Creativity and problem solving in design

A pet interest of mine is problem solving. My Masters was in machine learning and adaptive computing and I keep an eye on developments in automated reasoning in general. I'm also reading through Dr Edward de Bono's many publications on the topic of thinking.

My intention is to put together some thoughts here on the following topics:

• The importance of representing the problem
• The BIG picture
• Creative thinking, problem solving and design in IS Architecture
• Is architecture all about the money?