{"id":2713,"date":"2024-05-24T12:28:35","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T10:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intuitivethinking.com\/simplifying-problem-solving\/"},"modified":"2024-05-24T12:28:35","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T10:28:35","slug":"simplifying-problem-solving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intuitivethinking.com\/it\/simplifying-problem-solving\/","title":{"rendered":"Simplifying problem solving"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2713\" class=\"elementor elementor-2713 elementor-2098\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e819a58 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e819a58\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef43620 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ef43620\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19e2597 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"19e2597\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Simplifying problem solving<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db26765 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"db26765\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>\u201cLess Rules, more intuition.\u201d<br \/><\/em><strong>Alan Cohen<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9da7585 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9da7585\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Despite a growing demand for creativity, today&#8217;s organizations still lack a widespread problem-solving ability at the individual level. The way to achieve this is to make creative problem solving simple and intuitive.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-719c298 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"719c298\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b32906e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b32906e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As Gabriella Rosen Kellerman and Martin Seligman point out: \u201cOne island of stability in the sea of conversation about the future of work is the conviction that our jobs will become increasingly creative\u201d <sup>1<\/sup>. The World Economic Forum, McKinsey, and nearly every major think tank seem aligned around this hypothesis, offering heaps of data to support it.\u201d Take for example The World Economic Forum\u2019s \u201cTop 10 Skills of 2025\u201d <sup>2<\/sup>.\u00a0Five of them are about problem solving, as shown in <em>figure 1<\/em> (those marked with blue circles).<a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\"><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a55d4d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4a55d4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"849\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intuitivethinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/World-Economic-Forum-1-965x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2287\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intuitivethinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/World-Economic-Forum-1-965x1024.jpg 965w, https:\/\/www.intuitivethinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/World-Economic-Forum-1-283x300.jpg 283w, https:\/\/www.intuitivethinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/World-Economic-Forum-1-768x815.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.intuitivethinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/World-Economic-Forum-1.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7c58cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d7c58cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Figure 1.<\/strong><em> The World Economic Forum\u2019s Top 10 Skills of 2025. The five skills marked with blue circles are about problem solving.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c88fa3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8c88fa3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cThe trend is not just about the delegation of rote tasks to automation\u201d \u2013 Kellerman and Seligman explain \u2013 \u201cit\u2019s also about the accelerating pace of change and the increasing complexity of business, which demand original responses to novel challenges far more frequently than ever before.\u201d <sup>3 <\/sup>Moreover, reorganizing work in order to make it more agile by emphasizing self-initiative, requires that all the workforce be capable of making important decisions that are in line with the organization\u2019s strategy and culture.<\/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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63df404 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"63df404\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30004ec e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"30004ec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c32f84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2c32f84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Five of \u201cTop 10 Skills of 2025\u201d of World Economic Forum are about problem solving.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-389f7e9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"389f7e9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96d1c90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"96d1c90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Despite a growing demand for creativity, today\u2019s organizations still lack a widespread problem-solving ability at the individual level. After decades and millions spent in creative training, it appears that organizations have been unable to build up this skill. There are excellent group methods like design thinking, but what about people who have to tackle a problem individually? Or for teams that lack a facilitator? Today, the ability to solve problems is totally reliant on individual talent and experience. How can we broaden the creative competences base within organizations?<\/p><p><strong>Making it easier<br \/><\/strong>If we want to enable people to become proficient problem solvers, we must make it easier for them. To do that, we must forget techniques and focus on principles. Techniques are artificial and often complex. Instead, when people understand the \u201cwhys\u201d of a discipline, it will become part of their mindset and they will be able to apply it intuitively. Intuition makes the problem-solving process simpler.<\/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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15b15ce e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"15b15ce\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e034b0 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"7e034b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-034aa94 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"034aa94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Creativity coincides with intuition<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66457b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66457b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For over a century scientists, psychologists and researchers have studied how creativity works and have come to the same conclusions. Their model is divided into of four stages:<sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/p><ol><li>Preparation<\/li><li>Incubation<\/li><li>Insight<\/li><li>Verification<\/li><\/ol>\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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b01e2e2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b01e2e2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2172225 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2172225\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9a556b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c9a556b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">If you want to spread the ability to do problem solving in your company, you have to make it simple. To do that, you must forget techniques and focus on principles. When people understand the \u201cwhys\u201d of a discipline, it will become part of their mindset and they will be able to apply it intuitively. Intuition is the principle that lies at the root of creativity.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e8f7c2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1e8f7c2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1240e5a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1240e5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEssentially, in order to solve a problem, we first analyze it in depth and then try to find a solution (Stage 1. Preparation). This triggers an unconscious process that runs in parallel to our conscious efforts (Stage 2. Incubation). Ultimately, brilliant ideas will come up as a result of the incubation that takes place in the background, rather than thanks to our efforts, and emerge in the form of <em>insights<\/em> (Fase 3. Insight). We then <em>verify<\/em> our idea by putting it to the test in the real world to see if it works (Stage 4. Verification). This process is repeated until we get to the solution (Iteration).\n\nAt the heart of the Standard Model of creativity lies intuition. As Sadler-Smith puts it, \u201cPreparation and verification bookend the creative process.\u201d <sup>4<\/sup> This process will culminate when an idea is generated by way of intuition. <strong>Creativity and problem solving therefore coincide with intuition<\/strong>. Once we learn how to use intuition and understand the logic behind the creative process, solving problems becomes easy.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84da4ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"84da4ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d6d4d2 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5d6d4d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9134b03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9134b03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sensing<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>: having direct access to the insights of the intuitive mind<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb87cd2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cb87cd2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sensing is the first method for learning how to generate intuitions at will in problem solving. Sensing works based on the principle that intuitions emerge in the conscious mind in the form of feelings. You will notice that every time you have an intuition, this will not emerge as the result of reasoned thinking but as feelings. If feelings are the channel through which we come up with intuitions, then when solving a problem, you should ask yourself: \u201cWhat do I sense about this problem?\u201d and through the channel of feelings you\u2019ll be able to have direct access to the insights of the intuitive mind.<\/p><p>Intuition allows you to obtain information unconsciously that go beyond the scope of the analytical mind. I recall the case of an advisor who had to start working for a consulting firm and wanted to practice Sensing in order to learn more about its owner. Before we started Sensing I asked him what he thought of this person. He replied that he thought this person was very able, had great energy, was essentially positive, but his only flaw was that he was somewhat egotistic.<\/p><p>When I subsequently asked him to practice Sensing, he confirmed those impressions, adding that there was something else he had perceived: the impression [feeling?] that that person\u2019s \u201cown personal interest was in conflict with other people\u2019s\u201d. I advised the consultant not to walk away from the situation, but to continue exploring it, while trying to verify this information. A week later the consultant called me and said: \u201cYou won\u2019t believe this. Yesterday I met with a group of professionals who know the owner of the consulting firm, and they spoke very negatively about him. They told me he is untrustworthy and that they all had a bad experience with him.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8948c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e8948c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b63dc43 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"b63dc43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78c7b9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"78c7b9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Zig-zag: the dyad intuition-test in problem solving<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd975c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dd975c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Being able to tackle problems starting from the ability to understand their essence, their critical points, provides us with an invaluable advantage in problem solving. However, problem solving does not end with having an intuition: it is an iterative process that gradually explores the problem by following a continuous series of intuitions and tests.<\/p><p>This is how Jonas Salk, the inventor of the polio vaccine, describes the process: \u201cReason alone without intuition can easily lead the wrong way. Both are necessary. The way I like to put it is that I might have an intuition about something, I send it over to the reason department. Then, after I&#8217;ve checked it out in the reason department, I send it back to the intuition department to make sure that it&#8217;s still all right.\u201d <sup>5<\/sup><\/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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbe3885 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fbe3885\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1e4971 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c1e4971\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc8b73c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dc8b73c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Once researchers have learned how to use intuition, we teach them how to apply it to the 'intuition-check' cycle which represents the basic mechanism that leads scientific thinking.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5baa8c5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5baa8c5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-218225b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"218225b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The \u201cintuition-check\u201d process is iterated until a solution to the problem is reached, as explained by Bergson <sup>6<\/sup> . The \u201cintuition-analysis\u201d cycle is iterated until a solution to the problem is reached, as explained by the great French philosopher Henri Bergson <sup>7<\/sup>. Bergson saw the role of intuition as important for arriving at new ideas, after which we should abandon intuition and work on building the body of knowledge, using the new intuitively obtained knowledge.<\/p><p>When we begin to \u2018feel lost\u2019, he argued that we should get in touch with our intuition again, often undoing what we have done in the deliberative phase, and continue this process in cycles. As eminent philosophy of science scholar Karl Popper <sup>8<\/sup>\u00a0said \u201cthere is no such thing as a logical method of having ideas, or a logical reconstruction of this process &#8230; every discovery contains &#8230; \u2018a creative intuition\u2019, in Bergson\u2019s sense\u2019.\u201d<\/p><p>We call the iterative process intuition-check, \u201cZigzag\u201d and it is what we teach in our training courses. As Tiziana Tonini from Roche says: \u201c<em>With Sensing I learned to solve all kinds of problems in a simple way or [quite easily]. When I have a problem to solve I \u201cdo Sensing\u201d and this gives me some indication of which direction to take. I act on the basis of these indications (for example, I compare myself to others, I acquire information, etc.). Then, based on the information I have acquired, I act upon it and \u201cdo Sensing\u201d again, which shows me a new direction, on the basis of which I act again, and I continue like this until I\u2019ve solved the problem. This way, the final result is a success, because the solution comes from within me and not from others, and because I move progressively on the basis of my intuition, testing the results at each step. Plus, it\u2019s simple [or easy] because I don\u2019t have to force myself to come up with ideas; ideas emerge on their own, and I just have to execute and readjust [or fine tune] the direction of the shot.\u201d<\/em><\/p><p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\"><\/a><\/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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8f320d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a8f320d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4e07ea elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"f4e07ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc56470 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dc56470\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Conclusion<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7260d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e7260d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Zigzag process is the simplest and most natural \u2013 as well as the most effective \u2013 way of doing problem solving. Structured methods (you can recognize them by fact that they are defined by acronyms) may be fine for creative professionals, but for ordinary managers they are unnecessarily complicated. Once people know how to do Sensing and are aware of the logic behind the Zigzag process, problem solving becomes simple and intuitive. In this case, everybody will easily learn how to do problem solving and creativity will innervate organizations.<\/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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34b641b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"34b641b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea7f52d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ea7f52d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>1. G. I Rosen Kellerman, M. E. P. Seligman (2023)<\/p><p>2. https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\/2020\/10\/top-10-work-skills-of-tomorrow-how-long-it-takes-to-learn-them\/<\/p><p>3. G. Rosen Kellerman and M. E.P. Seligman, \u201cCultivating the Four Kinds of Creativity: How people and organizations use them all to innovate.\u201d (https:\/\/hbr.org\/2023\/01\/cultivating-the-four-kinds-of-creativity).<\/p><p>4. Sadler-Smith, Eugene. Intuition in Business (pp.452-453). OUP Oxford. Kindle edition.<\/p><p>5. Jonas Salk on \u201cAnatomy of reality. Merging of intuition and reason\u201d (https:\/\/johnljerz.com\/superduper\/tlxdownloadsiteMAIN\/id789.html).<\/p><p>6. Bergson, 1911: 238\u2013239.<\/p><p>7. Bergson, H. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Creative_Evolution_(book)\">Creative Evolution<\/a>\u201d\u00a0(<em>L&#8217;\u00c9volution cr\u00e9atrice<\/em>, 1907). Henry Holt and Company 1911, p. 238\u2013239.<\/p><p>8. Karl Popper, The Logic of Scientific Discovery (New York: Basic Books, 1959), 27-34.<\/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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to scale creativity in organizations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2100,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Simplifying problem solving - Intuitive Thinking<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.intuitivethinking.com\/it\/simplifying-problem-solving\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"it_IT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Simplifying problem solving - 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