Friday, August 10, 2007
Mind of the Innovator: Taming the Traps of Traditional Thinking
As educational leaders, we are forever involved in problem solving situations. If we are to become “serial innovators,” Matthew May suggests we need to overcome the seven sins of solutions.
- Shortcutting - leaping to solutions. Do you dig into the possible causes of the problem, or do you jump right to a solution?
- Blindspots What assumptions do you make when solving a problem?
- Satisficing Do you go with the first option that offers an acceptable payoff?
- Downgrading Do you choose a solution that gets you most of the way, then sell the upside and downplay the downside?”
- Complicating What cost and complexity do you add in trying to solve the problem?
- Stifling Do you dismiss the answers of others in favor of your own?
“To become a great problem solver, focus on asking the right question, not the right answer.”
You can read the entire article and find out how to eliminate or tame the seven sins.
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I read this article in its entirety and truly enjoyed it. As we are faced with so many issues as building principals there is much to be learned from this article.
Barbara Samide on 09/02 at 07:48 AM
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