Generating solutions

Generating solutions means using (complex) information to formulate new concepts, frameworks or models in response to complex issues. This requires you to combine information, recognise similarities and differences between similar situations, adopt perspectives and weigh strategies. Sometimes you also need the guts to create a solution from an entirely new angle.

The skill of Generating Solutions enables you to develop appropriate strategies when faced with a problem.

Behavioural indicators:

• Knows how to draw out the essential points from issues and find new connections within them.
• Sees similarities with previous issues and possible solutions.
• Identifies patterns and trends in information and developments.
• Is able to find connections at an abstract level.
• Integrates ideas, themes and observations into clear, practical insights.
• Combines own ideas with those of others to create new solutions.
• Experiments with possibilities, tries different approaches.
• Considers problems or situations in a more comprehensive framework, leading to broader and deeper insights.