Quotes about Innovative Problem-solving

When the only tool you own is a hammer . . ." "Every problem begins to resemble a nail.

The young child approaching a new subject or anew problem is like the scientist operating at the edge of his chosen field.

The key lever in a complex system is learning; the key methods are conversation, discovery, and experimentation.14 In a complicated case, you have distinct times for diagnosing the problem, coming up with the solution, and then implementing that solution.

Every movie goes through that U-shape where you start with 'Oh that's a great idea. I love it.' Everything's possible and then you face 'Oh, we can't do that, and that's impossible, and that's a bad choice.' You go the practicality of it. And then you come up to 'Great.' But that middle part is when you don't have results yet.

Duct tape solves all problems, I think.

How to teach people to do what hasn't been done is a great riddle.

We haven't got the money, so we've got to think.

A science fiction story is just an attempt to solve a problem that exists in the world, sometimes a moral problem, sometimes a physical or social or theological problem.

It is sometimes easier to circumvent prevailing difficulties [in science] rather than to attack them.

The secret of science is to ask the right question, and it is the choice of problem more than anything else that marks the man of genius in the scientific world.

I like talking to engineers best. They built bridges, they're very precise, very disciplined, yet I find they have roving minds.

Science is nothing but the process of finding solutions.

At Shimer we paid no attention to disciplinary boundaries; we blithely followed problems wherever they led. For better or for worse, I've never been able to shake this approach.

If I see a problem, I like to think if there's a better way to do it.

Depending on the kind of code you write, depending on the kind of ideas you have, you can be creative in problem-solving and you can really make things work in a very gratifying way.

Problem-solving is essential to engineering. Engineers are constantly on the lookout for a better way to do things.

As far as the mechanics go, working with other people on received ideas was for me a very interesting technical problem. I can't say that any of my collaborations engaged my heart, but they engaged the craftsman in me.

I can't say I am totally up to date with the latest technology, but at the same time, I would say that I am very good at working out how to use technical items.

Iterative, adaptive approach that recognized the importance of developing prototypes or else manually walking through how the system would work in great detail, to discover problems that could not be foreseen any other way, and to make midcourse adjustments

Somestimes if you have financial restraints, it's a benefit. It force you to come up with a more creative way.

Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.

Victims recite problems, leaders provide solutions.

The "Solve It" Question When taking the Solve It step, you should ask: What else can I do? Asking this over and over is the key to making progress. Repeatedly asking, What else can I do? forces you to drill down through any obstacles to find solutions, solutions that are often buried deep in the rich soil of innovation and creativity, solutions that almost always lurk below the surface of your easygoing, everyday, even routine way of thinking.

Every successful journey Above The Line begins by asking a single question: What else can I do to achieve the result I want?