Drum roll please… At the beginning of each month, we will profile the ten articles from the previous month that generated the most traffic to Human-Centered Change & Innovation. Did your favorite make the cut? But enough delay, here are May’s…
GUEST POST from Mike Shipulski How do you decide if a problem is worth solving? If it’s a new problem, try to solve it. If it’s a problem that’s already been solved, it can’t be a new problem. Let someone else re-solve it. If a new problem is big, solv…
Every day we
face challenges and problems in life, both big and small, and so it’s very
important to be good at tackling them. However, that can be easier said than
done, and if we make one of these mistakes when trying to solve a problem, we
might mak…
GUEST POST from Mike Shipulski If you see a problem, tell someone. But, also, tell them how you’d like to improve things. Once you see a problem, you have an obligation to seek a solution. Complaining is telling someone they have a problem but stopping…
Many leaders often feel like there is an endless list of fires to put out in their business, with another popping up every time one is extinguished. They end up in a vicious cycle of knowing they need to improve, but feeling unable to get to the root c…
GUEST POST from Mike Shipulski When you don’t know what to do, what do you do? This is a difficult question. Here are some thoughts that may help you figure out what to do when you really don’t know. Don’t confuse activity with progress. Gather your tw…
GUEST POST from Janet Sernack I was first introduced to gamification upon meeting Mario Herger, in 2012, when he was a Senior Innovation Strategist at SAP Labs LLC, in Israel, as a participant in his two-day gamification workshop for Checkpoint Securit…
Whether you are trying to improve productivity, resolve a quality issue, or resolve conflict; there is one critical factor which is often overlooked – a problem solving mindset. A problem solving mindset is essential in almost every are of life. Even w…
Your spectrum of problems that your team engages with can span from firefighting to strategic breakthroughs, and many levels in between. However, it is very difficult for a team to operate all across the spectrum at once. You have a critical mass of problem-solving efforts and that anchors what your