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What if the Miracle Question Worked with Corporate Teams?

Mike Cardus

A form of the Miracle Question: I tried a variation with a Project Team of Aircraft Engineers. You leave here and place your project planning and analysis results on your desk. While you are asleep one of your staff finds the project plans and analysis of this problem and he knows exactly how to fix it and he does. Wikipedia.

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Managerial Leadership Training Tool: Using DTC Operator Innovation Planning

Mike Cardus

Working with a team of 5 Executive Directors from a company that employs ~2000 people we identified a gap in the Managerial Leadership Training , Mentoring and coaching of employees prior to being promoted to a Manager Level within the company. With this team we used it to explore the challenge of Developing a Managerial Leadership Process.

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Building Critical Thinking Muscle: An L&D Mandate

QAspire

Projects that bring divergent thoughts and multi stakeholders together =best way to learn. Don’t forget traditional problem solving tools –5Why, TRIZ, etc & go beyond. a) Leadership to Demonstrate open culture to challenge status quo b) L&D to Drive c) People to be naturally inquisitive! – Sahana Chattopadhyay.

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