The New Book “Problem-Solving Master” Quote Collection 1 ~ Future of CIO

Saturday, February 24, 2018

The New Book “Problem-Solving Master” Quote Collection 1

10:53 PM Pearl Zhu No comments

Framing the right problem is equally or even more important than solving it.

The purpose of “Problem-Solving Master - Frame Problems Systematically and Solve Problems Creatively“ is to throw some light on how to understand, frame, and solve today’s multilayer, interdependent, and over-complex business problems effortlessly. Digital leaders and professionals should self-aware of their role in problems, show professional maturity, and develop a good reputation as the problem-solver.

1 One of the biggest challenges for modern management is how to put the right people with the right capability in the right position to solve the right problem at the right time.

2 The problem-solving mindset has synthetic nature with multi-level thinking processes involved, such as strategic thinking, systems thinking, critical thinking, creative thinking, and empathetic thinking, etc.

3 Framing the right problem is equally or even more important than solving it.

4 Change is not for its own sake, the very purpose of the change is often for problem-solving.

5 People who can solve problems in a new way are the innovators.

6 Systems Thinking is a mixed bag of holistic, balanced and often abstract thinking to understand things profoundly and solve problems systematically.

7 Digital technologies provide new frontiers for work systems, and the information is the gold mine for the digital business.

8 The challenge for improving problem-solving effectiveness is on how to prioritize what you know about and keep an eye open for signs of things you don’t know about.

9 It comes down to how people perceive - a “problem” for one, is an “opportunity” for the other.

10 Emotional intelligence is the ability to harness emotions and apply them to tasks like thinking and problem-solving.

11 Problem-solving has a very wide scope and takes the interdisciplinary approach.

12 Building a comprehensive problem-solving framework is about leveraging a structured methodology that allows you to frame problems systematically and solve problems creatively.

13 Diagnosing the problem from the mindset level is the critical step for digging into the root causes of many problems today.

14 That challenge about insight is that knowledge can be taught, insight cannot be taught completely.

15 Innovation is not for its own sake, but for problem-solving.

16 Being holistic suggests a genuine sense of exploration and innovation or simply creative problem-solving.

17 Keep sharpening problem-solving skills, always dig under the surface, and build a good reputation as an insightful problem-framer or a mindful problem-solver.

18 A good question is a halfway of problem-solving.