The Words “Feel” and “Think” as Tools
Intuitive approaches require the identification of emotional drivers in influencing and problem solving. They generally work better than cognitive approaches because emotional... Read More
Business Profitability Paradox
Posted on02 Sep 2010
Tagsarbitrariness, business, exercise, expenditures, investment, problem solving, profitability, time, training
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Here is a valuable problem-solving question: How can a business maximize its profit every single minute of the day and still go... Read More
Challenging Assumptions Behind 1+1=2 As Case Study
Posted on26 Aug 2010
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Challenging assumptions behind 1+1=2 makes for a great case study. For instance, we know that looking at the same thing from other... Read More
Glass Half Full Or Half Empty, Who’ll Go Get More Water?
Posted on12 Aug 2010
Tagsassumptions, attitude, change, emotions, fear, gain, glass, joy, loss, metaphor, perspective, problem solving, sales, glass half full-half empty metaphor
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People use the glass half full or half empty metaphor in many ways. I use it much in problem solving workshops. For... Read More
How Challenging Assumptions Every Day Improves Problem Solving
Posted on02 Aug 2010
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Experts often cite challenging assumptions as a great problem-solving tip. It helps one think outside the box. Yet, they don’t say much... Read More
Shopping for Rationales to Justify Wants and Desires
Posted on14 Jul 2010
Tagsapproaches, cognition, decisions, desire, emotions, intuition, justification, knowledge, Personality, problem solving, rationale, subconscious, want
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Virtually all of our decisions are emotionally based. Therefore, as we saw in my previous posting, Decisions: Roles of Intuition and Cognition,... Read More
5 Knowledge States To Assess Facts and Information Better
Posted on19 Jun 2010
Tagsaction, awareness, decisions, knowledge, perspective, poker, prevention, problem solving, prove, quantify, reason, unknown, warfare
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While helping a non-profit, a board member said, “We can only deal with a problem if we know there is one.” Here,... Read More
An Intuitive Understanding Of Weaknesses in the Scientific Method
Posted on07 Jun 2010
Tagslaboratory, scientific, relationships, reality, prove, product, process, problem solving, morale, leadership, innovation, guarantees, experiment, emotions, business, belief
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Weaknesses in the scientific method cause its usefulness to fall far short of people’s belief in it. In other words, hype exceeds... Read More
Problem Solving: Practical Advantages of Intuition
Posted on13 May 2010
Tagsmoney, training, sympathize, service, scientific, problem solving, practical, power, personal, objective, moral, listen, intuition, Influence, example, employees, emotions, effective, compliments, command
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Intuition’s most practical advantage to problem solving is the enhanced sphere of good solutions it offers. Generally, this sphere will produce five... Read More
