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<\/p>\nFrom this summer’s youth workshops, I learned to appreciate more the connection between problems and their solutions. Specifically, I learned to appreciate “attributes”, a term used by one of our docents at the Cantor Arts Center when she was asking students to look for visual clues in artwork.<\/p>\n
A new skill that we will incorporate into our 2015 workshops is problem definition and problem statement development (it is a project rate-limiting step that takes a while to activate). For our training approach, we will use a reverse (people usually think of a problem first then the solution) thinking method where we choose a solution (they’re all around) then work out the problem they were intended to solve.<\/p>\n
1. Look around you and pick an object to observe closely.*<\/p>\n
2. What are its attributes? Think of both its forms and functions. Think of how you interact with it.<\/p>\n
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3. Describe the problem that this solution addresses. Remember that this is a trained skill so initially the thoughts may be slow to form, but we still want to use our creative thinking so do this step fast – within 30-60 seconds.<\/p>\n
Repeat these steps as part of your training. Increase the detail of your problem description gradually – without becoming complex. You can develop scoping as well as depth skills. Apply your EQ as well so that others can empathize with the problem.<\/p>\n
Bottom line: Practice this regularly. It should take no more than 3 minutes each time. Eventually you will understand how to form an effective problem statement by observing a problem that needs to be solved.<\/p>\n
*Need a hint to get started? Pick something on you or in your pockets. Or look in your bag\/briefcase. For something more challenging, choose something that you probably see often in passing but don’t really think much about it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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