Problems With Asking “Do You Understand?”
Posted on10 Mar 2011
Tagsaction, approaches, assumptions, cognition, cognitive bias, emotions, employees, Influence, intuition, management, problem solving, reprimand, Techniques, training
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Long ago I sat in on the reprimand of an employee by a manager. The manager concluded his discussion by asking the... Read More
Everyone’s a People Person until People are the Problem
Posted on03 Mar 2011
Tagspeople, socializing, working a crowd, team building, security, relationships, problem solving, organization, management, extrovert, emotional intelligence
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Getting things done on any kind of group level begins with people. Those who relate well to people can help here. Are... Read More
Solving Problems Using the “Abstract to the Practical” Perspective
Posted on10 Feb 2011
Tagsservice, product, process, problem solving, ideas, details, definitions, abstract to the practical
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I’ve had a lot of success solving problems by trying to address the challenges of moving an idea from the abstract to... Read More
The Key to Great Advice is That It Doesn’t Have to Be Right
Posted on10 Jan 2011
Tagsthinking process, talking cure, skills, question, problem solving, math, decisions, conditionality, Challenge, arbitrariness, advisor, Advice Giving
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A colleague was concerned whether her advice was helping someone. Too many times, we focus on the advice rather than the process... Read More
Standardization: A Form of Thought Control
Posted on13 Dec 2010
Tags1984, communication, expression, George Orwell, problem solving, standardization, synonym, Thoughts, vocabulary, words, Vanilla Word Analogy, Vanilla Words-Thinking Series
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Expressing our thoughts is challenging especially when we don’t know the words to do so. Therefore, restricting our vocabulary will tend to... Read More
Problem-solving Technique: Attack Definitions
Posted on02 Dec 2010
Tagsobjectivity, castle, confusion, definitions, focus, intuition, perception, problem solving, vagueness, visualize, Castle Wall - Definition Analogy, analogy collection
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Writing down the problem was a problem-solving technique I discussed in a previous post. Attacking definitions is another that complements this one.... Read More
Beauty as Power
Posted on08 Nov 2010
TagsA Beautiful Mind, action, approaches, Battle of Little Big Horn, beauty, Beauty as Power Series, blue heron, car, feminine, force, General George Custer, Influence, intangibles, intuition, magnet, patience, power, problem solving, superficial, trap
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Looking at beauty as power is important in understanding and appreciating intuitive approaches because it dramatically expands the influences and solutions we... Read More
A Blue Heron Instructs on Patience
Posted on25 Oct 2010
Tagswife, temptation, Cuyahoga River, action, approaches, blue heron, business, organizational culture, discipline, ego, fish, intuition, location, patience, positioning, prejudice, problem solving, real estate, reorganization, river
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We live in an activist business culture, meaning we are biased toward action to solve problems. For instance, reorganizations often occur simply... Read More
What Consumer Psychology Teaches Us About Problem Solving
Posted on27 Sep 2010
TagsMichael I. Norton, objective, peer pressure, people, price, problem solving, psychology, rationale, rewards, teach, low-cost, change, anticipatory, beverages, brain, business, buying habits, cognition, competitive, consumer, cost-benefit, Dan Ariely, decisions, drugs, emotions, expectations, goal setting, Harvard Business Review, How Concepts Affect Consumption, intuition, keeping up with the Joneses
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We often anticipate and rationalize people’s decisions using a cost-benefit analysis. This perspective frequently leads to erroneous conclusions and restricts problem-solving capabilities.... Read More
Arbitrariness: The Cornerstone of Conditions
Posted on23 Sep 2010
Tagsabsolute, arbitrariness, assumptions, build, conditionality, decisions, democracy, emotions, evalute, first, house, Influence, intuition, knowledge, numbers, Personality, perspective, problem solving, question, second, subjective, third
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Arbitrariness & First, Second, Third Arbitrariness is vital to intuitive problem solving because it’s related to subjectivity which is related to personality... Read More
