Sep 4, 2023 | Better ideas and solutions, Problem Solving, Switch Thinking, Team leaders, think outside the box
How do you and your team create great ideas, solutions and experiences? It seems such a simple question. Customers, clients and employees want great ideas so you would expect we would become adept and generating these. But in my experience this is not the case. So...
Aug 8, 2023 | Better ideas and solutions, Problem Solving, Switch Thinking
Problem solving is so often seen as a rational, linear process. But here’s the problem. It rarely produces a breakthrough idea or solution. To illustrate this point I once worked with a large packaged goods company and enquired about the problem solving process...
Apr 11, 2023 | Better ideas and solutions, Problem Solving, Switch Thinking, think outside the box
I suspect that everyone would like to develop better ideas, solutions or opportunities. And I imagine that everyone would like to develop better options, decisions and actions. Just like we would all like to deliver a better performance at work or in our...
Jan 31, 2023 | Better ideas and solutions, Brainstorming, Problem Solving, Switch Thinking, think outside the box
One of my favourite moments when I was working in a large organisation was when someone said, ‘What a great idea.’ It did not happen that often but when it did what a moment it was. ‘What a great idea’ is a wonderful emotional expression. It is...
Apr 25, 2022 | Better ideas and solutions
It seems such a straightforward question. How do you develop better ideas or solutions? By better I mean: better than what exists at the moment better than what the customer or user expects better than what the competition might be offering Here is my model (see the...
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