Problem Solving Quotes - Page 15

• Architecture should have little to do with problem solving - rather it should create desirable conditions and opportunities hitherto thought impossible.

  Cedric Price

  Opportunity, Should Have, Littles

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• Writing is not magic. It’s a craft, a process, a set of steps. As with any process, things sometimes break down. Even in a good story, the writer runs into problems. So the act of writing always includes problem solving.

  Roy Peter Clark

  Running, Writing, Magic

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• A game is a problem-solving activity, approached with a playful attitude

  Jesse Schell

  Attitude, Games, Problem

  Jesse Schell (2015). “The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses, Second Edition”, p.47, CRC Press

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• The art of detection is finding a common denominator for the fractions of a case.

  Elsa Barker

  Art, Common, Problem

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• For me it was never about money, but solving problems for the future of humanity.

  Elon Musk

  Humanity, Problem, Future Of Humanity

  "How Elon Musk Is Revolutionizing Two Major Industries At The Same Time" by Alex Davies, www.businessinsider.com. March 13, 2013.

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• Science, in the very act of solving problems, creates more of them.

  Abraham Flexner

  Motivational, Math, Science

  Abraham Flexner (1994). “Universities: American, English, German”, p.19, Transaction Publishers

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• With the magnitude of the challenges we face right now, what we need in Washington are not more political tactics, we need more good ideas. We don't need more point scoring, we need more problem solving.

  Barack Obama

  Ideas, Political, Challenges

  Barack Obama's remarks on the Federal Budget in Room 350 of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C., www.washingtonpost.com. March 17, 2009.

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• The arts teach children that in complex forms of problem-solving, purposes are seldom fixed, but change with circumstance and opportunity.

  Elliot W. Eisner

  Art, Children, Opportunity

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• Have you ever noticed that the only metaphor we have in our public discourse for solving problems is to declare war on it? We have the war on crime, the war on
  cancer, the war on drugs. But did you ever notice that we have no war on homelessness? You know why? Because there's no money in that problem. No money to be made off of the homeless. If you can find a solution to homelessness where the corporations and politicians can make a few million dollars each, you will see the streets of America begin to clear up pretty damn quick!

  George Carlin

  War, Cancer, America

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• There is a difficult transition in management from being the knowledgeable expert and the problem solver to becoming a process architect. The importance of good process in organizations is undervalued and people seldom get credited for putting good processes in place. It makes sense therefore that C-level executives don't want to delegate expertise and problem solving tasks which help them to "shine" and attract widespread recognition.

  Yves Doz

  People, Shining, Management

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• The more difficult a problem becomes, the more interesting it is.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Interesting, Problem, Difficult

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• I worry that as the problem-solving power of our technologies increases, our ability to distinguish between important and trivial or even non-existent problems diminishes.

  Evgeny Morozov

  Technology, Worry, Important

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• We live in a society that penalizes highly creative individuals for their non-conformist autonomy. This makes the teaching of problem solving in design both discouraging and difficult. A...student (has) massive blocks against new ways of thinking, engendered by some 16 years of mis-education.

  Victor Papanek

  Block, Teaching, Dark

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• Money should not, and must not, change our commitment to solving problems and building this state.

  Dave Freudenthal

  Change, Commitment, Problem

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• When we talk about values, I think of rationality in solving problems. That's something I value. Fairness, kindness, generosity, tolerance. That's different. When they [Conservative right wing Republicans] talk about values, they're talking about things like going to church, voting for Bush, being loyal to Jesus, praying. These are not values.

  Bill Maher

  Jesus, Kindness, Thinking

  "Real Time with Bill Maher", November 5, 2004.

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• Strategy making needs to function beyond the boxes to encourage the informal learning that produces new perspectives and new combinations... Once managers understand this, they can avoid other costly misadventures caused by applying formal techniques, without judgement and intuition, to problem solving.

  Henry Mintzberg

  Perspective, Judgement, Intuition

  "The Fall and Rise of Strategic Planning" by Henry Mintzberg, hbr.org. 1994.

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• The widespread availability of information is the only basis for effective day-to-day problem solving, which abets continuous improvement programs.

  Tom Peters

  Availability, Abet, Information

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• Difficulties are opportunities to better things; they are stepping-stones to greater experience...When one door closes, another always opens; as a natural law it has to, to balance.

  Bryan Adams

  Inspirational, Sports, Opportunity

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• Is your cucumber bitter? Throw it away. Are there briars in your path? Turn aside. That is enough. Do not go on and ay, 'Why were things of this sort ever brought into the world?'

  Marcus Aurelius

  Goes On, World, Cucumbers

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• Horses in the Book of Mormon would be another. You have relatively few mentions of horses, but there are some, and we don't know exactly how they were used; they don't seem to be all that common. Were they horses as we understood them, [or] does the term describe some other animal? Languages don't always and cultures don't always classify things the way we would expect. We have what we call common-sense ways of doing it. They're not common sense; they're just ours. But again, we don't have a strong case there. We're just problem solving there.

  Daniel C. Peterson

  Strong, Horse, Honesty

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• Сase studies are a tremendous device for developing problem solving skills, which are really valuable.

  Robert J. Dolan

  Skills, Study, Problem

  Source: bigthink.com

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• Collaboration is important not just because it's a better way to learn. The spirit of collaboration is penetrating every institution and all of our lives. So learning to collaborate is part of equipping yourself for effectiveness, problem solving, innovation and life-long learning in an ever-changing networked economy.

  Don Tapscott

  Effectiveness, Long, Innovation

  "The Spirit of Collaboration Is Touching All of Our Lives". Condensed Version of Installment Speech as Trent University Chancellor, www.theglobeandmail.com. June 07, 2013.

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• If only you could see the whole picture, if you knew the whole story, you would realize that no problem ever comes to you that does not have a purpose in your life, that cannot contribute to your inner growth. When you perceive this, you will recognize that problems are opportunities in disguise. If you did not face problems, you would just drift through life. It is through solving problems in accordance with the highest light we have that inner growth is attained.

  Peace Pilgrim

  Opportunity, Light, Growth

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• Genuine peace must be the product of many nations, the sum of many acts. It must be dynamic, not static, changing to meet the challenge of each new generation. For peace is a process-a way of solving problems.

  John F. Kennedy

  Challenges, Way, Generations

  American University Commencement Address, delivered 10 June 1963

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• Being receptive, being able to listen openly and well, is a crucial skill for creative problem-solving.

  Paul A. Kaufman

  Skills, Creative, Listening

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