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Both/and Thinking

Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems

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Both/and Thinking

By: Wendy Smith, Marianne Lewis, Amy C. Edmondson - foreword
Narrated by: Stephanie Dillard
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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.

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Comes across as a research paper full of anecdotes and citations. The reader isn't particularly engaging sadly which adds to the dry nature of the audio book.

The concepts are interesting and having listened to an interview with one of the authors there's clearly a lot of passion and knowledge of the area. However, that passion is lacking in this audio version.

ok but mostly anecdotes and quotes.

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