The opposable mind : how successful leaders win through integrative thinking / Roger L. Martin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, Roger L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leadership--Psychological aspects.

Leadership.

Thought and thinking.

Contradiction.

Problem solving.

Decision making.

Successful people--Interviews.

Successful people.

Genre:

Interviews.

Physical Description:

xii, 210 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business School Press, [2009]

Summary:

You know them when they walk into a room, run a meeting with ease, and come up with ideas that are superior to those around them. Just what is it that makes great thinkers-and great leaders-different from everyone else?

According to bestselling author Roger Martin, such brilliant leaders are skilled at integrative thinking: the ability to hold two opposing ideas in their mind at once, and then reach a synthesis that contains elements of both but actually improves on each. By refusing to accept unpleasant trade-offs and conventional options, integrative thinkers are able to find creative solutions to seemingly intractable problems.

But is integrative thinking a talent reserved for a fortunate few? Martin says no. He believes it's a habit of thought that anyone can consciously develop to arrive at fresh and creative solutions. This book is your guide to getting there.

Contents:

Choices, conflict, and the creative spark: the problem-solving power of integrative thinking

No stomach for second-best: how integrative thinkers move beyond trade-offs

Reality, resistance, and resolution: how integrative thinkers keep their options open

Dancing through complexity: shaping resolutions by resisting simplification

Mapping the mind: how thought circulates

The construction project: imagining reality

A leap of the mind: how integrative thinkers connect the dots

A wealth of experience: using the past, inventing the future.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-198) and index.

ISBN:

9781422118924

1422118924

9781422139776

1422139778

OCLC:

137331430