November 2010
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You can now buy Some Ideas cards online
Each pack contains 32 cards (147mm * 105mm). Retail price is £10.
Some Ideas Cards
Some ideas cards: A collection of 32 cards with ideas to help solve problems.
Some Ideas now stocked at Tenderproduct
Tenderproduct, 6 Cecil Court, London, WC2N 4HE
www.tenderproduct.com
Sometimes experience can be as much of a hindrance to problem solving as it can be a help. It’s easy to dismiss ideas with the catch all “we tried that before and it didn’t work”.
But prior experience might not be all that you think it is. Were the circumstances the same as they are now? Perhaps things have changed that make your idea more suitable now that it was...
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Sometimes the easy way to solve a problem is to combine two existing ideas that have already been proposed. The offspring of these ideas is often more powerful and potent than the original ideas it was bred from. You might try combining ideas at random or you could take a more methodical approach. Try writing all your ideas in sequential rows and then repeat these ideas a columns to produce...
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There’s nothing quite like a good argument to sort out a problem. Passions are raised and you get to hear what the issues are. In problem solving as a team there is a danger that harmonious colloboration deadens ideas by smoothing off their edges. Distinct and different ideas can be dulled through compromise.
Arguing can help you understand the merits and flaws of different...