Personality Poker®

We often hear the expression, "Think outside the box" as shorthand for innovation. But what if this can have a negative impact?

And in today's episode, I tackle a problem that was submitted to my by one of the listeners. They work for a direct marketing organization and want to expand their sales force. The question they asked me to solve: "How can we friendly people to work with us?"

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Brought to you by Stephen Shapiro—helping people and organizations create high-performing collaboration, innovation, and teams since 2001.

One of the questions I am asked most is "How can we replicate the in-person experience virtually?" To solve this problem, we used a number of the lenses from Invisible Solutions.

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In addition, we explore the Goldilocks Principle - sometimes we ask questions that are too soft (broad) and sometimes we ask them too hard (specific). Our goal is to ask questions that are just right.

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Brought to you by Stephen Shapiro—helping people and organizations create high-performing collaboration, innovation, and teams since 2001.

In this episode we explore why focusing on solutions paradoxically negatively impacts your ability to find solutions. And we tackle an airport challenge: "How can we speed up the bags?"

To get the lenses we use in the show, go to www.GetTheLenses.com

To watch an animated version of the baggage claim story, 
go to www.BaggageClaimStory.com

The lenses highlighted in this episode: #16 FLIP, #15 SUBSTITUTE, and #24 VARIATIONS. Plus we used #6 ANALOGY (improving wait time, let's talk with theme parks).

If you want to submit a challenge to be solved in a future episode, please email us at help (at) reframemyproblem (dot) com.

Learn more, play the game, and unlock your team’s full potential at PersonalityPoker.com

Brought to you by Stephen Shapiro—helping people and organizations create high-performing collaboration, innovation, and teams since 2001.