# problem solving
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34:14The 'Sally' problem, modelled in real timeKristien Turner: Look, don't get, so, so let's, let's really model this as if this was like Sally, and we're gonna like speed up like a coaching program here as if we were delivering this in like 2, 3 minutes. Okay. So fEP 311 · 18 Jun 2026·interview· 34:14–40:4844:33Workplace Surgery: The hardest workplace problem Leanne has solvedAl Elliott: Right, well, I've got another one for you, Leanne. Uh, question number 2, what's the hardest workplace problem you've ever had to solve, Leanne? Oh, it's a good one Leanne Elliott: It is. I really had to thinEP 308 · 9 Jun 2026·workplace surgery· 44:33–50:207:57Analytical thinking and complexity translationLeanne Elliott: If we take the, the kind of the first group of skills that came up, it was around kind of analytical thinking, critical thinking. Why is that important in leadership? And what might it look like in the woEP 307 · 4 Jun 2026·interview· 7:57–13:2823:46Solving complicated problems vs. solving customer problemsmidroll (Phil Agnew, Nudge): And 2 out of 3 of us are devilishly good-looking midroll (Phil Agnew, Nudge): Seamless Al Elliott: Seamless. Tell us about your latest episode, PhilEP 213 · 10 Jul 2025·interview· 23:46–31:4211:20Why online events? The problem Confetti solvesAl Elliott: I want to learn a bit more about Confetti. You gave me a really nice overview there, but I want to understand essentially what problem it solves. You've told me that we do, that you do online events, but justEP 119 · 30 Jul 2024·interview· 11:20–13:3617:19Why issues never go away (and why that's okay)Adrian Lomas: I've never found a team yet that doesn't have issues each week to solve. It's, it's, there's always issues in the business, and but this is why we've got to have that, I said, like a culture of smoking out EP 112 · 4 Jul 2024·interview· 17:19–21:1523:41Solving root causes, not symptomsAl Elliott: Hayley also explained that occupational psychologists are obsessed with solving the root cause of the problem Hayley Lewis: Yeah, again, I think it's that rigour, that rigorous approach, evidence and researchEP 110 · 27 Jun 2024·panel interview· 23:41–28:1358:39No. 1: Stay curious, be open to having a problemLeanne Elliott: It would Al Elliott: So first one, stay curious, be open to having a problem. What does this mean? Leanne Elliott: So, I think it's like, you know, when you kind of talk about addiction, like the first stEP 34 · 12 Apr 2023·other· 58:39–60:2713:27Employee voice and solving problems no one's discussingAl Elliott: I'll be writing that down and using it later this week. So let's just talk tactically. Where does a smaller organization start in developing an employer brand? For me, I would probably start out by defining wEP 23 · 25 Jan 2023·other· 13:27–20:21
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