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The Opposable Mind

How Successful Leaders Win Through Integrative Thinking
By Roger L. Martin
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The Opposable Mind by Roger L. Martin explores the concept of integrative thinking, a powerful approach used by successful leaders to solve complex problems. Instead of imitating what great leaders do, Martin advocates understanding how they think — creatively combining opposing ideas to form superior solutions. Drawing on diverse examples, the book reveals how to enhance your own thinking by probing assumptions and synthesising knowledge.
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Format: Hardback
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Ideal for business leaders, entrepreneurs, and anyone seeking to improve decision-making and creative problem-solving skills in complex environments.

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Successful business leaders think fundamentally differently than others - in a more "integrative" and expansive way. Emulating what successful leaders do is dangerous; instead, learn how these leaders think. This "integrative thinking" can be taught; we can all learn how to do it, and experience the many benefits.

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If you want to be as successful as Jack Welch, Larry Bossidy, or Michael Dell, read their autobiographical advice books, right? Wrong, says Roger Martin in The Opposable Mind. Though following best practice can help in some ways, it also poses a danger. By emulating what a great leader did in a particular situation, you'll likely be terribly disappointed with your own results. Why? Your situation is different.

Instead of focusing on what exceptional leaders do, we need to understand and emulate how they think. Successful businesspeople engage in what Martin calls integrative thinking, creatively resolving the tension in opposing models by forming entirely new and superior ones. Drawing on stories of leaders as diverse as AG Lafley of Procter & Gamble, Meg Whitman of eBay, Victoria Hale of the Institute for One World Health, and Nandan Nilekani of Infosys, Martin shows how integrative thinkers are relentlessly diagnosing and synthesizing by asking probing questions including: What are the causal relationships at work here? and What are the implied trade-offs?

Martin also presents a model for strengthening your integrative thinking skills by drawing on different kinds of knowledge including conceptual and experiential knowledge.

Integrative thinking can be learned, and The Opposable Mind helps you master this vital skill.

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Martin "makes a compelling argument for a paradoxical approach to problem-solving," according to BusinessWeek, while The Financial Times highlights that the book’s core idea — that fresh thought processes are essential to navigate contradictions and complexities — "rings true."

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781422118924

Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 29 October 2007

Country: United States

Imprint: Harvard Business Review Press

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 149.0mm

Height: 215.0mm

Weight: 382g

Pages: 224

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Business & Entrepreneurship Business Leadership & Management Non-Fiction Roger L. Martin Self-Help & Personal Development

About the Author

Roger Martin is an author, business school professor, and strategy adviser to CEOs. He is Director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the Rotman School of Management, where he served as Dean from 1998 to 2013. He is a frequent contributor to Harvard Business Review and other leading publications and has published nine books, including Playing to Win, The Opposable Mind, and Creating Great Choices.

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