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    Smart Thinking for Crazy Times: The Art of Solving the Right Problems
    Smart Thinking for Crazy Times: The Art of Solving the Right Problems
    Smart Thinking for Crazy Times: The Art of Solving the Right Problems
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    Smart Thinking for Crazy Times: The Art of Solving the Right Problems

    Written by Ian Mitroff

    Narrated by Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

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    About this audiobook

    Managers, organizations, and even whole societies repeatedly get trapped into solving the wrong problems. Their errors can be traced to one fundamental flaw: misdirected thinking. Leading business professor Ian Mitroff asserts that the ability to spot the right problems, frame them correctly, and implement appropriate solutions is the true competitive edge of a successful and prosperous organization.

    In Smart Thinking for Crazy Times, Mitroff shows how to identify a genuine problem and approach it with a solid grasp of what is at stake, how to talk and think about it, and how to look at the whole situation in relation to its parts. Here is a complete guide to the art of asking the right questions and solving the right problems.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPhoenix Books, Inc.
    Release dateJan 1, 1998
    ISBN9781597774147
    Smart Thinking for Crazy Times: The Art of Solving the Right Problems

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