The power of paradox : harness the energy of competing ideas to uncover radically innovative solutions / Deborah Schroeder-Saulnier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schroeder-Saulnier, Deborah, 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creative ability.

Thought and thinking.

Paradox.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 p.)

Other Title:

Harness the energy of competing ideas to uncover radically innovative solutions

Place of Publication:

Pompton Plains, New Jersey : Career Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

We’re so often faced with apparent paradoxes: continuity and change, conservatism and progressiveness, predictability and chaos. In business, inherent tensions are mistakenly viewed as problems to be resolved once the “correct” answer is found. But when we consider only one direction either A or B we only see part of the picture. The strongest and most innovative solutions are frequently realized not through either/or decision-making, but by pursuing two contrasting options at the same time.

Contents:

Author's notes: how paradox thinking is natural and learned

Introduction

The process : unleashing the power of paradox

Paradox thinking : what is it and why use it?

The ABC's of using paradox thinking

Identifying paradoxes in any organization

The importance of leaders at all levels

Implementing the process

Building the model

Developing action steps

Identifying and using metrics to stay on target

Respecting context and complexity

Results of implementing the process

Going operational

Success (and failure) stories

Appendix: A how-to summary

Index

About the author.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781601634740

1601634749

OCLC:

873843640