Being known for your ability to solve problems will help you no matter what you do (personally and professionally).

Here are a group of articles and posts which focus on problem-solving!

Articles containing useful templates:

How to find your process bottleneck: Finding the theoretical and actual bottlenecks of a process helps you to understand what is limiting the capacity of your system so you can prioritise actions to improve that capacity.

Articles on problem solving:

How to run an effective brainstorming session: Brainstorming sessions can be a powerful tool to get ideas and opinions from your team but must be done correctly so that you get the widest range of input possible.

Spend more time at the Gemba: The Gemba “the actual place” where the action in your organisation takes place (be it a factory floor, a sales call or a classroom) and spending more time there is essential to uncovering the true problems faced by your organisation.

Become the most “dumbest” person in the room: Curiosity is key if you want to solve problems and you develop your curiosity and your question-asking skills through practice and perseverance. The most curious person in the room will learn the most and solve the most problems and they don’t have to be the smartest or the one with the most in-depth knowledge of the problems they are trying to solve.