How can you use thought experiments to your advantage?

Results Driven
Written By Stacia Aylward

The Challenge

The next time you're stuck on a problem, choose ONE of the possible solutions and work it through in your mind. What would the next step be? Who would you need to get involved? What are the likely complications/risks that would arise?  

Why do this?

Sometimes when you hit a wall it's hard to figure out how to move around it. (By the way, if you noticed that this challenge is similar to another one you've done, you're right. It is! We developed a series dedicated to "getting unstuck," and this challenge is part of that series.)

Having a few different methods for dealing with a "brain block" can help you reenter a state of flow and solve problems much more quickly. 

What’s next?

Now, choose another possible solution and work through the same process. Is it better or worse than the last one? 

Stacia Aylward

Zelos CEO Stacia C. Aylward is an executive leader and lifelong learner with broad professional experience in envisioning and leading programs, projects and teams; facilitating and teaching adults; conducting research; and developing client relationships using proven methodologies in many government and technical fields, including economics, education, healthcare, housing, non-profit governance, IT and law. Stacia holds a master’s degree in Communication and Information, a bachelor’s degree in English, a Six Sigma black belt certification, and a Coach Approach to Leadership credential.

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