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Cultivating an Environment of Creativity on Your Team

To Better Solve Problems

Often we go into problem solving sessions intending to be creative in solving the problem ahead of us; but we don’t often succeed in being creative. This is commonly due to the fact that we don’t have the right people on the team to solve the problem – a diverse […]

Best Practices for Following Up After a Problem Solving Session – Part III

This is Part III of a 3 part article on best practices for preparing for, leading and following up on a problem solving session. Please read Part I and Part II first.

Too often when we are done with a problem solving session and have begun to implement our solution (action plan) to the […]

Best Practices for Leading a Problem Solving Session – Part II

This is Part II of a 3 part article on best practices for preparing for, leading and following up on a problem solving session. Please read Part I first.

Problem solving sessions are not always easy to lead. Often we get caught up in what we believe is the best solution and don’t listen […]

Best Practices to Prepare a Problem Solving Session – Part I

This is Part I of a 3 part article on best practice to prepare for, lead and follow up to problem solving sessions. In Part I we will focus on preparing for the problem solving session.

Problem solving sessions can be pretty intense. Often emotions are running high. Sometimes peole are so worried they […]

Anticipation vs responsiveness

There’s a ton of writing out there on proactive vs. reactive. Whether it is about software development or business development, being proactive and preventing a problem is much preferred over perfecting the ability to deploy resources quickly when a problem erupts.

All of that is, of course, intuitive.

Nonetheless, individuals and organizations still struggle with […]