The Design of Insight: How to Solve Any Business Problem

by Mihnea Moldoveanu, Olivier Leclerc

Overview

Familiar modes of problem solving may be efficient, but they often prevent us from discovering innovative solutions to more complex problems. To create meaningful change, we must train ourselves to discover previously unseen variables in day-to-day challenges. The Design of Insight is intended to be a personal problem-solving platform for decision makers and advisors who seek answers to critical business questions. It introduces an approach that uses multiple "problem-solving languages" to systematically expand our understanding of problem framing and high quality problem solving. Useful as a critical thinking approach or a think-out-loud document for strategic teams, this brief is a resource for enriching and implementing thoughtful management practices.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780804794091
Publisher:	Stanford University Press
Publication date:	05/06/2015
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Mihnea Moldoveanu is Professor of Business Economics, Desautels Professor of Integrative Thinking, Director of the Desautels Centre of Integrative Thinking, and Founder and Director of the Mind Brain Behavior Hive at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management, where he is also Associate Dean of the MBA Program. He is Founder and ex-CEO of Redline Communication, Inc. Olivier Leclerc is a Director (Senior Partner) in McKinsey's West Coast office.

Table of Contents

Preface vii

1 What Is This All About? 1

2 The Networks Flexon 29

3 The Decision Agent Flexon 49

4 The System Dynamics Flexon 74

5 The Evolutionary Flexon 90

6 The Information Processing Flexon 107

7 Problem Solving and the Design of Insight 125

Editorial Reviews

"Moldoveanu and Leclerc introduce business students and faculty to a personal problem-solving platform, an integrative approach toward thinking about complex problem solving as well as innovative ways of generating solutions . . . Recommended."—J.P. Miller, CHOICE

"The Design of Insight is a tour de force in the craft and discipline of problem solving. It points to both new solutions and new ways of generating solutions—which is the crux of the problem solver's skill. Read it once for fun and insight, and a second and third time for discipline and practice."—Dominic Barton, Global Managing Director, McKinsey & Company

From the Publisher

"The Design of Insight is a tour de force in the craft and discipline of problem solving. It points to both new solutions and new ways of generating solutions—which is the crux of the problem solver's skill. Read it once for fun and insight, and a second and third time for discipline and practice."

McKinsey & Company - Dominic Barton

"Moldoveanu and Leclerc introduce business students and faculty to a personal problem-solving platform, an integrative approach toward thinking about complex problem solving as well as innovative ways of generating solutions . . . Recommended."

CHOICE - J.P. Miller

" The Design of Insight is a tour de force in the craft and discipline of problem solving. It points to both new solutions and new ways of generating solutions—which is the crux of the problem solver's skill. Read it once for fun and insight, and a second and third time for discipline and practice."

Dominic Barton