Thinking Methods: Creative Problem Solving They further divided the six stages into three phases, as follows: 1. Exploring the Challenge (Objective Finding, Fact Finding, and Problem Finding), Generating Ideas (Idea Finding), and Preparing for Action (Solution Finding and Acceptance Finding). Description: Since the arrival of the now classical Osborn-Parnes structure, any number of academic and business entities have re-sorted and renamed the stages and phases of what we now call the Creative Problem Solving Process (CPS). The Creative Problem Solving Institute of Buffalo, New York, has finessed the Osborn-Parnes process to include a divergent and a convergent stage within each of the six stages. In his 1988 book, Techniques of Structured Problems, Arthur B. Mess FindingData FindingProblem FindingIdea FindingSolution Finding Where to Learn CPS
Ten Lies You’ll Hear Before Pursuing Your Dream (photo: salty_soul) Unfortunately, just before you take your first step on the righteous journey to pursue your dreams, people around you, even the ones who deeply care for you, will give you awful advice. It’s not because they have evil intentions. It’s because they don’t understand the big picture—what your dreams, passions, and life goals mean to you. So they try to protect you by shielding you from the possibility of failure, which, in effect, also shields you from the possibility of making your dreams a reality. As our friend Steve Jobs says: “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Here are ten ill-advised tips (lies) people will likely tell you when you decide to pursue your dreams and the reasons why they are dreadfully mistaken: 1. Someday? 2. Wrong! 3. Sure, I suppose. 4. It’s only impossible if you never do anything about it. 5. That’s because those lucky few got off their rear ends and did something about it! 6. 7. 8. You don’t need more money. 9.
Êtes-vous de type entrepreneur ou gestionnaire? BLOGUE. Êtes-vous de type entrepreneur ou gestionnaire ? Bien qu'il existe plusieurs types d'individus, cette question est selon moi une réflexion que toute personne en affaires devrait avoir afin de mieux connaître ses forces. En ce qui me concerne, c'est en 2007, après la lecture du billet "La différence entre gestionnaire et entrepreneur" de Stéphane Guérin, fondateur de Dashthis, que je me suis mise à réfléchir pour la première fois sur le sujet. Déjà, sans être un article à saveur scientifique, je trouvais qu'il avait un certain sens. «En effet, je dois bien admettre que je suis plus à l’aise avec la création et que les tâches répétitives m’ennuient... » «Oui ! «Il ne fait aucun doute que j’aurai besoin d’un gestionnaire pour gérer mon entreprise dès qu’elle aura atteint une certaine envergure, tout autant que le propriétaire d’une petite industrie manufacturière aura besoin d’un entrepreneur pour propulser l’entreprise qu’il a créée dans la catégorie des grandes entreprises.»
echoinggreen1's Channel Echoing Green wants to know—What's Your Problem? Echoing Green Fellows don't just identify social problems—they are driven to do whatever it takes to solve them. That's owning a problem. Echoing Green imagines a world where we all look into what really matters to us, identifying our purpose in work that shakes us to the core. What would our neighborhood, cities, countries, or our world look like if we all owned a problem and dedicated ourselves to addressing it? As we move into the 2014 Fellowship Application cycle, we're re-energized by our anticipation of the thousands of stories we will hear of emerging leaders and social entrepreneurs around the globe dedicated their lives to solving the world's biggest problems. Echoing Green Fellowships application opens December 3, 2013.
Learn How to Think Different(ly) - Jeff Dyer and Hal Gregersen by Jeff Dyer and Hal Gregersen | 10:24 AM September 27, 2011 In the Economist review of our book, The Innovator’s DNA, the reviewer wondered whether genius-level innovators such as Marc Benioff, Jeff Bezos, and Steve Jobs challenge the idea that working adults can really learn how to think differently and become innovators. We don’t think so. Remember, it was Steve Jobs who jump-started the now-famous “Think Different” advertising campaign as a way to inspire consumers and recharge Apple’s innovation efforts. It worked. Reflecting back on the campaign, Jobs said “The whole purpose of the ‘Think Different’ campaign was that people had forgotten what Apple stood for, including the employees.” Reams of relevant research (including our own) proves Jobs right. But neither Steve Jobs nor Apple nor any other high-profile innovator or company has a corner on the think-different market. Take Gavin Symanowitz, whom we recently met in South Africa. Just do It. Shake it up. Repeat.
four hour work week muse creation | Living Jet Set By far the most common question I receive is on Muse Creation and Development. I’m a big believer in modeling successful people and reproducing their strategies. If they can do it, I can do it, too. It looks like I’ve found just the guy to model and he’s willing to share his secrets. I recently sent out a Tweet asking “if anyone has a muse that truly requires less than four hours a week and makes six figures a year”. Out of all the responses I received – I like Dale, of Pigtones.com, the best. Muses are such a pressing topic with our Jet Set Life audience that I decided to create a series on Muse Creation and Development. Before we jump into the questions, tell us a little about yourself, including what you were doing before you created your muse. I have always been a serial entrepreneur. I left because my wife and I were getting ready to have our first daughter, she was only a few months away. On December 31, 2007, a friend of mine and I were driving from Idaho back to Dallas, Texas.
Tumblr: David Karp, un «geek» qui veut ringardiser Facebook | François Becker Dix ans après l'éclatement de la première bulle des premières start-ups, et sans plan clair pour dégager des profits, David Karp (notre photo) a pu lever en septembre 85 millions de dollars, valorisant le site 800 à millions de dollars. - Photo: AFP À peine Facebook s'apprête-t-il à entrer en Bourse, que déjà la relève se prépare. À 25 ans, David Karp a fondé Tumblr, un site valorisé 800 millions de dollars sans en avoir rapporté un seul, et qu'il espère voir ringardiser le roi des réseaux sociaux. Des jeunes prodiges de l'internet devenus patrons, David Karp a déjà adopté le verbe. À première vue, Tumblr n'a rien de révolutionnaire. Mais la formule est un succès, avec 42 millions de blogues et 16 milliards de billets publiés, dont des célébrités, de Lady Gaga au blogue de campagne de Barack Obama, des artistes et d'innombrables adolescents et geeks, les mordus de nouvelles technologies. «Rêver de quelque chose et le donner à des millions de personnes, putain!
Randall Kempner: Entrepreneurs Are Transforming The Developing World At least once a day at work (and all too often at cocktail parties), I have the opportunity to explain to a newcomer in my field why I think small and growing businesses (SGBs) are key to long-term poverty eradication in developing countries. "If you look at the economic pyramid of a developing country, like the U.S.," I tell them, "at least 50 percent of jobs and GDP come from small businesses." Even as I write this, I'm eating Chinese take-out from Mei Wah, the second culinary venture of D.C. restaurateur Larry La. Outside of my office, I hear the vacuum of the nightly cleaning crew, managed by a local company that provides janitorial services to D.C. area businesses. Throughout my day I interact in a variety of ways with small businesses that are the fabric of the U.S. economy. But what does this have to do with poverty in the developing world? Small businesses are essential because they create jobs, generate income and take a stake in the communities in which they operate.
Realistic Lateral Thinking Puzzles Lateral Thinking Puzzles, unlike most puzzles, are inexact. In a sense, they are a hybrid between puzzles and storytelling. In each puzzle, some clues to a scenario are given, but the clues don't tell the full story. Your job is to fill in the details and complete the story. You can try solving these puzzles on your own -- that's certainly a legitimate way to go about this -- but usually you can have more fun if you involve other people. Warning: For some reason, these puzzles have a tendency to be rather morbid. The scenarios given on this page are realistic, if unlikely.