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What's Your Problem?
To Solve Your Toughest Problems, Change the Problems You Solve
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Are you solving the right problems? If not, reframing can help.
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Are you solving the right problems? If not, reframing can help.
Have you or your colleagues ever worked hard on something, only to find out you were focusing on the wrong problem entirely? Most people have. In a survey, 85 percent of companies said they often struggle to frame the right problems. The consequences are severe: Firms fight the wrong strategic battles. Teams spend their energy on low-impact work. Entrepreneurs build products that nobody wants. Organisations 'solve' problems with new rules that somehow make things worse, not better. The waste is staggering. As the management thinker Peter Drucker pointed out, there's nothing more dangerous than the right answer to the wrong question.
The good news is, there is a way to get better. The key is something called reframing the problem, a crucial, underutilised skill that you can master with the help of this book. Based on his years of teaching, author Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg offers a simple, three-step technique—Frame, Reframe, Move Forward—that anyone can use to solve the right problems. Reframing is not difficult to learn. It can be used on simple everyday challenges and on the biggest, trickiest problems you face in your business. In this visually engaging and friendly book, you'll learn from leaders at large companies, from entrepreneurs, consultants, non-profit leaders, and many other successful problem solvers.
It's time for everyone to stop barking up the wrong trees. Teach yourself and your team to reframe, and growth and success will follow.
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What's Your Problem? by Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg has been praised for its clear and engaging approach to problem-solving, particularly emphasising the importance of identifying the right problem before attempting a solution. It has received endorsements from several renowned figures, including Eric Schmidt and Adam Grant, who highlight the book's ability to foster creative thinking, smart decision-making, and its practical application in business and life. The book is also noted for its accessibility and the joy of reading, underscoring its practicality, wisdom, and ability to challenge existing thinking patterns.
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ISBN: 9781633697225
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 17 March 2020
Country: United States
Imprint: Harvard Business Review Press
Illustration: Illustrations
Audience: Professional and scholarly
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Width: 241.0mm
Height: 190.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 232
About the Author
Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg is a globally recognized expert on innovation and problem solving. He has shared and refined his reframing method with clients like Cisco, Microsoft, Citigroup, Time Warner, AbbVie, Caterpillar, Amgen, Prudential, Union Pacific, Credit Suisse, Deloitte, the Wall Street Journal, and the United Nations. His first book, Innovation as Usual, with Paddy Miller (Harvard Business Review Press, 2013), was translated into five languages. For more information, visit thomaswedell.com.
To learn more about reframing, visit howtoreframe.com.
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