Use Multivoting to Simplify Group Decision-Making
Multivoting is a simple, structured approach for a group to narrow down or choosing among a list of options.
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Book Summary: Think Better – An Innovator’s Guide to Productive Thinking
Learn how to think better by using productive thinking approaches with Tim Hurson’s book Think Better – An Innovator’s Guide to Productive Thinking. In the book Think Better: An Innovator’s …
Read MoreThe Quality Project Manager: an Interview with Olu Jinadu
Learn how one Director of Quality values quality project managers. I had the pleasure of meeting Olu Jinadu on a flight from Memphis to Detroit. I was traveling to …
Read MoreHow to Create an Easy Pareto Chart to Highlight Your Biggest Opportunities
A Pareto chart is a bar graph that displays data in descending frequency from left to right. It's helpful for determining where to focus your efforts in problem-solving and …
Read MoreThe Osborn Parnes Creative Problem-Solving Process
The Osborn Parnes creative problem-solving process is a structured way to generate creative and innovative ways to address problems. If you want to grow in your career, you need …
Read MorePlan Do Check Act – PDCA Cycle for Continuous Improvement
The PDCA Cycle is an easy-to-understand, repeatable approach for working toward continuous improvement.
Read MoreSupercharge Idea Output With Starbursting Brainstorming
Starbursting brainstorming is a structured technique to help your team come up with lots of ideas in many different focus areas. Use this approach to easily guide your team …
Read More7 Problem-Solving Steps to Conquer Even the Toughest Problems
The seven-step problem solving method walks you through the following steps to solve most any problem: 1. Identify the correct problem 2. Analyze the problem 3. Define the problem 4. Identify options and …
Read MoreHow to Use an Affinity Diagram to Easily Organize Ideas and Information
An Affinity Diagram is a tool that helps you group large amounts of information based on theme or relationship.
Read MoreHow to Run a Successful Brainstorming Session for Productive Problem-Solving
Brainstorming is an approach that teams can use to generate many ideas quickly. The goal is to inspire more creative thoughts to generate many ideas quickly and often build from …
Read MoreHow to Use the Ishikawa Fishbone Diagram as an Awesome Problem-Solving Tool
An easy explanation of how to use this powerful problem-solving tool with a simple fishbone diagram example. Have you ever been faced with a problem you didn’t know how …
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