We love a good marriage of personal life and data – show us your colorful pooping chart, your heart rate when you propose, you sleep schedule during COVID-19. We’ve been dreaming of using some corporate decision making tools in our personal life to help guide us through personal life decisions.
You can only solve a problem by making a decision. Sometimes you can make several decisions and end up solving only a symptom of a larger problem. The Problem Papers are designed to help you reinforce your confidence and understanding of your choices to make an informed decision. This is not a workbook that you must tackle linearly. The pages are available as a guide to help you help yourself over the hump of a challenging decision at any stage. There are multiple pages of each workbook page to assist you through today and tomorrow’s decisions.
14 Problem Solving Guides:
- Identifying the issue
a. Five Whys
b. Fishbone Diagram - Gathering information
a. Forcefield Analysis
b. SWOT Analysis - Identifying roads to a solution
a. Six-Hat Brainstorm
b. Best/Worst - Weighing the evidence
a. Decision Matrix
b. 360 Review
c. Pros and Cons - Making a choice
a. Question Box
b. Venn Diagram
c. Quick Pick - Taking the best course of action
a. Eisenhower Box - Reviewing and adjusting
a. Roses and Thorns Evaluation
Here is my first version of these papers – Please give me feedback on what you think! Are they useful? What else do you need?
Free Problem Solving/ Framing Worksheets (PDF download)
