Jan 24, 2024 | AI, Better ideas and solutions, co-create, Problem Solving, Switch Thinking
The Switch Thinking 5 Step Process is one that I have developed and tested with hundreds of people over the past 18 months. The good news is that it works for most (if not all types of problems). People find it easy to follow, gives them a starting point and has a...
Jan 22, 2024 | AI, Better ideas and solutions, Brainstorming, co-create, Problem Solving
According to the Cambridge Dictionary to co-create is ‘to make or invent something new together with one or more other people’. It could be co-creating with other people in a team or with partners, suppliers or with customers or clients. The idea of...
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...
Jun 15, 2023 | Brainstorming, Problem Solving, Team leaders
Brainstorming has been around for over 70 years. It can be a powerful tool for groups and teams to generate new ideas. But it does have some problems such as Group Think, the extroverts can dominate, social evaluation and people loafing. There are also practical...
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...
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