The Design of Insight
How to Solve Any Business Problem

Mihnea Moldoveanu (Author), Olivier Leclerc (Author)

9780804794091

Paperback / softback, published 6 May 2015

160 pages, 31 figures, 2 illustrations
20.3 x 12.7 x 1.5 cm, 0.159 kg

"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

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.

1. What Is This All About?
2. The Networks Flexon
3. The Decision Agent Flexon
4. The System Dynamics Flexon
5. The Evolutionary Flexon
6. The Information Processing Flexon
7. Recombinant Problem Solving and the Design of Insight