{"id":1714,"date":"2021-02-10T20:28:21","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T04:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/?p=1714"},"modified":"2021-02-15T19:54:06","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T03:54:06","slug":"unconfined-problem-solving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/blog\/unconfined-problem-solving\/","title":{"rendered":"Unconfined Problem-Solving"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Most of us have a natural tendency to think that the sector we\u2019re currently working in or the strategy we\u2019re currently executing offers the most effective and indispensable approach when it comes to problem-solving.<\/span><\/p>

Especially when tackling complex problems, it\u2019s a mistake to confine the context, problem, and solution set within the exclusive lens of what you, your team, or your organization currently does. If you do, you\u2019ll have a limited understanding of the problem space and unnecessarily constrain your options for forward motion.<\/span><\/p>

Deep expertise is often an asset for problem-solving, but the best problem-solvers I know keep an open mind and suspend their assumptions when examining a problem. This mindset helps them be open to new possibilities instead of <\/span>defaulting to familiar solutions and succumbing to the law of the instrument<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>

Moreover, the best problem-solvers I know recognize that great problem-solving is a team sport. They understand the indispensable value that comes from bringing other people with different experiences, worldviews, and vantage points into the problem-solving process: expanded perspective and collective wisdom.<\/span><\/p>

When you combine mindset with a diverse team, problem-solvers can collectively shift between and combine their perspectives and expertise in ways that surface imaginative and viable options that aren\u2019t confined to a singular lens of viewing the world.<\/span><\/p>

When you remove the restrictions, the outcome is typically deeper understanding of the problem space and more and better solutions.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Especially when tackling complex problems, it\u2019s a mistake to confine the context, problem, and solution set within the exclusive lens of what you, your team, or your organization currently does. The best problem-solving is unconfined.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1710,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,15,14,13,8,3,9,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-collaboration","category-community","category-facilitation","category-inclusion-and-belonging","category-innovation","category-leadership","category-problem-solving","category-trust"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Unconfined-Problem-Solving.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1714"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1790,"href":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1714\/revisions\/1790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}