{"id":3832,"date":"2021-11-10T07:08:23","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T07:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/korporateladders.com\/blog\/?p=3832"},"modified":"2021-11-10T07:08:24","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T07:08:24","slug":"six-problem-solving-mindsets-for-very-uncertain-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/korporateladders.com\/blog\/six-problem-solving-mindsets-for-very-uncertain-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Six problem-solving mindsets for very uncertain times"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Great problem solvers<\/strong>&nbsp;are made, not born. That\u2019s what we\u2019ve found after decades of problem solving with leaders across business, nonprofit, and policy sectors. These leaders learn to adopt a particularly open and curious mindset, and adhere to a systematic process for cracking even the most inscrutable problems. They\u2019re terrific problem solvers under any conditions. And when conditions of uncertainty are at their peak, they\u2019re at their brilliant best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Six mutually reinforcing approaches underly their success: (1) being&nbsp;<em>ever-curious<\/em>&nbsp;about every element of a problem; (2) being&nbsp;<em>imperfectionists<\/em>, with a high tolerance for ambiguity; (3) having a&nbsp;<em>\u201cdragonfly eye\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;view of the world, to see through multiple lenses; (4) pursuing&nbsp;<em>occurrent behavior<\/em>&nbsp;and experimenting relentlessly; (5) tapping into the&nbsp;<em>collective intelligence<\/em>, acknowledging that the smartest people are not in the room; and (6) practicing&nbsp;<em>\u201cshow and tell\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;because storytelling begets action (exhibit).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great problem solvers&nbsp;are made, not born. That\u2019s what we\u2019ve found after decades of problem solving with leaders across business, nonprofit, and policy sectors. These leaders learn to adopt a particularly open and curious mindset, and adhere to a systematic process for cracking even the most inscrutable problems. They\u2019re terrific problem solvers under any conditions. And<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none"},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/korporateladders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3832"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/korporateladders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/korporateladders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/korporateladders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/korporateladders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3832"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/korporateladders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3834,"href":"https:\/\/korporateladders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3832\/revisions\/3834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/korporateladders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/korporateladders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/korporateladders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}