and creative-thinking technique is brainstorming. One major reason why brainstorming is useful is that it helps to free us from 'fixed ideas'... More
Solving Problems and Making Decisions in
Discussion With Other People
How
to solve problems and
make decisions more effectively in
discussions with other people. Your
ability to communicate is the most
important skill you can develop to get on to the fast track in your career.
Perhaps the most important thing you do in business is to solve problems and
make decisions, both by yourself and with other people...
Six Thinking Hats Analyzing Problems and Selecting Solutions The Six Thinking Hats proposal analysis tool invented by Edward de Bono7 is particularly useful for evaluating innovative and provocative ideas. While most of our thinking is adversarial, the six thinking hats technique overcomes these difficulties by forcing everyone to think in parallel. As participants wear each hat – white, red, yellow, black, green, or blue – they all must think a certain way at the same time... More Case in Point Focus on Problems vs. Focus on Solutions When NASA began the launch of astronauts into space, they found out that the pens wouldn't work at zero gravity (Ink won't flow down to the writing surface). In order to solve this problem, they hired Andersen Consulting (Accenture today). It took them one decade and $12 million. They developed a pen that worked at zero gravity, upside down, underwater, in practically any surface including crystal and in a temperature range from below freezing to over 300 degrees C. And what did Russians do.......................................?? The Russians used a Pencil !!! So, learn to focus on solutions not on problems. "If you look at what you do not have in life, you don't have anything." "If you look at what you have in life, you have everything." Yet someone said "Focus on problem leads to inventions! and Focus on solution leads to discoveries."
Memorization Problems: Solved! Have you ever had problems in remembering names, numbers, grocery items needed, and other little details such as the location where you placed your car keys this morning? The truth is, we all have our moments of forgetting little bits of information that matters at the exact moment we need them. But did you know that memorization techniques boil down to two basic things?... More
Discover much more in the
FULL VERSION of e-Coach The Power of Positive Thinking... 6 Steps of the Problem-Solving Process... Turning Problems into Opportunities... Ask Searching Questions... Your Best Tools for Effective Problem Solving... NLP Solutions: Reframing... Dealing With Unfair Customers... The Power of Prototyping... Working Backwards... Selling is Solving Problems of Your Customers... Add More Value (AMV) for Your Customer... Problem Solving in Business...Instant Payoff Coaching on Problem Solving... Management Success: Resolving Problems Effectively... Systemic Thinking... Lateral Thinking... Systems Thinking... Ten-Step Guide to Resolving Inner and Outer Conflict... Making Big Changes...
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