Leadership in Action: The Search for Solutions: Choosing the Right Approach to Generating Ideas

The Search for Solutions: Choosing the Right Approach to Generating Ideas

by Sylvester Taylor and Stan Gryskiewicz

Solving problems requires skills in both problem identification and idea generation. Techniques for generating ideas range from the relatively safe and conventional, building on existing knowledge, to more radical approaches in which the original framing of the problem is tossed out the window. Here's a look at some of the options leaders have when a problem needs solving.

One of the key tasks leaders have is problem solving, either as individuals or as members of a group. Perhaps the most fundamental part of solving problems is ...