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The Opposable Mind: How Successful Leaders Win Through Integrative Thinking
by Roger L. Martin
from Harvard Business School Press

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• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Innovative thesis on the thinking style of successful leaders
  I completely agree with Robert Morris' review of this excellent book. Psychology professors Howard Gardner of Harvard and Robert Sternberg of Yale have described how individuals have different cognitive abilities and thinking styles. In The Opposable Mind, Roger Martin, Dean of the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management, makes the case that an integrative thinking style is necessary for organizations and leaders to thrive given today's complex world. He provides fascinating examples of... more info

• Well-written discussion on integrative thinking
  Great topic. Essentially, Martin argues that leaders need to integrate ideas in order to succeed. Although the author might have conducted considerable research to reach this conclusion, in my opinion much of what is offered in this text really is not ground-breaking material. While Martin does bring some structure to his research by offering numerous examples to support his views along with accompanying models that he has developed, there is not a lot of substance here. It might make sense for the reader... more info

• Opposable Thought
  In other words, playing all sides until a leader gets the result they are looking for. A fantastic book. Very enjoyable and mind bending.

• Poor Model of Thought With No Justification
  This books starts off by presenting the concept of the "integrative thinker", which is a person who has "the predisposition and capacity to hold two diametrically opposing ideas in their heads. And then without panicking or simply settling for one alternative or the other, they're able to produce a synthesis that is superior to either opposing idea"
  If you look closely at this and read the examples in the book of the "opposable mind" in action, you'll begin to notice an assumption that we have no... more info

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