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Creative Problem Solving

Our Problem Solving Training Program focuses on problem solving strategies and tools that help to analyze, structure and solve business issues. It is an important element in Management Skills training.

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Creative Problem Solving

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  1. Creative Problem Solving Training Topics: • Understanding the process of Creativity and Problem Solving • Removing Blocks and Barriers to finding the best solution • Looking at Problem Solving in 2 steps: • Problem Identification • Problem Solving and Decision Making • Problem Solving Tools: • Problem Identification • SWOT Analysis • Pareto Principle • Problem Re-statement (5 Whys) • Problem Solving • Brainstorming • Cause and Effect Analysis Problem Identification Problem Solving

  2. Creative Problem Solving MMM Training Solutions Contact: Pramila Mathew Mobile: +91 98409 88449 Website: www.mmmts.com

  3. CREATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING

  4. How DO we solve problems? How SHOULD we solve problems? • Keep an open mind. • Analyze the situation by breaking down the problems into smaller parts. • Structure your findings. Because our minds cannot cope with the intricacies of complex problems, we settle for partial solutions, thus tending to oversimplify.

  5. Why is Problem Solving so Challenging? Analysis is the core element of efficient problem solving. However, human beings tend to avoid Analytic Structure as we are not taught those techniques at early ages. The Thinkers Toolkit by Morgan D. Jones, 1995

  6. What is Structuring? • Structuring is to analysis what a blueprint is to building a house, it is like a road map for a trip. • It helps the mind make sense out of complex problems. • It allows us to compare and weigh one element against another. • It focuses on one element at a time. The Thinkers Toolkit by Morgan D. Jones, 1995

  7. Attitudes That Kill Creative Ideas Not practical for operating. You’re two years ahead of your time. Don’t be ridiculous. That beyond our responsibility. It isn’t in the budget. It’s too radical a change. We’re not ready for that. We tried that before. We don’t have time. Top management will never go for it. We’ve never done it before. It costs too much. We’ll be the laughing stock. Has anyone else tried it? That’s not out problem. Let’s form a committee. Are our competitors doing it? Can’t teach an old dog new tricks.

  8. Creative Problem Solving Tools • Problem Restatement Technique • SWOT Methodology • Pareto Principle • Brainstorming

  9. Problem Re-statement

  10. Problem Re-statement • The aim of problem re-statement is to: • Broaden our perspective of a problem, not to solve it; • Help us identify the central issues & alternative solutions; • Increase the chance that the outcome our analysis produces will fully, not partially, resolve the problem. The Thinkers Toolkit by Morgan D. Jones, 1995

  11. SWOT Technique

  12. SWOTTECHNIQUE SWOT Analysis is a simple but powerful framework for analyzing your company's Strengths and Weaknesses, and the Opportunities and Threats you face. This helps you to focus on your strengths, minimize threats, and take the greatest possible advantage of opportunities available to you.

  13. Pareto Principle

  14. 80:20 Rule or Pareto Principle This rule argues that typically 80% of unfocussed effort generates only 20% of results. The remaining 80% of results are achieved with only 20% of the effort.

  15. Brainstorming

  16. Brainstorming – A Creative Technique • Brainstorming is a great way of generating radical ideas. • During the brainstorming process there is no criticism of ideas, as free rein is given to people's creativity (criticism and judgment cramp creativity.) • Individual Brainstorming: • It is best for generating many ideas, but tends to be less effective at developing them. • Can be risky for individuals. Valuable but strange suggestions may appear stupid at first sight.

  17. Brainstorming – A Creative Technique • Group Brainstorming: • tends to develop fewer ideas, but takes each idea further • needs formal rules for it to work smoothly • group brainstorming sessions are usually enjoyable experiences, which are great for creating cohesion in a team

  18. Great Inventors • Airplane, Wright Brothers - Aeronautical Engineers? • Bicycle mechanics • Submarine design, G. W. Garrett - Nautical Engineers? • Clergyman • Cotton Gin,Eli Whitney - Mechanical engineer? • Attorney • Fire extinguisher,George Manby - Chemical engineer? • Captain of the militia

  19. Contact Information MMM TRAINING SOLUTIONS 59/29, College Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai – 600006. Landline: +91-44-42317735 Website: www.mmmts.com Pramila Mathew-Training Consultant and Executive Coach Mobile: +91-9840988449; E-mail: Pramila.Mathew@mmmts.com Vikas Vinayachandran-Training Consultant Mobile: +91-9840932894; E-mail: Vikas@mmmts.com

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