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The following criteria may help you decide
whether a particular candidate qualifies for
inclusion as a Super Problem Solver
for the purposes of this research:
- They are typically brought in only after others have stumbled.
- They are widely considered as "special" or "unusual"
in their ability to unravel a complex
situation.
- Their methods are seemingly more intuitive
or unconscious than analytical.
- If questioned, they have trouble explaining
how they do what they do.
- If observed carefully, there is no obvious
pattern or logic to their strategy.
- They seem to enjoy situations that are
inordinately complex, that have perplexed
others, or that have resisted solution.
- They have little tolerance for "working
out the details"; they often want to
move on quickly as soon as the solution
has been identified.
There are some exclusion criteria that disqualify someone from being a candidate:
- The person is a superb facilitator who can elicit and capture the opinions of others, so they are a great help in a problem situation although they contribute little to the actual understanding of the problem.
- The person is a subject matter expert who simply knows more than anyone else about the topic.
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