Analytical Thinking and

Problem SolvingFacilitator: Rajat Rashmi

Session Topics

• Introduction• Why Analytical Thinking?• Analytical Thinking Process• Problem Solving, process and techniques• Conclusion

SETTING

“Necessity is the mother of invention”

Plato

The reasonable man adapts

himself to the world;

…the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt

the world to himself…

Let us understand

how we work

The Corporate Blindfold

Game

Analytical / Critical Thinking

• Why Analytical Thinking• Steps of Analytical Thinking • Analytical Thinking Role Play• When to share the ideas

Why Analytical Thinking?

• Analytical Thinking is an acquired skill• It Assesses a problem, breaks it down to bite size pieces

and tackles it one piece at a time• Even before you analyse the problem, question the

Premise• Avoid Dichotomy Mind-set. • Question Perceptions

Practical inquiry model

Bloom’s Taxonomy

Role Play

When to share the idea!• Collect idiosyncrasy credits:

• From your manager• From your colleagues• From other managers and peers

• Do your homework:• Analyse your suggestion• Spread few ideas and see the acceptance• Then introduce your idea fully to all stakeholders

Analytical Thinking Concluded

•Why we think analytically•Steps to analytical thinking•How we can share our ideas

•Any Questions?

The world is full of problems!

‘If you are not part of the

solution, you must be part of

the problem’

'There is no more neutrality in the world. You either have to be part of the solution, or you're going to be part of the problem. 'Eldridge Cleaver.

Problem Solving

• Making a Problem Statement• Five Why Approach to Problem Solving• 5 W and a H in problem solving• Fish Bone model of problem solving• 6 thinking hats• Mind Maps• Conclusion

Make a problem Statement

What could be a problem:Something is wrongSomething goes WrongSomething will go wrong

Problem statement should be a simple sentence:

‘5 Why’ Approach to problem solving

- This approach suggests that problem can be solved by asking questions over and over, after answer for one question is received

Fish Bone Technique

5 W and One H

Six Thinking Hats

Mind Maps

I am a Chartered accountant and a certified trainer with 18 years of total work experience, both pre and post qualification. I have a passion for reading and writing. I founded a magazine last year. Called Write Your Mind I am an avid blogger. I am a mother of a Seven year old, I enjoy playing with my daughter and cooking for her. My daughter loves to read books and to play with her friends. She is a true blessing. I am a loving wife. Me and my husband enjoy short outings together in our free time. My husband is a Senior Manager in a company that was recently purchased by HP. A family man to the core, if there is anything he love most after his family, it is his work, which I do not understand at all. I have several great friends and I am attached to each one of them. They are the jewels of my life. I may do without them for sometime, but a woman needs her jewels, even if they are in the locker. My family of course is my lung and my breath, can’t live without them.

A Mind Map Introduction

My Mind Map

Conclusion

- Problem Statement - Five Problem Solving Methods- Practice the methods and get better- Any Questions?