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METHOD 1 2 3 4
explore
narrow to
e con approach lead cycle
making sense out of the jumble
fine point erg ver couragously
doing it
repeats
div ge to plan
the best
ideas
Roger von
Explorer Artist Judge Warrior
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"A Kick In The Seat of the Pants"
Collect Monitor
Information Consequences
Define Evaluate and
John Adair Objective Decide
Implement
Develop
Options Sense Effects
Organize
Choose
Focus Predict Decide Prioritize
Agree
Plan
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Experiences, roles, Data are gathered; Many possible Many alternatives Many possible Possible sources of
and situations are the situation is statements of and possibilities for criteria are assistance and
searched for examined from many problems and responding to the formulated for resistance are
Divergent
messes... openness different viewpoints: subproblems are problem statement reviewing and considered; potential
Phase to experience, information, generated are developed and evaluating ideas implementation steps
exploring impressions, feelings, listed are identified
opportunities etc are collected
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Human Factors
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Challenge is Most important data A working problem Ideas that seem Several important Most promising
accepted and are identified and statement is chosen more promising or criteria are selected solutions are focused
Convergent systematic efforts are analyzed interesting are to evaluate ideas. and prepared for
Phase undertaken to selected Criteria are used to action; specific plans
respond to it. evaluate, strengthen, are formulated to Creative Problem Solving: The Basic Course by
and refine ideas. implement solution Scott Isaksen and Donald Treffinger © 1985
What kind of chair (scope)? Designers Look at more chairs (research). Designers look for The perfect chair (implement)
need constraints. How will I use the chair? inspiration. A team of designers will venture into the After several rounds of
Where will it go? These constraints set the field, observing new chair designs, trends, and prototyping and revisions (and
scope of the problem and the designer inspiration from industries far removed from the process. perhaps more research!), the
can begin to get creative. At this point, the design team has many ideas. designer will have a few solid
creations from which to choose.
Design
Scope Research Prototype
Thinking Implement
Establish
destination and Transform the
Creativity Using the path
surrounding, basic route into
Imagination techniques used we built. Put
Surveying notice what Building Waymarking a fully working Navigating
Engineering influence the
to overcome the
transportation
ideas to use to
obstacle. get a return.
decision or system.
problem Brian Clegg / Paul Birch
Observe your
Orient this data
OODA surroundings, Decide the best
Observe Orient with previous Decide Act
Loop gather path of action
experiences
information
PDCA
Plan Do Check Act
Cycle
Having ideas
What is the about how to ... and doing
Choosing what Inspiring
?WhatIf! Insight issue? make these Ideas Impact
creates energy...
something with them. Impact
Opportunities
Opportunities? opportunities Letting it rip!
work for you.
(1) Specify the outcome, content, sequence, and task of work activities
(2) Create clear, direct connections between requestors and suppliers of goods and services
Who, what,
(3) Eliminate loops, workarounds, and delays
when, outcome
A critical step in the learning process of problem-solvers is to verify whether they truly understood the current
condition well enough to improve it. Therefore, a follow-up plan becomes a critical step in process improvement
to make sure the implementation plan was executed, the target condition realized, and the expected results
achieved. You can state the predicted outcome here rather than in the target condition, if you prefer.
METHOD 1 2 3 4
explore
narrow to
e con approach lead cycle
making sense out of the jumble
fine point erg ver couragously
doing it
repeats
di v ge to plan
the best
ideas
Color coding within the various methods is meant to show what matches with the Idea Sandbox process. Updated 1 September, 2011 • Idea Sandbox • Idea-Sandbox.com
When steps are stacked the top step would come before those below it.