{"id":195,"date":"2025-01-07T15:47:30","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T15:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/mindset\/?page_id=195"},"modified":"2025-04-08T13:45:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T12:45:44","slug":"problems","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/mindset\/skills\/concentration\/problems\/","title":{"rendered":"Problem solving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Using<strong> problem solving<\/strong> for real world issues during thinking time<\/p>\n<div class=\"ohft-slide-presentation \" id=\"presentation-\" tabindex=\"0\"><div class=\"ohft-slides-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ohft-slide-section\" style=\"\"><h2 class=\"ohft-slide-title\">Step 1: break down the problem<\/h2>\n<h3>Say what the problem is<\/h3>\n<p>Frame it in a way that focuses on facts, not emotions.<\/p>\n<h3>Find out why it\u2019s happening<\/h3>\n<p>Look for causes without blaming anyone.<\/p>\n<h3>Choose what to do next<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Solve it now:<\/strong> if it\u2019s important and you have what you need.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Solve it later:<\/strong> if you need more time or help.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Let it go:<\/strong> if fixing it isn\u2019t worth the effort.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ohft-slide-section\" style=\"\"><h2 class=\"ohft-slide-title\">Step 2: brainstorming without judgement<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Think of at least 5 solutions.<\/li>\n<li>Ask other people who you trust for ideas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ohft-slide-section\" style=\"\"><h2 class=\"ohft-slide-title\">Step 3: judge and pick<\/h2>\n<p>Rate all solutions from 0-10 and just pick one good enough (not the perfect) solution.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ohft-slide-section\" style=\"\"><h2 class=\"ohft-slide-title\">Step 4: plan and act<\/h2>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Plan a 5 step action plan and take action.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ohft-slide-section\" style=\"\"><h2 class=\"ohft-slide-title\">Step 5: monitor and adapt<\/h2>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Monitor the results, and pick second good enough solution if first one found not working.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><button class=\"ohft-prev-slide\" type=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">Previous slide<\/button><button class=\"ohft-next-slide\" type=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">Next slide<\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"nhsuk-action-link\"><a class=\"nhsuk-action-link__link\" href=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/mindset\/skills\/energisation\/\" target=\"_self\"><span class=\"nhsuk-action-link__text\">Go to next section on energisation<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using problem solving for real world issues during thinking time<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":370,"parent":38,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-195","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/mindset\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/mindset\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/mindset\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/mindset\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/mindset\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/mindset\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":376,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/mindset\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/195\/revisions\/376"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/mindset\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/mindset\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/mindset\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}