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Six Thinking HatsSix Thinking Hats is a useful tool for taking different perspectives on a situation. It was developed by Edward deBono, and despite its apparent simplicity it … Read more |
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Cause and Effect Fishbone (Ishikawa)The Ishikawa diagram, more commonly known as the fishbone diagram (because of its shape) or the cause and effect diagram (because of its purpose) is … Read more |
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Kipling ListThe Kipling List is taken from a very short poem by Rudyard Kipling: “I had six serving men, they taught me all I knew, there … Read more |
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Matrix Diagram & QFDMatrix Diagrams are an excellent device for encouraging methodical exploration of all of the potential ways that one set of things can influence another, for … Read more |
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Seven Management and Planning toolsOne of the real strengths of the Japanese is a tendency to standardise and simplify wherever possible. Faced with an ever increasing number of management … Read more |
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Impact/Ease GridThe Impact/Ease grid is a four-box model (a 2×2 positioning chart) for plotting solutions (or ideas or strategies) to reflect the impact of taking them … Read more |
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BrainstormingBrainstorming is probably the best known, the most-used, and the most misused tool in creative work within organisations. Essentially it is a free-form technique for … Read more |
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Rules of BrainstormingEnsure people understand the following simple set of rules for brainstorming before they start: |