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SENSE
See the connected problems with empathy
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A human-centred method
The SOLVE
The SOLVE
Framework
The strength of your mind is measured not by how much you know or how vividly you dream, but by how wisely you solve.
SOLVE is a pathway to thoughtful, responsible problem-solving. It helps you understand a challenge, explore possibilities and create solutions that work well for people and the wider world.
Five connected steps
Thoughtful problem-solving, made practical.
Each step brings a distinct discipline to problem-solving, guiding a complex challenge towards a considered and responsible response.
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ORGANISE
Open your mind, then refine and structure your ideas.
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LEARN
Leverage knowledge, link ideas and leap ahead
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VALIDATE
Visualise the solution and assess its viability
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ENGINEER
Ethically design, architect and build the solution
The method in practice
A Closer Look
SENSE
See the connected problems with empathy
Pause before reacting. Look beyond the visible symptoms, listen to the people affected and consider the problem’s deeper causes and consequences. Empathy helps you understand different perspectives; social responsibility helps you consider how a solution can serve the greater good.
ORGANISE
Open your mind, then refine and structure your ideas.
Question assumptions, explore different perspectives and welcome unfamiliar ideas. Then organise your thinking by separating facts from assumptions, causes from effects and useful insight from noise. An open mind sees possibilities; clear thinking helps shape them.
LEARN
Leverage knowledge, link ideas and leap ahead
Learn from what already exists and use the right tools, systems and collaborations to strengthen your response. Connect knowledge across different fields to see patterns and understand the wider problem. Then apply what you have learned to create something better.
VALIDATE
Visualise the solution and assess its viability
Visualise the proposed solution and assess whether it is feasible, ethical, sustainable and likely to make a positive impact. You can test its assumptions through models, prototypes, simulations or a small pilot before building the full solution.
ENGINEER
Ethically design, architect and build the solution
Turn a validated idea into a practical solution. Design and build with empathy, integrity and foresight, ensuring that the result helps rather than harms, includes rather than excludes, and can adapt as needs change.
SOLVE in practice
Look beyond the immediate measure.
SOLVE helps us look past a narrow target and shape responses that work for people and the wider system.
Yield per acre matters, but it is only one measure. A sustainable farm also considers nutrition per acre, soil life, water, biodiversity, farmers’ knowledge and the cost of inputs. Fertilisers can support crops, but excessive or poorly balanced use of fertilisers and pesticides can harm soil functions and water quality. A sensible approach balances productive harvests with healthy soil and water, so the land can keep producing nutritious food and farming can remain viable over time.
Holistic education develops the whole learner: knowledge, practical capability, curiosity, wellbeing, sound judgement and the confidence to contribute. It needs an ecosystem connecting learners, educators, families, schools, workplaces and society. Rather than adding courses or technology in isolation, the system should build on learners’ strengths and aspirations and create meaningful pathways for learning, work and life.
The Essence of SOLVE
From understanding to responsible response.
SOLVE moves you from understanding a problem to creating a responsible response. It helps transform knowledge into action and challenges into opportunities to create value.
To solve is to serve. When we solve wisely, we do more than address what is wrong. We help create what works better.
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