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Tuesday 31st January 2012
A couple of years ago now, I wrote a blogpost called 'Why? Why? Why?' about Why Diagrams, a technique for getting to the real issues causing a problem, finding out (at a deeper level) why it happened. It's a very useful tool if you aren't sure why something went wrong, because otherwise any solution you implement will risk being 'hit and miss'.
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Tuesday 8th November 2011
Random Input is a lateral thinking tool. It is very useful when you need fresh ideas or new perspectives during problem solving. We are hardwired to look for patterns in our day-to-day life, which is generally a very useful adaptation - it helps us get through our day efficiently, without constantly having to reinvent the wheel.
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Monday 3rd October 2011
Fishbone diagrams (also called cause and effect diagrams or Ishikawa diagrams) help you to think through the causes of a problem thoroughly. They encourage you to consider all possible causes of the problem, rather than just the most obvious ones.
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Tuesday 20th September 2011
Next time you have a problem to solve, or a looking for a good idea, challenge yourself to list 100 possible solutions, or 100 ideas, or 100 approaches you could take, or 100 questions you could ask, or 100 actions you could try.
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Tag: tips
Tuesday 7th June 2011
I'm getting some serious marketing advice at the moment from the great crowd at Da Vinci Marketing. One interesting consequence is that I have to do homework. This is usually something I get other people to do...
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Monday 16th May 2011
Music is very very important to me. I listen to it when I am up, down and most places in between. It stimulates my creativity, balances my mood and helps me cook (seriously...). Soon I am going to start cello lessons, which may prove to be a place too far, but I'm sure it will be an interesting experiment, at the very least.
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Tags: creativity, tips
