Tag: problem solving

So many people have asked for my list of Design Thinking vocabulary from my workshops so I’m posting the complete (and growing) list here. If you have other words or

Understanding and articulating the problem (“a less than ideal state”) is a crucial step in creative thinking, but it’s also important to know if you are fixing the cause or

As a member of the Outside the Box Thinkers group on LinkedIn, the moderator asked for suggestions to start a collection of the best books on creativity. Any list of

So much creativity – if not business overall – is undestanding the problem enough to be able to eliminate it (and if not get rid of it, then either to

Ironically, the problem for many people is the word ‘problem.’ Or rather, defining the problem may be the problem. Quite simply, there’s a lot of definitions. Here is one of

Quick! What’s a simple definition of an idea? It’s a word we use all the time, but when it comes to defining it concisely, it’s not so easy. Here’s the

For my very first post, I’m going to ask the most basic question. What is creativity? To help you think about the answer, let’s start with a simple question. Which