A bevy of new books sparks a question about problem-solving: What's the best way to look at one thing and see another?
No matter what the dilemma, the advice is always the same: Think differently.
Confronted with a strategy problem you can't resolve? You know the advice: Think differently!
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A staffing issue that's impossible to untangle: Think differently!
You need to reconcile directives from above that are simply not reconcilable: Think differently!
Now, "think differently" is one of those things that management books and consultants are always telling you to do. And they make it sound as if it's remarkably easy to create a list of things you have never thought of.
Go ahead. Try it. We’ll wait.
A handful of books has just been published, to help reorient your thinking. But proving just how hard the task is, none of them has the answer to the question: What's the best way to look at one thing and see another?
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