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Earlier, we talked about how thinking about alternate solutions to a problem can help find creative solutions. Here's an exercise to help you practice this technique. Imagine tha...
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Earlier, we talked about how thinking about alternate solutions to a problem can help find creative solutions. Here's an exercise to help you practice this technique. Imagine tha...
Don’t say “I found a problem.” Say … “I found a problem, here’s a solution .. and proof.”
I am heading into the McKinsey recruiting cycle and need targeted help on the Solve Game’s math-and-logic section, specifically the pattern-recognition puzzles. What I’m looking fo...
Worry is one of the least productive uses we can make of our minds. It’s also one of the least pleasant. I know this because I’ve struggled with worry throughout my life. Of course...
One way to come up with new ideas or improve upon existing ideas is to elaborate on them. In fact, some people believe that all new ideas are elaborations of existing ideas. You...
A practical framework for reducing uncertainty before agents accelerate implementation The post How to Solve the Right Problem in the Age of Agentic AI appeared first on Towards Da...
Synectics is a problem solving technique similar to brainstorming, but with more complexity and structure. A leader is chosen to facilitate the session. The leader is not allowed...
Not all problems are created equal, and trying to solve them all the same way is likely to result in frustration. In this episode, Helen and Sarah explore how to identify wheth...
TL;DR: The water jug problem illustrates how AI performs a state-space search to reach a goal state from an initial state by taking actions within the given constraints. Water dist...
We can think of problems as being one of two types: a question of learning skills or an emotional overreaction. Knowing which is which can give you a head start on solving them.
Just as your subconscious can work on problems while you do something else, your subconscious can also work on a task while you sleep on it. Here is an exercise to help you prepare...
An executive says, after hearing about a major quality defect: “You said we solved that. Why'd the problem come back???” That might sound like accountability. But it's not necessar...
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Famously, some algebraic problems turned out not just to be difficult, but completely impossible with algebraic techniques. Some examples are: All real solutions of arbitrary eigh...
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Learn how solutions like overthinking, seeking reassurance, and worrying may become problems when we're trying to figure something out and how to break the obsessive thought loops.
The next time you are stuck on a project ask yourself this question, "If the goals of this project were completely opposite of the actual goals, what would I do differently?" When...
Elaborating on an existing idea is a great way to come up with new and better ideas. One way to do this is by taking an idea apart and looking at its components. By looking at on...
Originally appeared on Blog.The method This process applies the scientific method to a defect. The six phases are the steps of that method. They carry the names a developer uses....
Most leaders have never counted how much time their teams spend re-solving problems that were supposedly already closed. Recurring operational failures can quietly drain leadership...
A few years ago, a bad assumption cost a team a bad week. Someone shipped a feature on a shaky understanding of the actual problem, the…Continue reading on Medium »
When we worry about something, we cannot get the thought out of our minds and this may interfere with our creativity or ability to get a good nights sleep. Exporting your worries...
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Do you always end up being the person who sees the downside in other people's suggestions? Or perhaps you’re the one who has lots of ideas, and then must suffer when they are disse...
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