Problem Solver

Mark Abrahams

Mark Abrahams
I offer collaborative services which will change for the better the way you or your organisation deal with challenges. In today’s credit crunch and environmentally challenged climate, we all need sustainable solutions - solutions which will place you head of the competition, solutions which will enable forward planning against the odds.

Areas Mark Abrahams is Knowledgeable in:

Social Innovation & Design Solutions
Healthcare
Education
Social Enterprise
Social media - market research

Techniques Mark Abrahams Uses:

WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?
My approach and technique is to fully understand what the probelm or challenge is, starting with the questions..."What's Going On" and enquiring of problem 'owners their wishes to the enquiry "Wouldn't it be great if....."
Creative Thinking / CPS will underpin my approach.
The array of techniques I may apply to your probelm may be drawn from:
Design Management
Project Management
Programme Management
Creative Problem Solving (and related methods)
Productive Thinking
Applicable tools and thinking methods
Innovation Nursing
and tools such as:
Impact Assessment
Quantitative and Qualiative Research
Neuro Linguistic Programming
MOSTLY, ITS ABOUT LISTENING, NOTING AND THINKING THROUGH TO THE BEST POSSIBLE CONCLUSION.

Mark Abrahams's Problem Solving Skills:

  1. Practitioner - creative problem solver_solution seeker (calling upon all available thinking models_to suit)
  2. Professionally qualified (Chartered Building Surveyor - RICS_member) - Asset / Property Management specialist
  3. Keen to support initiatives and innovation for the common good (social innovation / design solutions)
  4. Profile strengths: learner_deliberative_individualisation_communicator_relator
  5. Networked with like-minded thinkers / practitioners / facilitators: sharing - learning - contributing - doing
  6. Designer, architecture & construction specialist - safety practitioner (innovative design processing)
  7. Management - experienced Project / Programme - capital investment: all stages - 40 years experience
  8. Health & Safety practitioner / risk mitigator - compliant solutions 'engineer' (Assoc Project Safety - APS_member)
  9. Health professional - skilled and knowledgeable, Mental Health specialist (23 yrs working for NHS)
  10. Strategically driven by professional, ethical and legal factors underpinning commercial and societal considerations

Mark Abrahams's Problem Solving Experience:

  1. PROBLEM SOLVING - SOCIAL INNOVATION
    Works with designers & social thinkers & doers concerning health education, charities and government.
  2. DRIVEN
    Driving, to turn ideas into success (service / enterprise), M_A_C strategies target assured quality & revenue streams – streaming ideas.
  3. PROJECT SOLUTIONS
    Project / programme manager, making sure things run as well as they can, taking into account creative probloem solving considerations - seeking / delivering the best solutions / outcomes / outturns.
  4. FLEXIBILITY - LEARNING TO ADJUST
    Emigrated from UK to New Zealand spending 12+ happy working years there. World travel, bringing up a family and developing professionally and as an individual.
  5. PROBLEM SOLVING SERVICE
    Building belief and proving that we are all creative - converting this fact to realise potential
  6. USER (CLIENT / CUSTOMER / EMPLOYEE) FOCUSSED
    Market or industry – user centred service design and social innovation.
  7. ENTREPENEURIAL STRATEGIES - PROJECT SOLUTIONS
    Devises & implements entrepreneurial strategies for winning new business, applying strategic development ideas in terms of business plannning
  8. DESIGN SOLUTIONS
    Values creative and design processes and understands how to connect up policy & business development, tackling 21st century challenges
  9. EQUALITY / DIVERSITY - INCLUSIVITY
    Working towards inclusivity - disbaiality / access, race, religion/beliefs, gender, sexual orientation and age - tackling discrimination.
  10. NEW WAYS OF EDUCATION & TRAINING
    New ways of developing and delivering creative education - drawing from and working with others, including promoting published or developing programmes, we will influence necessary change or adjustment to programmes