Solving Problems
Most of the time you don’t think to come up with new ideas to solve a problem. You do it the way that first comes to mind. Or, the way it has always been done.
Look at problems as opportunities to apply creative solutions.
Imagine a family event with 30 people attending. Tables cover the yard. Each table has plates, bowls. silverware, drinking glasses, napkins and crackers. And, unlike in the picture above — the guests are seated at the tables, having a drink and talking.
But, the hot soup is in the kitchen, on the stove in a big stew pot.
You need a way to get the soup from the kitchen safely to the bowls on the table.
Problem — should you take each bowl from the table to the kitchen. Fill it. And, return to the table? 30 times?
Can you find a better way?
Creative problem-solving techniques work on most problems
Brainstorming, for instance. Brainstorming processes don’t require very bright young people covering the walls of a meeting in an advertising agency with suggested ideas. Like the pictures we see of advertising agencies.
