Name: Creative Problem Solving & Decision Making
Price: 19.00 GBP
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What you'll learn

What’s Your Problem Solving Style – Self-Assessment
Step 2: Find Creative Solutions using creativity tools
Step 3: Evaluate and Select Solution
Step 4: Implement Solution and Create an Action Plan
Exercises & tools

Course content

6 sessions · 81 lessons · ~3 hours · first 2 lessons free

▶What’s Your Problem Solving Style – Self-Assessment11 lessons

▶What this module coversFree4 min
▶Activity: Problem Solving Self-AssessmentFree2 min
▶Step 1: Define the problem2 min
▶Systematic Problem Definition – 6 Basic Questions2 min
▶Systematic Problem Definition Grid2 min
▶Activity: Problem Definition2 min
▶Cause and Effect Diagrams/Ishikawa/Fishbone Diagrams2 min
▶Cause and Effect/Fishbone Diagram Example2 min
▶Quick Creative Thinking Quiz 12 min
▶Why-Why Diagrams2 min
▶Activity: Case Study Introduction2 min

▶Step 2: Find Creative Solutions using creativity tools14 lessons

▶Eight Blocks to Creative Thinking4 min
▶Are You Creative?2 min
▶Creativity and Innovation2 min
▶The Two Sides of the Brain3 min
▶Activity: Paper Airplanes2 min
▶Activity: Look to Nature3 min
▶Activity: Brainstorming Skill Practice "The Perfect Car"3 min
▶Mind Maps6 min
▶Activity: Mind Mapping2 min
▶Quick Creative Thinking Quiz 2: The Argentinean Postal System2 min
▶SCAMMPER2 min
▶Reverse Brainstorming2 min
▶De Bono's Six Thinking Hats8 min
▶Activity: Case Study2 min

▶Step 3: Evaluate and Select Solution6 lessons

▶Pro’s and Con’s List2 min
▶Force Field Analysis4 min
▶Quick Creative Thinking Quiz 32 min
▶Cost/Benefit Analysis5 min
▶Feasibility/Capability Analysis2 min
▶Activity: Revisit case study2 min

▶Step 4: Implement Solution and Create an Action Plan4 lessons

▶Step 4: Implement Solution; Create an Action Plan2 min
▶Planning and Scheduling2 min
▶The Big Planning Tip: Use Both Sides of Your Brain When Planning2 min
▶Activity: Create an Action Plan to Implement Solution2 min

▶Part 517 lessons

▶Creative Problem Solving2 min
▶Converger2 min
▶Diverger2 min
▶Assimilator2 min
▶Accommodator2 min
▶Define the Problem2 min
▶The diagram is created in three steps2 min
▶Find Creative Solutions2 min
▶The eight most common blocks that stop us from thinking creatively2 min
▶Activity: Brainstorming Skill Practice2 min
▶Evaluate and Select Solutions2 min
▶A combination of these2 min
▶How to Use the Tool2 min
▶Step 42 min
▶Personal Action Plan2 min
▶Where3 min
▶Family history of strokes/heart attack2 min

▶Exercises & tools29 lessons

▶Cost- Benefit Analysis Example2 min
▶The benefits per hour2 min
▶The annual benefits of the project are thus3 min
▶Summary2 min
▶Passenger Trips2 min
▶Trip Time2 min
▶Value of Time2 min
▶Traffic Fatalities2 min
▶Would Be2 min
▶PER YEAR2 min
▶TIME2 min
▶COSTS2 min
▶PRESENT VALUE2 min
▶Overview2 min
▶Potential problems2 min
▶Potential creative solutions2 min
▶Step 3 application2 min
▶Comparing two or more potential solutions using decision making tools2 min
▶Background2 min
▶The Project requirements2 min
▶Workforce2 min
▶The Current Situation2 min
▶Your Challenge:-2 min
▶Look to Nature Answer Key2 min
▶Problems Solving Self-Assessment2 min
▶Participating in a discussion2 min
▶Right Brain Vs Left Brain questionnaire3 min
▶SCAMMPERR explanations and examples4 min
▶Modify — Can we change or modify it in some way?2 min

About this course

A practical Business Nous course in the Master Yourself track.

Every lesson is written out in full — this is the complete course, not a summary. You read it, watch the narrated video, and do the exercise against your own business. The workbook is yours to download, print and keep. Finish the lessons and you earn a Business Nous certificate.

Who it's for

Small business owners, managers and ambitious employees who want practical know-how rather than academic theory. No prior study is needed — start where you are and work at your own pace.

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