On Monday the manager brought a pen in to the office that he filled with teddy bears. As you might imagine most people thought he was mad, but some were curious. Undeterred, he said this is how it works:
"If you have a problem that you can't solve, you go to the pen. Pick up a teddy bear and explain the problem to the teddy bear. 9 times out of 10 you'll be able to solve the problem."
I was recently told this story by a colleague about a place he worked where this actually happened (bear in mind it was in the '70s). For me this rings particularly true for technical problems; as designated family tech support I very often find that the act of coming to me to help with a computer issue often solves it without me doing anything. I haven't tried the teddy bear method for design problems but my guess is it will probably add clarity to whatever you are facing, in a similar way to walking through a talk in your head helps it improve.
Stuck on a problem? Got a teddy bear who can help out?
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