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Books on Problem Solving, Decision Making, and Creativity
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Step-By-Step Problem Solving: A Practical Guide to Ensure Problems Get (and Stay) Solved (Quality Improvement Series)Step-By-Step Problem Solving: A Practical Guide to Ensure Problems Get (and Stay) Solved (Quality Improvement Series) by Richard Y. Chang
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A basic guide to solving simple practical ("real-world") problems.
Are Your Lights On?: How to Figure Out What the Problem Really IsAre Your Lights On?: How to Figure Out What the Problem Really Is by Donald C. Gause; Gerald M. Weinberg
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Illustrates some difficulties in posing problems and knowing whether a situation is simple or complex.
Teach Your Child Decision MakingTeach Your Child Decision Making by John F. Clabby
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Provides guidance for teaching a youngster how to solve practical problems. Uses as examples some problems that children and teens typically face.
Thinking Strategically: Power Tools for Personal and Professional AdvancementThinking Strategically: Power Tools for Personal and Professional Advancement by Craig Loehle
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Provides guidance for creating strategies for solving complex practical problems.
Decision Traps: The Ten Barriers to Decision-Making and How to Overcome ThemDecision Traps: The Ten Barriers to Decision-Making and How to Overcome Them by Edward Russo
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Discusses ten common decision-making errors and how to avoid them.
Making Hard Decisions: An Introduction to Decision Analysis (Business Statistics)Making Hard Decisions: An Introduction to Decision Analysis (Business Statistics) by Robert T. Clemen
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A big textbook on problem-analysis techniques for college undergraduate or graduate students. Includes some techniques for stimulating creativity in solving a problem.
Decision Analysis: An Integrated ApproachDecision Analysis: An Integrated Approach by Andrew Lang Golub
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A brief textbook on problem-analysis techniques for college undergraduate or graduate business or public policy students.
The Thinker's Toolkit: 14 Powerful Techniques for Problem SolvingThe Thinker's Toolkit: 14 Powerful Techniques for Problem Solving by Morgan D. Jones
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Describes fourteen problem-analysis techniques.
Cracking Creativity: The Secrets of Creative GeniusCracking Creativity: The Secrets of Creative Genius by Michael Michalko
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Presents a wide variety of techniques for being creative.
Creativity And The Mind: Discovering The Genius WithinCreativity And The Mind: Discovering The Genius Within by Thomas B. Ward
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Applies the results of research on the psychology of creativity to offer guidance for enhancing creativity.
Apollo Root Cause Analysis: A New Way of ThinkingApollo Root Cause Analysis: A New Way of Thinking by Dean Gano
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Presents the Apollo root cause analysis method of incident investigation.
A Practical Guide for Making DecisionsA Practical Guide for Making Decisions by Daniel D. Wheeler
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A guide to the art of practical problem solving, written for professional decision makers.
Choosing the Future: The Power of Strategic ThinkingChoosing the Future: The Power of Strategic Thinking by Stuart Wells
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A guide to strategic planning (business planning for top-level corporate executives).
Think!: Why Crucial Decisions Can't Be Made in the Blink of an EyeThink!: Why Crucial Decisions Can't Be Made in the Blink of an Eye by Michael R. LeGault
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Argues that reason leads to better decisions than emotion or intuition, postulates causes for the prevalence of gut reactions in decision-making, and proposes measures for improving rational thinking among the public.