Creating Great Choices - A Leader's Guide to Integrative Thinking

by Jennifer Riel, Roger L. Martin

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Book Summary

In the complex landscape of leadership and decision-making, the ability to navigate conflicting options and develop innovative solutions is crucial. This work explores the concept of integrative thinking, a method that empowers leaders to move beyond binary choices and embrace creative problem-solving through synthesis rather than compromise. By cultivating integrative thinking, leaders can generate superior outcomes that address multiple competing demands simultaneously.

  • Integrative thinking transcends conventional either/or choices by encouraging leaders to combine opposing ideas into a superior new solution.
  • Effective decision-making requires embracing complexity and tension, rather than simplifying or avoiding it.
  • Leaders can...

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