Problem Solving People

Problem Solving People 'The Song'

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2010-01-16T00:01:00.000-08:00

Edward DeBono | Expert on Problem Solving

2009-10-01T00:16:00.000-07:00

TED Talks | Bill Gates on | problem-solving-people.blogspot.com

2009-09-28T01:23:00.000-07:00

Millenium Development Goals | 7 minute rundown

2009-09-28T00:45:00.000-07:00

Visionary Thought Leadership

2009-09-27T23:23:00.000-07:00

All I really need to know I learned in Kindergarten

2009-03-31T05:05:00.000-07:00

ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN
(a guide for Global Leadership)

All I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate school mountain, but there in the sand pile at school.

These are the things I learned:
Share everything.
Play fair.
Don't hit people.
Put things back where you found them.
Clean up your own mess.
Don't take things that aren't yours.
Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody.
Wash your hands before you eat.
Flush.
Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you.
Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.
Take a nap every afternoon.
When you go out in the world, watch out for traffic, hold hands and stick together.
Be aware of wonder. Remember the little seed in the Styrofoam cup: the roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that.
Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the Styrofoam cup - they all die. So do we.
And then remember the Dick-and-Jane books and the first word you learned - the biggest word of all - LOOK.
Everything you need to know is in there somewhere. The Golden Rule and love and basic sanitation. Ecology and politics and equality and sane living.

Take any one of those items and extrapolate it into sophisticated adult terms and apply it to your family life or your work or government or your world and it holds true and clear and firm. Think what a better world it would be if we all - the whole world - had cookies and milk at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon and then lay down with our blankies for a nap. Or if all governments had as a basic policy to always put things back where they found them and to clean up their own mess.

And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out in the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together.

[Source: "ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN" by Robert Fulghum].

Problem Solving People:: Severn Cullis-Suzuki

2009-03-31T04:00:00.000-07:00

At 12 years old, Severn Cullis-Suzuki stood up and spoke at the United Nations in Rio at their Earth Summit This is leadership in action all at 12 years of age. Very inspiring.

http://www.skyfishproject.org/

2009-03-31T03:58:00.000-07:00

you want to solve problems and have a look at some green-tech alternatives?
check this out

Addis Birhan & Intercept Poverty Problem Solve

2009-03-02T21:53:00.000-08:00

Addis Birhan Programme, Educates Youth at Risk about HIV/AIDS prevention and gives Life Skills. Intercept Poverty.org partners with Addis Birhan to gain financial support to expand the program.

This program problem solves and intercepts the trajectroy of life and death situations through youth education. It trains local African nationals, to teach others who teach others and so on. www.interceptpoverty.org

We are inspired at this Problem Solving Initiative on the ground in Addis Ababa, the brain child of our parnter, Connie Dandy, an Australian woman whose been living in Addis Ababa for 20 years.

Problem Solving Tips - Article by Tanya Lacy

2009-02-08T14:13:00.000-08:00

Problem Solving Article Solutions Thinking Savvy: Ideas + Strategies to produce problem-solving people.

This article is chock full of tips appears in Business Franchise Magazine January/February edition - Business Solutions Section.
Written by Tanya Lacy, Resource Speaker, Founder Intercept.

One of the keys from the article is thinking in the gaps.

Having a look at what's missing and getting there by asking questions untill all roads lead to understanding what's missing. This gives you the clues on how to fill it and what the solutions need to be. Sounds simple, but common sense isn't always common.

Problem Solving Quotations

2009-02-07T22:25:00.000-08:00

Henry Ford
There are no big problems, there are just a lot of little problems.
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Theodore Rubin
The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.
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Albert Einstein
It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.
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Billy Graham
Hot heads and cold hearts never solved anything.
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Denis Waitley
Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.
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Unknown Author
Worry is like a rocking chair - it gives you something to do but won't get you anywhere.
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John Dewey
A problem well stated is a problem half solved.
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Norman Vincent Peale
How you think about a problem is more important than the problem itself - so always think positively.
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Norman Vincent Peale
Problems are to the mind what exercise is to the muscles, they toughen and make strong.
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Norman Vincent Peale
Believe it is possible to solve your problem. Tremendous things happen to the

Bill Gates - "Any tough problem can be solved"...

2009-02-07T21:53:00.000-08:00

This is taken from a piece in the Telegraph UK. It is from Bill Gates commenting at a conference for Technology, Entertainment and Design Conference. Also known as TED. At this conference he released a swarm of mosquitoes into the audience.

"Malaria is spread by mosquitoes, "he yelled to the crowd before unleashing the insects, which were not carrying the disease. "I brought some. Here I'll let them roam around. There is no reason only poor people shoule be infected."

The organisers of the TED Conference said it was an "amazing moment" and provided the audience with "food for thought".

Gates said that more money was being spent finding a cure for baldness than developing drugs to combat malaria. "Now, baldness is a terrible thinkg and rich men are fflicted,"he joked. "That is why that priority has been set.

"The market does not drive scientists, thinkers, or governments to do the right things. Only by paying attention and making people care can we make as much progress as we need to".

He called for greater distribution of insect nets and other protective gear, as revealed that an anti-maleria vaccine funded by his foundation and currently in development would enter a more advanced testing phase in coming months.

"I am an optimist; I think any tough problem can be solved," he said

www.problem-solving-people.blogspot.com

2008-09-13T12:44:00.000-07:00

If you go to www.problem-solving-people.com it should lead you here!

Problem Solving People - Lyrics

2008-09-13T11:24:00.000-07:00

Problem Solving People*

(P) © 2008. T. Lacy [APRA] / R.Plant [BMI]
/ S.Rich [Pandora Mink Music/Sesac/APRA/admin. By Bug]

Ramsay - Hey! I want to solve this problem
Can you help me find a solution?
And be my souluution friend?
Adam - Sure my friend, tell me how we can share our brains?
Together - What can we do?
Yeah let’s do it!

Problem solving people, holding hands to make a chain
Problem solving people, holding hands to make a change

Together –
I want to start a human chain, a problem solving crew
Hey problem solving people, all ‘round the world
you know what to do!

Problem solving people, holding hands to make a chain
Problem solving people, holding hands to make a change
There really is enough on earth for everyone you see
The world is like a chocolate cake let’s spread the icing even-ly

Problem solving people, holding hands to make a chain

Together - Come on problem solving people
Put that brain to work
We can build a human chain
To help save mother earth

From Africa to Australia
and round and back again
Take my hand, make a plan
jump on the solution train!

Problem solving people, holding hands to make a chain
Problem solving people, holding hands to make a change
There really is enough on earth for everyone you see
The world is like a chocolate cake let’s spread the icing even-ly

Problem Solving People - Finding a solution
Problem Solving People –Ohh! Let’s start a revolution

Problem solving people, holding hands to make a chain
Problem solving people, holding hands to make a change

There really is enough on earth for all of us you see
The world is like a chocolate cake let’s spread the icing even-ly

Problem solving people, livin’ next door to you and me
We can be solutions friends, it’s not so hard you see
Problem solving kids, leaving a special legacy

Adam - Come on Problem Solving People
Put that brain to work
Ramsay - What can we do?
Can you help me find a solution
Together - Let’s do it!

*Childrens Version. There is a different version for adults as well
~Inspired by those who are enslaved by poverty in the world.
Designed to stimulate high impact problem solving for the good of the world in us all~

With very special thanks to Williamstown Primary School and the Families in the Williamstown Community!~Performed by The Mudcakes, with Tanya Lacy , Adam Lacy & Ramsay Plant

Tanya Lacy's Blog www.tanyalacy.blogspot.com

2008-09-13T11:19:00.000-07:00

Check this out when you have a moment. Tanya's blog is designed to provoke thought leadership relating to social impact business and business models that are postive and high impact in the world.

We are Capable of Putting A Monkey In A Rocket

2008-08-16T00:16:00.000-07:00

If we are capable of putting a monkey in a rocket and sending him into space (which we have actually done!) I do believe we are capable of doing anything we want to do!

So aligning our vision, energy, resources, leadership, action and being and doing differently, we can have a different result. We are the solution. Individually and collectively.

Bill Gates calls it Creative Capitalism, I call it Social Entrepreneurship. Whatever you call it, if you can leave some diary space and mind space for problem solving where it really counts in the world. You know, make a contribution of sorts.

(thinking about things, investigating what you can do, considering what problem in the world resonates with you most, then seeking ways to set about solving this)

We'd all be better off. After all, I'd rather work on keeping this planet that we have rather than having to start all over again. I mean, why re-invent the wheel?

In Bob Marley's words "One Love, One Heart, Let's Get Together and Feel Alright!"

Well Well Well - Friday Afternoon Drinks?

2008-08-07T07:14:00.000-07:00

Just wondering if you've seen www.interceptpoverty.blogspot.com actually?
Social Entrepreneur Ross Allan has set up WellWishers Ethiopia. He puts wells in the ground in Ethiopia, seriously! - Well well well :) They cost $6grand a pop but they get water to around a thousand villagers + the knock on effects are amazing.
So next time you really want to feel good about Friday afernoon drinks and you're feeling thirsty.....maybe you could pop a goldy in a tin, not just grab a coldy from the fridge. (then get the gold coins to our friend Ross, so he can get the wells in the ground??) www.wellwishersethiopia.com www.interceptpoverty.org All part of Corporate Social Responsibility really - Cheers ;) Tanya

Feature Problem Solving Person: Dion Bright Azuratec - integrated water systems

2008-08-05T03:42:00.000-07:00

Dion Bright, Director of Azuratec, sent me an email recently that let me know Azuratec won a HIA GreenSmart Award 2008 for their integrated water systems.
www.azuratec.com.au Great problem solving there Dion!
Well done to you and your team!

In addition he lectures in Industrial and Interior Design at Swinburne University - Victoria Melbourne, Australia and always looks for ways to challenge the students to consider new ways of using design to influence real human and business outcomes, rather than sticking to hold habits, following past consumption trends and ingrained norms. (New ways to solve old problems). Social responsibility and environmental sustainability are the obvious buzz topics in design education right now.
Speaking of design, Dion also passed these on by Ezio Manzini.

Here are some really inspiring views from one of the worlds leading designers and futurists.

If you have 15 minutes… http://sustainable-everyday.net/manzini/?p=6 or http://sustainable-everyday.net/manzini/?p=7.

Thanks Dion! Weblink: www.azuratec.com.au - azuratec - integrated water systems
1300 766 318

Leave work on time at least once this week 073

2008-08-04T15:54:00.000-07:00

This is 073 taken from Change the world 9 to 5.

I like this one: Leave work on time at least once this week 073 (this is for the corporate people who don't work at home:) -

We're not advocating leaving work early to spend time with Mr. Coopers, Mr. Johnny Walker and Ms. Mirnoff Ice, No. Just think of the family and remember life is short and the family will be the ones at your funeral service.

Since 1995 Australians have been working longer hours, coming in third behind the
U.S. and Japan awith an average of 1,870 hours per year.

*source = 'change the world 9 to 5'

One Staple Less A Day?

2008-08-04T15:46:00.000-07:00

If every office worker in Australia saved one staple a day, that would be 88.3 tonnes of steel saved a year.

This may sound a little boring, but it's tip 086taken from "change the world 9 to 5"

Someone has calculated that if everyone in Australia saved one staple a day, that would be 88.3 tonnes of steel saved a year.

I can't take staples very seriously but the person who worked out that calculation takes all this stuff very seriously. And if they've gone to all this trouble, at least you can think about it.

Solutions: Ways to be Greener & Cleaner at Home

2008-08-04T04:06:00.000-07:00

Install low energy light bulbs through-out the house, install water saving shower heads, install solar hot water system, reduce the carbon footprint then offset the rest, drive less, keep our car tyre pressure at the right levels, travel less, join a car sharing pool, fly less, recycle more, look for nude packaging, carry cloth bags for shopping, eat food that's produced locally and in season, consume less, buy things that last. Reduce use, reuse, recycle, set up a compost bin or worm farm, eat less meat, turn off appliances at the wall when not in use, install solar panels, plant more native plants, plant trees, switch to green power, conserve hot water, purchase energy rated ,only fill the kettle with the amount of water needed, rinse dishes with cold water. Little things help make the mind shift and can mean a lot.

Adam & Ram - Problem Solving Kids

2008-08-04T04:02:00.001-07:00

Adam and Ram singing Children's version of Problem Solving People.

No Unauthorised Movin' and Groovin'

2008-08-04T03:57:00.000-07:00

Thank-you Mudcakes! www.mudcakes.com

2008-08-04T03:17:00.000-07:00

The collaboration with The Mudcakes got the first version of Problem-solving-people moovin' and groovin'. A big thank-you to Sherry Rich and Rick Plant.

Problem Solving People

2008-08-04T01:58:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Problem Solving People and you enjoy the tune :)you can hear the children's version at www.myspace.com/themudcakes