Wednesday, November 3, 2010

The Opposable Mind

Alright, a new book... this one I saw somewhere... Chapters? SK airport? Anyhow, another library book... The subtitle says "How successfuly leaders win through integrative thinking"... The idea that great leaders can hold two opposing ideas in their minds at once and reach a synthesis that contains elements of both, but improves on each... Think of the pros vs. cons that we normally work with... We look at all the angles and then elminate one option and go with one option. It's very much a win-lose situation. We get into an either-or mentality. This book seems to favour a win-win scenario.... one of both/and... The trick is to find creative solutions to seemingly impossible situations...

I'm looking forward to this book... We'll see how it goes... And yes, still working on "End Procrastination Now"... sigh, it's a thicket to read through... not all that readable... some good ideas though....

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