Navigating Paradox: Embracing Both/And Thinking

In this episode of In Search of Wisdom, my guest is Prof. Wendy K. Smith, the co-author of Both/And Thinking: Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems. Prof. Smith is the Dana J. Johnson professor of management and faculty director of the Women’s Leadership Initiative at the  University of Delaware. She earned her Ph.D. in organizational behavior at Harvard Business School, where she began her intensive research on strategic paradoxes—how leaders and senior teams effectively respond to contradictory, yet interdependent demands.

In the conversation, Prof. Smith and I discuss,

• The Meaning of Paradoxes
• How to Use Both/And Thinking
• The Challenges of Navigating Paradoxes
• Wisdom in daily life and much more

Learn more about Prof. Smith’s work at https://bothandthinking.net/.

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