4I’s Complete Diagnosis

You’ve got the key data. What’s the next step?

Identify the following -

Influence - Are you in a position to impact or change the situation?

Imagination - Does the situation require creative thinking, and is the group open to new thinking ?

Interest - is this important, does the team have energy to spend on the situation?

Immediacy - Does the situation require attention now-ish?

The 4I megacognitive tool requires thinking about thinking to determine if the problem warrants Creative Problem Solving? If so, or even if not sure, proceed to the Key Word Search for an alignment of the task with the CPS process in order to make progress in the problem with new, organized thinking that leverages imagination for shaping solutions that are novel and useful.