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How to Solve Complex Problems by Not Focusing on Them

How to Solve Complex Problems by Not Focusing on Them

Jim Schreier Jun 9, 2019

https://www.fastcompany.com/90237319/how-to-solve-complex-problems-by-not-focusing-on-them

Civil War Boundary in U.S. Affects Trade to This Day

Jim Schreier Jun 9, 2019

How interesting that my long term interest in the Civil War connects in this find with …

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+50/-50 Triumph or Catastrophe

+50/-50 Triumph or Catastrophe

Jim Schreier Jun 9, 2019

It’s an “approved” item on the list for upgrades. And I’m going to add it to …

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Hidden Metaphors Get under Our Skin

Jim Schreier Jun 9, 2019

Very interesting article related to our use of the “Scouting” metaphor for explorations. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hidden-metaphors-get-under-our-skin/

Building Trust Inside Your Team

Building Trust Inside Your Team

Jim Schreier Jun 9, 2019

The teams we create for strategic exploration (Implications Wheel, Strategy Matrix, T.I.P.S. Tracking, Vision) can be …

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Participant Comment on the Wheel

Jim Schreier Jun 9, 2019

A participant in one of Joel’s recent presentations said that the Implications Wheel “holds back judgment …

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Introverts: How to Unleash the Powers of Thinkers

Jim Schreier Jun 8, 2019

Another great piece for facilitators — our job is to be aware of the dynamics in …

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Facilitator Tip – Scoring Practice

Jim Schreier Jun 8, 2019

We push practice in writing implications as a critical way to develop your Implications Wheel skills …

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Influence Maps

Influence Maps

Jim Schreier Jun 8, 2019

The importance of diversity in the planning, scouting phase, de-briefing — and successful RESULTS — for …

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Groups Grow Disappointed with Extroverts over Time

Jim Schreier Jun 8, 2019

Note:  This is a very interesting piece of research — and relevant to the facilitation of …

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Future

“No one will thank you for taking care of the present if you have neglected the future.”

— Joel Barker

Future

“No one will thank you for taking care of the present if you have neglected the future.”

— Joel Barker

Learning

That’s what learning is, after all, not whether we lose the game, but how we lose and how we’ve changed because of it and what we take away from it that we never had before, to apply to other games. Losing, in a curious way, is winning.

— Richard Bach

Learning

That’s what learning is, after all, not whether we lose the game, but how we lose and how we’ve changed because of it and what we take away from it that we never had before, to apply to other games. Losing, in a curious way, is winning.

— Richard Bach

Thinking

The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking that created them.

— Albert Einstein

Thinking

The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking that created them.

— Albert Einstein

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