Alan Barker

How to Solve Almost Any Problem (eBook, PDF)

How to Solve Almost Any Problem

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pearson HigherEducation
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780273770886
• Artikelnr.: 54007967

Autorenporträt

Alan Barker is the MD of Kairos Training Limited, a consultancy devoted to developing thinking and communication skills. He has been training and coaching for over 20 years, is a member of the UK Speechwriter's Guild and is the published author of over 10 books.

Inhaltsangabe

About the author
Publisher's acknowledgements
Introduction
 
1 Being stuck: what it means to have a problem
 
2 Welcome to your brain: nature’s problem-solver and how it works (sort of)
 
3 What’s your style?: your problem-solving profile and what it means
 
4 Am I bothered? Blame, resistance and the call to ownership
 
5   Puzzle, headache, plan, dream: four types of problem
 
6 Closing the gap: solving puzzles
 
7 Treating headaches: what to do when problems become wicked
 
8 Design thinking: planning the way forward
 
9 Dreaming the future: creative problem-solving
 
10   Making it happen: deciding wisely
 
11   Towards collaboration: solving problems with other people
 
Afterword
Index