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Book Description

Problems block and slow down your progress; here’s how to overcome them–simply, efficiently and effectively.

 

This book offers straightforward, empowering science-based solutions to problems, big and small, at work or in life. It takes a never before seen approach to problem solving, powerfully combining lessons from cognitive science, established problem-solving theory and vast practical experience. It includes a radical new approach to analysing problems: The Problem Matrix. This will transform your approach to problems, challenge your thinking and help you develop new, positive, solution-focussed mindsets for the long-term.

Table of Contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title page
  3. Contents
  4. About the author
  5. Publisher’s acknowledgements
  6. Introduction
  7. 1 Being stuck: what it means to have a problem
  8. 2 Welcome to your brain: nature’s problem-solver and how it works (sort of)
  9. 3 What’s your style?: your problem-solving profile and what it means
  10. 4 Am I bothered?: blame, resistance and the call to ownership
  11. 5 Puzzle, headache, plan, dream: four types of problem
  12. 6 Closing the gap: solving puzzles
  13. 7 Treating headaches: what to do when problems become wicked
  14. 8 Design thinking: planning the way forward
  15. 9 Dreaming the future: creative problem-solving
  16. 10 Making it happen: deciding wisely
  17. 11 Towards collaboration: solving problems with other people
  18. Afterword
  19. Index
  20. Imprint
18.217.211.92