BothAnd Thinking, Wendy Smith
BothAnd Thinking, Wendy Smith
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Both/And Thinking
Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems

Author: Wendy Smith, Marianne Lewis, Amy C. Edmondson

Narrator: Stephanie Dillard

Unabridged: 9 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 08/16/2022


Synopsis

Life is full of paradoxes. How can we each express our individuality while also being a team player? How do we balance work and life? How can we improve diversity while promoting opportunities for all? How can we manage the core business while innovating for the future?

For many of us, these competing and interwoven demands are a source of conflict. Since our brains love to make either-or choices, we choose one option over the other. We deal with the uncertainty by asserting certainty.

There's a better way.

In Both/And Thinking, Wendy Smith and Marianne Lewis help listeners cope with multiple, knotted tensions at the same time. Drawing from more than twenty years of pioneering research, they provide tools and lessons for transforming these tensions into opportunities for innovation and personal growth.

Filled with practical advice and fascinating stories—including firsthand tales from IBM, LEGO, and Unilever, as well as from startups, nonprofits, and even an inn at one of the four corners of the world—Both/And Thinking will change the way you approach your most vexing problems.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Zoë on November 23, 2022

was hoping for more I marked this 3.5 and rounded up. Many cases were not original and have been quoted often (not seeing the man in a gorilla suit while counting passes of a ball). I think Barry Johnson’s Polarities is a better process than what they have offered. They even include Johnson’s work th......more

Goodreads review by Louise on August 08, 2022

BOTH/AND THINKING changed how I think about thinking. No exaggeration. From the first chapters and discussion of paradox, convergent versus divergent thinking, Wendy Smith and Marianne Lewis enchanted, entertained, and brought to vivid life the possibilities that come when we pause to think about th......more

Goodreads review by Kiona Meade on March 09, 2024

I think this book may have changed my life. It has certainly improved how I think about problems and problem-solving is one of my favorite things to do. I appreciated the many real-world examples backed up by references to the authors’ lives, research, and other books (some I’ve read, others I haven......more

Goodreads review by Rod on September 30, 2022

Totally one of my fav books I read this year!!! The theoretical bits at the jump that frame paradoxes as unavoidable features of our human existence, dilemmas and tensions as overlays to those—really affected my thinking. And the practical, corporate examples beyond that are also illustrative and he......more

Goodreads review by Kim on September 05, 2022

Fantastic book with a great balance of stories, philosophy/science, and implementation tools. Felt like I came away a better equipped thinker.......more