Boxed In

"You cannot look in a new direction by looking harder in the same direction."

- Edward De Bono -

Themes

Problem-Solving
Lateral Thinking
Elastic Thinking

Reframing Issues
Functional Fixedness
Divergent Thinking

Thinkers

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Edward de Bono
Leonard Mllodinow
Hal Gregersen

Tina Seelig
Bernard Roth
Jason Silva

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IDEAS ABOUT...

Elastic Thinking, By Leonard Mlodinow

BBC Reel
5 Ways to Get Better At Elastic Thinking

Big think
Can you solve this riddle?

Leonard Mlodinow
The Demands Of Change

Taken from Elastic, by Leonard Mlodinow.

IDEAS ABOUT...

The Art Of Asking Questions, by Hal Gregersen

GenConnect u
(How To) Unlock A Surprising Solution

GenConnect U
How Do I Ask The Right Question?

Atlantic Live
The Problems We Have Are Connected with Question's We're ASking

IDEAS ABOUT...

Lateral Thinking, By Edward De Bono

Stimulus
Lateral Thinking: Let Your Mind Go To Crazy Places

Indigo Training
Lateral Thinking Is A skill Anyone Can Learn

Tycoon Tribe
"Getting There" By Working Backwards

IDEAS ABOUT...

Thinking Differently, By Tina Seelig

Stanford ECorner
Reframing: How The Question Directs The Solution

Stanford ECorner
Divergent Thinking Can Free The Mind

Stanford ECorner
Assumptions & Avoiding The 1st Answer You get

IDEAS ABOUT...

Functional Fixedness &
Looking Beyond The obvious

ABC Life
Want To Be More Creative? Think Like A Kid

HBR
Why We Can't See Solutions in Plain Sight

Keene State College
Why being Tired Makes You more Creative

IDEAS ABOUT...

Letting Problems Solve us,
By Jason Silva

jason Silva
Bob Kegan: Let The Problem Solve You

Jason Silva
When Problems Solve Us

IDEAS ABOUT...

Design Thinking, By Bernard Roth

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Stanford ECorner
What's the Real Problem?

Bernard Roth
Trying To Solve The Wrong problem

Bernard Roth
Reframing Problems & Getting Honest

D.I.Y. & TECHNIQUES

PROBLEM-SOLVING TECHNIQUES, BY MIND TOOLS

Mind Tools
root Cause Analysis

Mind Tools
The Reframing Matrix

Mind Tools
The 5 Whys

D.I.Y. & TECHNIQUES

The What If? Technique, Reframing, dESIGN tHINKING, Meditative Breathing

Julia Samton
sTUCK? tHIS tECHNIQUE mIGHT wORK

Positive Solutions
The Theory Of Creativity & The What If? Technique

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Fast Company
Three Ways To Reframe A Problem To Find An Innovative Solution

Try The Exercise

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Psychology Today
Creative Problem-Solving Test

Scott Jeffrey
Eight Easy Creative Problem-Solving Techniques That Really Work

Try The Exercise

Bernard Roth
An Unexpected Remedy For Loneliness

EXTRACTS

Conn & Mclean
Learn The BulletProof Solving Approach

Taken from Bulletproof Problem Solving, by Charles Conn & Robert McLean.

Edward De Bono
The Black Pebble

Taken from Lateral Thinking, by Edward de Bono.

Nat Greene
How To Be A Great Problem Solver

Taken from Stop Guessing, by Nat Greene.

INSIGHT

HBR
Find Innovation Where You Least Expect It

Inc.
What a Chess Grandmaster Can Teach You About Solving Problems

Medium
How Well You Define a Problem Determines How Well You Solve It

Psychology Today
This Simple Trick Will Transform How You Solve Problems

99U
The Abstraction Method of Problem Solving

HBR
To Come Up with a Good Idea, Start by Imagining the Worst Idea Possible

The Atlantic
Professional Help: 5 Strategies for Creative Problem Solving

HBR
how you define the problem determines If you Solve it

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TALKS

Maurice Ashley
Working Backwards To Solve Problems

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BIG THINK

Stephen Dubner
Think Small to Solve Big Problems

TIPS

HBR
Solve Your Problems: Think Of the Worst Idea POssible

Stimulus
Creative Solutions & Lateral Thinking

HBR
reframing: Are You Solving The Right Problems?

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PODCASTS

HBR
The Secret To Better Problem Solving

7 Good Minutes
Tony Robbins's advice On How To Solve Problems

Meaningful Show
Why Happiness Comes From Solving Problems

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