There's never a time when problem-solving isn't a good skill to master, but in a career environment as challenging as today's, it becomes absolutely vital.
Here's an interesting workbook focused on creative problem solving. It takes you through several different aspects of problem solving, including:
Mess Finding: an effort to identify a situation that presents a challenge.
Data Finding: an effort to identify all known facts related to the situation; to seek and identify information that is not known but essential to the situation is identified and sought.
Problem Finding: an effort to identify all the possible problem statements and then to isolate the most important or underlying problem.
Idea Finding: an effort to identify as many solutions to the problem statement as possible.
Solution Finding: using a list of selected criteria to choose the best solution(s) for action.
Acceptance Finding: making every effort to gain acceptance for the solution, determine a plan of action, and implement the solution.
Data Finding: an effort to identify all known facts related to the situation; to seek and identify information that is not known but essential to the situation is identified and sought.
Problem Finding: an effort to identify all the possible problem statements and then to isolate the most important or underlying problem.
Idea Finding: an effort to identify as many solutions to the problem statement as possible.
Solution Finding: using a list of selected criteria to choose the best solution(s) for action.
Acceptance Finding: making every effort to gain acceptance for the solution, determine a plan of action, and implement the solution.
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by Curt Rosengren, Passion Catalyst
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