In his 1995 book called The Power of Innovation: How to Make Innovation a Way of Life & How to Put Creative Solutions to Work, author Dr. Min Basadur shares a problem-solving technique that is both comprehensive and suitable for a broad range of challenges or problems.

The Simplex process has eight steps, which together form a circle. The circle is as important as each of the steps, reflecting the benefits of continuing the process and recursively re-working each of the steps, heading towards ongoing growth. Remembering that “problems are landmarks of progress.”

The eight steps in the Simplex Process, while like many problem-solving methods, ensure a thorough process, which does not miss any crucial steps.