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Creative Problem Solving (42:18) This video lecture, featuring Dr. Neil Thompson, presents a foundation for creative problem solving. Explaining why it is important to have strategies for problem solving, the video emphasizes the advantages of using a creative problem-solving approach and presents advice and guidance on problem solving.
How to Make Strategic Decisions (4:26) Identifying key characteristics to become an assertive decision-maker and recognizing the steps required to make decisions more assertively is essential to succeed in business. This film explores what qualities you need to require to become a successful entrepreneur.
Making Decisions and Choices (7:00) Making Decisions and Choices effectively is an important workplace skill. We constantly make choices, just to get through the day. They might be day-to-day operational decisions or long range strategic planning. It’s not always easy, and can cause anxiety. A good leader makes good decisions, but everyone can learn the skills. Know your guiding principles. In this Making Decisions and Choices video you learn from the entertaining Cutting Edge team, to use a decision-making framework to make effective decisions and choices. Use the formula D-E-C-I-D-E to make sound, informed decisions and choices. Define the problem or issue, and always consider the impact of that decision option. Consider all the options and don’t just jump to easy answers. Don’t procrastinate, follow the process and make the decision, act on it and evaluate.
Solve Problems in 4 Steps (2:00) Solve Problems in 4 Steps is a step by step easily-remebered program providing learners with essential problem-solving skills. In this video, behavioral expert Peter Quarry shows you how to solve problems effecctively. Solve Problems in 4 Steps is a video showing that no matter how complex a problem appears, breaking it into four steps very often presents you with a solution, or a huge step that’s close to the solution!
Solve Problems with Appreciative Inquiry (13:00) When things go wrong, people traditionally have a negativity bias and dig deep into what went wrong. Kylie Bell introduces Eve Ash to Appreciative Inquiry, an alternate approach devised by David Cooperrider that starts with asking “What is already going well?” We explore this flipped way of solving a problem through a 5D model: define (this is goal), discover (what is already being done well), dream (what are we ultimately aiming for?”), design (plan how the goal is achieved) and destiny (making the dream reality and powering up commitment). Kylie gives examples of where this was used, in government and a retail client.

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