Developing Yourself:

Achievement Management

Effective Problem Solving

The Art, Science, and Practice

"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 

Restore the Balance

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... More

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

1. Start to believe you can. Think positively. Most people simply do not get what they want because they have no courage to believe that they can achieve it... More

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.. More

5 Things You Should Know To Win

Source: The Art of War, Sun Tzu

Murphy's Law in Project Management

Every solution breeds new problems... More

Inspirational Business Plan: Successful Innovation

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... More

Happiness – 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 Steps

1. Get rid of negative emotions – and learn!... More

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... More

Five-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... More

• See problem solving as cross-functional systemic and collaborative approach... More

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... More

Six Thinking Hats

 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!

But did you know that memorization techniques boil down to two basic things?... More

References:

1. Lateral Thinking, Edward de Bono

2. Decision Making and Problem Solving, John Adair

3. The NLP Coach, Ian McDermott and Wendy Jago

4. Agenda, Michael Hammer

5. The Art of Innovation, Tom Kelley

6. ASIT Technique – Creativity and Inventive Thinking, Roni Horowitz

7. Six Thinking Hats, Edward de Bono

8. Customer problems can create business opportunities, Scott Clark