The Opposable Mind: How Successful Leaders Win Through Integrative Thinking

By Roger Martin

Categories: Business & Money

Roger Martin, former dean of the Rotman School of Management, studied successful leaders and found they share a capacity he calls integrative thinking. Instead of choosing between two opposing options, these leaders hold both in mind and create a new solution that is better than either. Using examples from leaders such as A. G. Lafley and Isadore Sharp, Martin explains how integrative thinking works and how it can be learned.

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• Shane Parrish: “An insightful read on how successful people think about problems. The most insightful mechanism of which is eliminating the false duality of doing either this or that and creating a new reality, which Roger Martin, the author, calls integrative thinking.”