HOT: Can problem-solving be learned?

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I sometimes get asked: Can problem-solving be learned or is hardwired into people’s DNA?

My view: DNA can help (e.g. raw brainpower can help) but “ordinary” folks can become adept problem-solvers.

How?

By internalizing models i.e. simplifying frameworks) and protocols (i.e. analytical methods) … and applying them in a variety of contexts.

In doing so, the “devices” can be stored sub-consciously and retrieved consciously to solve problems.

That’s called intuition.

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Tags: analysis, frameworks, intuition, models, problem-solving

This entry was posted on January 10, 2012 at 6:59 am and is filed under Analytical methods, procedures & protocols, Models & Frameworks, Problem solving. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “HOT: Can problem-solving be learned?”

Dennis Ossipov-Grodsky Says:
January 10, 2012 at 3:39 pm | Reply
TED worth speech! Thanks for drilling your models into me, Professor: they still work :)

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