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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.

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Innovation Conversations with Dimension, Time, Cost

Mike Cardus

Sharing a TRIZ problem-solving tool called DTC Operator. I bought it many years ago while trying to learn more about TRIZ and problem-solving. Here is a link to a PDF that walks through eight common causes of stuckness in thinking or team development. Now, it’s important here in this process to include your team.

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Think Create Share – Team Building and Innovation Activity

Mike Cardus

Time Frame: With a team of 10 people the activity is about 30 minutes. Ask people to get into teams of 3, if the numbers do not work out perfect a team of 2 or 4 is fine … 3 is ideal. In this team of 3 the team has 12 minutes to complete the following: Sort through their post-it note ideas. Pens or markers.

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Innovation and Overcoming Organizational Stuckness

Mike Cardus

Innovation, change, the ability to notice patterns, and try unique or novel approaches will continue to be a differentiator in your organization , team, and self. While each of these causes is pernicious, when working with teams and leaders, we understand that these exist and find a way to work with them instead of fighting them.

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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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Identifying the Solution 1st, Makes Things Easier

Mike Cardus

There is a problem solving methodology called TRIZ the theory of inventive problem solving that I have been using with organizations, teams, and mangers for 2 years now. Below is a generic model of how the TRIZ tools operate. You can read about this model at The TRIZ Journal. Do you use TRIZ? What do you think?

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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?

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