We make it easier for great leaders,
to build better businesses.*
By developing expert problem solving teams and cultures.
* Organisations with strong problem solving cultures deliver over 6x better results - McKinsey research.
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Expert problem solving teams and cultures build better businesses
Faster innovation
Organisations with expert problem-solving cultures achieve 6.6x* higher returns than those without.
Problem-solving isn’t just a leadership skill—it’s the engine of every organisation’s performance and growth.
It sparks innovation by uncovering new opportunities, adapting to changing conditions and turning obstacles into breakthroughs faster and with greater impact.
It’s a skill anyone can learn and any team can develop.
And unlike most investments, the returns from creating a problem solving culture don’t hit a ceiling.
The more you invest in it, the bigger the returns grow over time research has found.
* Feser, Rennie & Neilsen, Leadership at Scale (McKinsey consultants)
Higher productivity
Creating workplaces that thrive on solving challenging problems beats burnout and boosts productivity.
Harvard professors Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey* discovered the main cause of burnout isn’t working too much—it’s going too long without growing and developing.
If we spend more than two years working and not developing we start to burn out, and productivity falls.
When people have the freedom and support to tackle meaningful problems and create real change, they build skills, create momentum, and grow their careers.
Their productivity grows by proactively eliminating bottlenecks, making faster decisions and optimising workflows that keep a business moving at full speed.
* Kegan & Lahey, An Everyone Culture.
Stronger engagement
People are more engaged and grow their careers faster when they tackle challenging, meaningful problems.
A study by Seth Godin* of 10,000 participants found that the best jobs are those where people exceeded their own expectations, worked independently, and contributed to a team that made a difference.
In other words, the best jobs are where people solve tough problems and improve things—and they crave it.
The #1 factor influencing promotion decisions is taking initiative—which is all about proactively finding and solving the right problems.
Cultivating a problem-solving culture in a workplace builds a strong pipeline of adaptable, valuable talent that creates valuable businesses.
* Godin, The Song of Significance.
But it’s tough to develop expert problem solving teams and culture
Hidden barriers
Narrow perspectives, limiting beliefs and sabotaging behaviours create hidden barriers that hold teams back.
Most people become stuck in habitual patterns of thinking, and often seek to avoid problems that challenge them out of fear.
Fear of failure, looking incompetent or impacts on career progression often cause people unknowingly to resist pursuing change, even when better solutions exist.
People subconsciously choose self sabotaging behaviour to avoid these fears by clinging to old methods or avoiding responsibility.
Many leaders struggle to lift a team’s problem-solving capabilities and performance because they don’t find and address these hidden barriers.
Even the best strategies to develop problem-solving cultures struggle to take hold without tackling this.
Common mistakes
Raising expectations without creating the conditions for success makes it harder for teams to develop.
Pressure alone doesn’t drive growth—it creates stress and poor results.
Stretch goals and top-down mandates are common approaches but they don’t turn teams into expert problem solvers without the right conditions.
Problem-solving is a team capability that’s developed, not an individual trait that’s acquired.
Trust, collaboration, and safety navigating uncertainty fuel expert problem-solving cultures and that’s created within a community.
Build the right conditions—strong mindsets, simple tools, and make it safe to take risks—and people will work to support each other not watch them struggle.
Over complication
It's easy to assume that big problems require complex processes and elaborate strategies—but they don’t.
Too much structure, bureaucracy, and analysis overwhelm teams and slow progress.
When problem-solving feels complicated, people hesitate, avoid risks, and default to the safety of familiar routines.
Busy becomes mistaken for progress.
Expert problem solving teams simplify—breaking problems down, focusing on what matters, and acting quickly to create results.
Clear thinking, simple frameworks, and a bias for action create a culture where teams solve the right problems faster.
We make it easier for great leaders to build better businesses
By developing expert problem solving teams and cultures
Training.
We conduct expert masterclasses and that teach practical, easy-to-use problem-solving skills and strategies that inspire confidence and motivate action.
Creative Thinking Masterclass
Advanced Collaboration Masterclass
Consulting.
We create the conditions for leaders and teams to do their best work tackling difficult challenges by facilitating workshops and creating tailored transformation plans to develop expert problem-solving cultures.
Workshop Facilitation
Problem Hunter Transformation Plan
Coaching.
We provide structured coaching programs that fast-track development of problem-solving mindsets, skills, and culture that build better businesses, faster.
Problem Hunter Single Track Coaching Program
Problem Hunter Group Pathway Coaching Program
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