How many ways can you solve a problem?
How many choices do you have for dealing with your challenge?
The answer of course is many. We always have choices, and in solving a problem we get to choose whether or not the people we partner with, the processes we use, and the solutions we develop match our mission. To do that, don't we first need a clear mission?
We will be happier with the solutions we develop once we align them with the purpose we are seeking.
Centered problem solvers are clear about their mission and goals before trying to solve tough problems.
Before we jump into the answers, why not center ourselves around the right questions?
-- Douglas Brent Smith
Front Range Leadership
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The mastery of problem solving begins with the mastery of self. -- doug smith
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Highly structured? Wildly improvised? Harmonic, or distorted? Fast or slow? Analytics help, but there's nothing quite like a touch of t...
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Whenever I find a way to embrace joy some part of a problem fades away. -- doug smith
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Do you try to do everything on your own? If you're part of a team, and especially if you are leading a team, it goes better by collabora...
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Things change. Problems deepen. Solving a persistent problem might require us to let go of what has fixed it in the past. -- doug smith
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Sometimes it's more important to be centered than to be right. -- doug smith
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We're all in a hurry. Urgency is a way of life. When we're working on a problem it feels as if the faster we solve it the better. Bu...
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We can push really hard on hard problems and not get anywhere. The problem may be too fixed to get fixed. It may be too tough to push over. ...
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It's the system. Or maybe it's the process. It might not be you at all. It might not be your team at all. Personal problems come fro...
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Problems are complicated. We need to think clearly about them, to analyze their causes. We also need to act quickly because, oddly or not, s...
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