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navigating personal and team complexity SOLVEDcards

Mike Cardus

Every day I feel a sense of control, and the loss of control, then some control, then I talk to a manager or a team I’m working with … and we all are at different points while still being together. Thinking through TRIZ (theory of inventive problem solving). SOLVED CARDS. Get yours today.

TRIZ 118
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Two Team Building & Leadership Success Stories

Mike Cardus

To read more success stories check out Team Building Stories and the Exponent Leadership Stories. Team Building & Leadership Success Stories. Developing a leadership training program and increased trust in the competence of leadership. Interested in your organization or team having a success story?

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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. The team and I had spent 3 days working through root-cause analysis and struggling to determine what was causing a certain screw to vibrate lose during flight. How could you use a variation of the Miracle Question with your team?

TRIZ 146
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Observation and variations of the miracle question for innovation

Mike Cardus

I recently worked with a corporate team, and we were going through solution-focus, coaching, and problem-solving. The miracle question is helpful after the team or the person you’re working with identifies their best hopes for the time together. This miracle question variation I use more with corporate teams.

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Favorites of 2011: Photos of Teams

Mike Cardus

Here is the schedule it may change; 12/27/11 – Photos of Teams. 12/29/11 – Team Building & Leadership activity (simulation). Perhaps the most kick-ass corporate team building photo I have ever seen! Perhaps the most kick-ass corporate team building photo I have ever seen! 12/30/11 – Blog article.

TRIZ 110
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ASQ Buffalo Quality Conference 2013 :: Mike is Presenting

Mike Cardus

Understanding and various uses of Nine Windows, a TRIZ inventive problem solving tool. In support of this process for your organizations and your teams, this crash course in the solution-focused change process gives you three tools you can put into practice to address change in a solution-focused way. Increased pace of problem solving.

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Thinking Differently. Enabling Innovation

Mike Cardus

Hire Mike of Create-Learning to Think Differently & Enable Innovation within your company and team. MindSpin: Team Building Activity for Brainstorming and Solution-Finding. 1.716.629.3678. Thinking Differently – Enabling Innovation from Michael Cardus. You can read more about the workshop in the description below.