292: How to Solve a Really Big Problem, with Teresa Chahine
Coaching for Leaders
Dave Stachowiak
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 10 April 2017
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Teresa Chahine: Social Entrepreneurship
Teresa Chahine is the social entrepreneurship program leader at the Harvard School of Public Heath and the Innovation advisor at Alfanar Venture Philanthropy. She’s the author of Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship*, a 12-step guide to building an impactful venture. You can find her on Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
Key Points
- Find the root cause of problems to make sure your solution is not just a band-aid.
- Many leaders make the mistake of reinventing the wheel.
- Find local leaders and build solutions with them.
- Don’t try to solve a problem on your own, work with the people who are impacted by the problem.
- Think of research as a form of action.
- People are more likely to be satisfied with a solution if they feel like they were a part of it.
Resources Mentioned
- BeTheBeacon Campaign
- Food Truck Film
- Kickstarter campaign
- Deconstructing Sticky Problems
- The Tipping Point* by Malcom Gladwell
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| 0:00.0 | Most of us have heard models for how to solve problems, but what if the problem you're handling isn't one anyone's ever seen before? |
| 0:08.0 | Or maybe you don't even know what problem you're trying to solve? |
| 0:11.0 | On today's episode, the mindset and strategy you need to solve really big problems. |
| 0:17.0 | This is Coaching for Leaders, episode 292. |
| 0:21.0 | Produced by Innovate Learning, Maximizing Human Potential. |
| 0:27.0 | Greetings to you from Orange County, California. This is coaching for leaders and I'm your host Dave Stahoviac. |
| 0:37.3 | Leaders aren't born, they're made and this weekly show gives you access to the practical wisdom that will empower you to become a better leader. |
| 0:48.0 | And if you're just tuning in for the first time, welcome to coaching for leaders. glad to have you today a conversation |
| 0:54.8 | that all of us need to deal with not even deal with but really have a good |
| 1:01.4 | framework for handling while as leaders |
| 1:04.0 | as leaders, |
| 1:05.0 | how to solve a really big problem. |
| 1:07.0 | Sometimes the big problems that are in front of us |
| 1:09.0 | are problems that are fun and exciting |
| 1:12.0 | and great opportunities for us and our organization in the world, |
| 1:15.0 | sometimes the problems are ones that we didn't wish for and we have to deal with and figure out the best way to solve them. |
| 1:22.0 | Regardless of how the problems come. to deal with and figure out the best way to solve them. |
| 1:23.0 | Regardless of how the problems come to us, we need a framework for how to handle it well, |
| 1:29.0 | how to come to the right solution, and probably most importantly, how to engage people to come along with us and |
| 1:34.4 | assisting with resolving that problem and that's why today's guest is gonna be a |
| 1:39.7 | really important person for us to learn from because she's not only thought about a lot of |
| 1:45.1 | problems has worked with a lot of organizations to help them and has developed a |
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