The Opposable Mind¶
Martin, R. L. (2007). The Opposable Mind: How Successful Leaders Win Through Integrative Thinking. Harvard Business School Press.
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Mechanisms¶
- Synthesis Workshop
- Its strength is momentum: it moves a stuck team from talk to a concrete new arrangement in one sitting, exercising the capacity to hold two opposing models and build a third that is better than either — what Roger Martin calls integrative thinking.
This sourceDefines integrative thinking as holding opposing models in tension and creating a resolution superior to either one alone.
- Its strength is momentum: it moves a stuck team from talk to a concrete new arrangement in one sitting, exercising the capacity to hold two opposing models and build a third that is better than either — what Roger Martin calls integrative thinking.
- Third-Option Prompt
- It embodies integrative thinking — the disposition to hold two opposing options and search for a new one that carries the advantages of both rather than settling for a trade-off between them.
This sourceDefines integrative thinking as holding opposing ideas in tension and creating a synthesis that integrates their advantages without settling for either alone.
- It embodies integrative thinking — the disposition to hold two opposing options and search for a new one that carries the advantages of both rather than settling for a trade-off between them.
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