To survive the fierce competition of the conceptual age, employees will need creative problem solving skills: the application of best practices from unexpected sources to create fresh solutions.
Inventor James Dyson exemplified this skill when he applied the mechanics of a local sawmill—a giant cyclone-shaped dust collector—to a household vacuum. The result? A bestselling vacuum cleaner.
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- MOOC – Creative Problem Solving. A free course run by University of Minnesota through Coursera.
- Finding great ideas, startup skills. Idea generation: What is creative problem solving?