101 Creative Problem Solving Techniques
James Higgins' book 101 Creative Problem Solving Techniques says what it is about with its title itself. The world is about creative problem solving nowadays; our traditional methods of solving problems do not work in today's complex labyrinth of corporate problems. The only method that works is to take a problem, analyze it as it is, and then follow a creative and structured method of solving it. This book enlists 101 such methods, which can definitely be used for any kind of milieu.
Whether it is about testing a software product to meet the needs of the consumer or to act as a facilitator to bring some resolving methods to a particular problem in an enterprise, 101 Creative Problem Solving Techniques can help. The methods in the book can be implemented in creative employee training and in brainstorming meetings to come up with innovative ideas and solutions.
The book is divided into 7 chapters. Each chapter deals with a particular aspect of problem solving requirements and explains the creative problem solving tools that can be implemented within that particular ambit. The following is a lowdown on what these chapters contain:-
1. The first chapter explains the need of innovation, even when you are looking for solutions of traditional problems. It highlights the fact that if you do not innovate, you might just as well evaporate along with your business. 2. The second chapter explains what a creative problem solving process entails and how they are suited to meeting with the problems of today's world. The chapter begins explaining some methods that you can use. 3. The third chapter can be termed as a very important chapter because this is where you learn how you can analyze the environment that you exist in and learn how to recognize and identify the problems that are present in it. Most people when solving problems consider only the problem, as taken in isolation from the surroundings that influence it. This can at best lead to stopgap solutions, not permanent ones. The book teaches here the all-important tool of making assumptions and then verifying it to be the solution of the problem at hand, or to move on to a new assumption. 4. The fourth chapter teaches you how you can use individual techniques to find solutions to your problem through finding alternatives and using them. Most of these techniques, such as mind mapping, can be used quite successfully in today's highly technological world. 5. The fifth chapter is about techniques that emerge from a group of people. These are the techniques that can be obtained from a brainstorming session or some other proactive group input, which can have more creativity because of the multiple sources from where they are derived. 6. Just selecting techniques is not enough. They have to be sifted through to get the most viable one, and they have to be implemented. Also, these techniques have to be controlled so that the solution is sustainable for the long term. This is what is explained in the sixth chapter. 7. The final chapter of this amazing book 101 Creative Problem Solving Techniques deals at length with how to actually implement the techniques that have emerged as a result of creative discussion.
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