PROBLEM SOLVING

“If I had an hour to solve a problem I'd spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and 5 minutes thinking about solutions.” Albert Einstein

Consultancy team

EN, ES

Practical activity

This activity encourages creative problem solving as part of a team. It highlights the importance of teamwork and the value of other people's advice.


Mind Tools
EN_ES A TEAM OF CONSULTANTS (T)

Team di Consulenti

Attivita IT

Scopo dello strumento: Questo esercizio aiuta a stimolare il problem solving creativo nella tua squadra. Sottolinea l'importanza del lavoro di squadra e il valore che le persone possono ottenere dal cercare il consiglio degli altri.


Mind Tools
IT TEAM OF CONSULTANTS.docx

Create Your Own

EN, ES

practical activity

This game encourages learners to think about the core elements of the problem-solving process. It builds skills such as creativity, negotiation, decision making, communication, and time management. After the activity, team members should be better equipped to work together and to think on their feet.


Mind Tools
EN_ES CREATE YOUR OWN (T).docx

Crea il Tuo

IT

Attività

Scopo dello strumento: Questo gioco incoraggia i partecipanti a riflettere sugli elementi chiave del processo di risoluzione dei problemi. Accresce abilità come creatività, negoziazione, presa di decisioni, comunicazione e gestione del tempo. Dopo l'attività, i membri del team dovrebbero essere meglio equipaggiati per lavorare insieme e pensare velocemente.


Mind Tools
IT CREATE YOUR OWN.docx

Creativity. Skoristi Svoju Kreativnost

EN

reading

Starting from page 10 of this project handbook, a range workshops with creative problem solving activities and articles developed by young people for young people.


KUMS
Creativity. Skoristi Svoju Kreativnost.pdf

Solving Problems in Groups

EN

video

An example from TV's The Big Bang Theory of how to solve problems in groups.

Creative Writing Cookbook, 2016

EN

reading

This toolkit has a wide range of of shorter and longer creative writing exercises to help develop young people's lifelong learning competences.


Published by Estonian UNESCO Youth Association in cooperation with Piepildīto Sapņu Istaba and Cooperativa Braccianti
Creative Writing Cookbook, 2016.pdf

Conflict Management

HU, EN

presentation

A PowerPoint presentation to help learners reflect on a conflict they were involved in and see some ideas about managing conflict


YouthSports Erasmus+ project
HU_Problem solving_Conflict.ppt


EN Conflict powerpoint.pptx

Using brainstorming for problem solving

EN

presentation

A video and a step-by-step tutorial with ideas on effective brainstorming.


Mindtools

Making decisions with "Six thinking hats"

EN

practical training activity

Six Thinking Hats is a technique for considering the effect of a decision from different points of view. It encourages people to move outside their usual style of thinking to get a balanced view of a situation.


Intool Project
Six thinking hats EN.pdf

Creative problem-solving in the face of extreme limits

EN

video

Navi Radjou describes the problem solving concept of the 'frugal innovation', pioneered by entrepreneurs in emerging markets. Radjou also shares three principles for how we can all do more with less.


TED video

20 problem solving activities to improve creativity

EN

practical training activity

20 interactive exercises with lots of fun elements


https://www.humorthatworks.com