Here's how you can enhance career satisfaction in the education sector through creative problem solving.

-Learn, Unlearn, Relearn! For this, stay connected with latest educational trends by enrolling oneself in various skill enhancement courses/workshops/trainings. -Collaborate with the experienced and the new to brainstorm the problem at hand, taking everyones perspective and reaching to unanimous decision. -Differentiated learning plans should be curated for the students' engagement and success which will surely lead to a greater teacher satisfaction.

Changes can happen at anytime, they are bound to happen to us and our world in general. Brace up ahead of time, see opportunities in every change in flow of operation. Learn to move and adapt, evolve wisely and be the greater person you want to see.

Change is inevitable and as human species we have always learned to embrace change and overcome all challenges that evolution has thrown at us. We should learn to be consistent in this changing environment and this consistency is the single most important key to be better and handle any change with ease. We are experiencing new technologies almost at very fast pace. It is our sole responsibility to guide younger generation to be step ahead in this world to be successful. When internet came, half of the world felt that we will lose jobs, but we harnessed the power of internet and created even more jobs. We are witnessing same scenario with AI, let's be in the forefront of this change and hold the baton for younger generation.

We all possess the ability to adapt to change, even when initially resistant. Consider the COVID-19 period: a sudden, unforeseen change that forced widespread adaptation. Employees who once favored onsite work swiftly adjusted to 'WFH' and now often prefer remote jobs. This demonstrates our capacity to embrace and thrive amidst change, highlighting its adaptable and constant nature.

Till 5th standard I used to find Mathematics as a very difficult subject, which I have seen is a common phenomenon across. One of my relatives came during summer vacations and sat with me to understand my perspective and why I find it difficult. They had just spent 2 days to guide the logic behind each concept. The way they understood my problems and gave me new a dimension of looking at mathematical problems made me fall in love with the subject I personally feel being good at mathematics also helps you to be better at problem solving in life. I have same view towards Video games, I strongly believe that video games (if played moderately) help kids improve their response time towards problem solving and look from different perspectives

Different learners may have different learning needs and thus different struggles, hence identifying their needs through active listening and formative feedback for self, is a simple way of empowering students. I always conduct a formative feedback survey for my delivery with a strategic question on what can be done better at our end? This triggers students' reflection for themselves and me. For instance, students struggling with language proficiency or my accent (if they are non-English speaking) land up sharing their constraint and tell me to be slower or not to write in cursive or seek ways to remember diagrams etc. So open dialogue helps not only in identifying the issues but solutions too, as recommended by the learner.

A good approach will be to always try to notice how much effort people put into what ever goal they are trying to achieve. That in-itself is a problem, and creatively figure out ways to help them achieve same goal with less effort solves that problem.

Idea generation is about developing and maintaining mental agility. Make links between different subjects, zoom out to see the bigger picture and zoom in to consider detailed aspects and complex underlying factors, scenarios and alternative outcomes.

If you are generating ideas to solve a problem, start with the root cause analysis. This way you will be able to understand the dynamics of problem better and avoid future occurrences of same or similar problem. Also start looking at problems with a wider perspective, where all that problem is interlinked, what all factors impacts that problem and how this problem impacts other parameters. When you are better equipped with such data you will be able to drive the solutioning better. And if you are People Manager or work in a team, you can take inputs from your colleagues as well. To make it more organised, do a brainstorming session with them and don't reject any ideas in such session. Collate all and then make a decision.

Practically everyone is capable of generating creative ideas. However, the creativity of young learners is lost or constrained in trouble shooting their trifle issues, such as managing multiple assessments etc. where they find creative ways to for a shortcut. If we want to realize theirs and our fullest potential, we may need to find ways to embrace their ideas. How? For instance, creating assessments where they trouble shoot or present solutions to real life issues. It could be as simple as Evaluating and Presenting one key challenge faced by a developing country of choice and how it could be addressed. Or Create a SWOT on a hypothetical business or yourself! In this process there will be so much of learning satisfaction for educators too!

Generating idea's that should solve a problem should be approached from a stand-point of improvement. Always ask... what can i do to improve the end result ?

All the efforts made in generating and identifying best ideas is futile if we are not able to practically implement them. We should chart out our complete plan to execute a good idea. And detailing is the key. You should go small, may be start with a pilot launch, understand the nuances attached to that execution. At times you will come across issues and problems which you never anticipated, but later when you gain experience in that domain, you will easily be able to iron out all such probable challenges, or you will be better prepared to handle them. A failed pilot will also give you a lot of learning experience. Learn from those mistakes and bounce back with even better solution which is effective and impactful.

I believe this is important, as it's part of the Lean & 5S ideology! Things you try might not always work at first, but if you stay determined, it could turn into something magical!

Having identified the issues, and recommended solutions by the students, it is imperative that these are implemented. This would feel gratifying because a) The solutions were given by the learners themselves. b) Being heard, would not only empower them but also develop a greater sense of responsibility. c) For any educator seeing the learners taking ownership of their learning is the most motivating factor and thus would enhance satisfaction. Every positive feedback from my students serves as a bonus to me!

Implementation is huge part of the success because, that is what delivers the expected experience/result. So, it must be approached with the drive to deliver excellence through out the whole process.

When I was working with Nissan, we used to very regularly apply a japanese technique called Kaizen, which means "Continuous Improvement". That can only happen if you measure what you are doing. I strongly believe "If you can't measure, You can't improve". This continuous and regular check on your actions which help you reflect on yourself. It can be your style of teaching, when you reflect and see how much your participants have learned or retained, you might want to incorporate different techniques to make your session more engaging. We used to follow PDCA cycle. Plan-Do-Check-Act. This used to give us good insight about our actions. You can achieve the same by taking peer or participant feedback using a simple anonymous survey.

Each time we try new things, be it assessments or techniques of content delivery, reviewing is vital for any decision or action. An immediate self-reflection of your session might help you to modify, retain or refrain from the L&T tools, to bring up best practices. This reflection must also be in the data driven. For instance, how significantly the learner performance changed implementing those changes? However bear in mind the constraints of how learners are different too. This is one reason formative feedback for self becomes very important. Alongside peer feedback for students and self can be a feather in the cap because there is less resistance to change then. Mind is like a parachute works best when open.!

Team work can produce the best results & also create a great environment at the same time! The better the communication & collaboration, the better the results.

I used to see a powerful advertisement in my childhood..."Ek Chidiya, Anek Chidiya", which demonstrated the power of the collaborated efforts by flock of birds. Now days you see Avengers, Justice League, Eternals etc. all are teams who are fighting to save the world (fictionally). You can identify roles in a team based on their individual competencies, which can potentially enhance your outcomes substantially. One can collaborate with other colleagues to further their teaching techniques. Students can be taught to speed up their curriculum by collaborating with other friends for different topics and do teach back sessions. This can be an effective method to learn the essence of that topic and teach someone what you have learned.

Collaborating is powerful! A collection of minds focused on solving a problem drastically increases the success rate. So, collaborate as often as possible!