I have to admit it, I am a fan if high tech and innovative design. BUT – don’t you just love a low tech low cost solution?
The image below shows an empty cash register tray and a very simple sign saying “No Cash Here”.
Forget the fancy motion detectors, wireless video recorders, RFID keyless entry. How about showing that there is nothing of value to steal.
At the time of writing this post this simple 3 step Problem Statement Template published in October 2008 has now been downloaded over 20,000 times.
It’s been used by students looking for an example of a Problem Statement for their studies. It’s been used for simple problem solving, and for big questions like:
So if you’re struggling with a problem, try downloading this template and see if it helps you too.
Writing a Problem Statement - Workbook (23342)Look – I know it’s hard studying, and I’ve struggled with it too. It might be worth taking a look at this study aid and see what you think, it’s helped other students.
Some interesting insights into the rising demand for innovation practitioners from the New York Times article
Jump, Ideo and Kotter International, are companies with offices and payrolls. But many are solo practitioners, brains for hire who lecture at corporations or consult with them regularly. Each has a catechism and a theory about why good ideas can be so hard to come by and what can be done to remedy the situation.
I particularly like this model by Vijay Govindarajan, a professor at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business and co-author of “The Other Side of Innovation:
In Box 1, he puts everything a company now does to manage and improve performance.
Box 2 is labeled “selectively forgetting the past,” his way of urging clients to avoid fighting competitors and following trends that are no longer relevant.
Box 3 is strategic thinking about the future.
“Companies spend all of their time in Box 1, and think they are doing strategy,” he says. “But strategy is really about Box 2 and 3 — the challenge to create the future that will exist in 2020″.
via In Pursuit of the Perfect Brainstorm – NYTimes.com.
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