by Claire Bridges | May 8, 2024 | Creativity, Problem solving
Sometimes trying to get to a solution can be like wading through treacle. Or trying to untangle one problem from another. If you find yourself struggling to get to grips with your challenge, try the Feynman Technique, an approach named after the Nobel-Prize-winning...
by Claire Bridges | Mar 10, 2023 | Problem solving
I ran a strategic innovation workshop recently for a group and I shared some of my favourite frameworks and ways to think about how to innovate. One of the models that I think best combines many different innovation principles in one place is LEGO’s innovation...
by Claire Bridges | Oct 7, 2022 | Problem solving
Imagine that you could have a set of questions, that are context-free, that can be applied to ANY challenge big or small? Well I give you – The Phoenix Checklist: or how the CIA solve problems The checklist consists of two sets of questions....
by Claire Bridges | Oct 7, 2022 | Problem solving
Apparently today is designated ‘ask a stupid question day’. And that made me wonder is there ever such a thing as a stupid question? Poet EE Cummings said: “Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question.” Yet I know that’...
by Claire Bridges | Feb 24, 2020 | Problem solving
The SCAMPER problem solving tool and how to use it SCAMPER is an acronym for Substitute, Combine, Adapt, Modify/Magnify, Put to other uses, Eliminate and Reverse. It’s provides a framework and stimulates questions and triggers which can be used to help you look at...
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