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Problems block and slow down your progress; here’s how to overcome them–simply, efficiently and effectively.   This book offers straightforward, empowering science-based solutions to problems, big and small, at work or in life. It takes a never before seen approach to problem solving, powerfully combining lessons from cognitive science, established problem-solving theory and vast practical experience. It includes a radical new approach to analysing problems: The Problem Matrix. This will transform your approach to problems, challenge your thinking and help you develop new, positive, solution-focussed mindsets for the long-term.

How to Solve Almost Any Problem

• Cover


• Title page


• Contents


• About the author


• Publisher?s acknowledgements


• Introduction


• 1 Being stuck: what it means to have a problem


• 2 Welcome to your brain: nature?s problem-solver and how it works (sort of)


• 3 What?s your style?: your problem-solving profile and what it means


• 4 Am I bothered?: blame, resistance and the call to ownership


• 5 Puzzle, headache, plan, dream: four types of problem


• 6 Closing the gap: solving puzzles


• 7 Treating headaches: what to do when problems become wicked


• 8 Design thinking: planning the way forward


• 9 Dreaming the future: creative problem-solving


• 10 Making it happen: deciding wisely


• 11 Towards collaboration: solving problems with other people


• Afterword


• Index


• Imprint