| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover -- How to Solve Almost Any Problem -- Contents -- About the author -- Publisher's acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Being stuck: what it meansto have a problem -- Welcome to your brain: nature's problem-solver and how it works (sort of) -- What's your style?: your problem-solving profile and what it means -- Am I bothered? Blame, resistance and the call to ownership -- Puzzle, headache, plan, dream: four types of problem -- Closing the gap: solving puzzles -- Treating headaches: what to do when problems become wicked -- Design thinking: planning the way forward -- Dreaming the future: creative problem-solving -- Making it happen: deciding wisely -- Towards collaboration: solving problems with other people -- Afterword -- Index. |
| Summary |
Problems block and slow down your progress; here's how to overcome them-simply, efficiently and effectively. This book offers straightforward, empowering science-based solutions to problems, big and small, at work or in life. It takes a never before seen approach to problem solving, powerfully combining lessons from cognitive science, established problem-solving theory and vast practical experience. It includes a radical new approach to analysing problems: The Problem Matrix . This will transform your approach to problems, challenge your thinking and help you develop new, positive, solution-focussed mindsets for the long-term. |
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Problem solving.
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Decision making.
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Problem Solving |
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Decision Making |
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Résolution de problème. |
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Prise de décision. |
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decision making. |
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Decision making |
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Problem solving |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Barker, Alan, 1956- How to solve almost any problem. Harlow, England ; New York : Pearson, ©2012 9780273770497 (DLC) 2012029779 (OCoLC)802183213 |
| ISBN |
9780273770893 |
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0273770896 |
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1299317340 (ebk) |
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9781299317345 (ebk) |
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0273770497 |
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9780273770497 |
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