This episode originally aired on HBR ideacast in September 2017. Jennifer Riel is the global director of strategy at IDEO, the global design company. She and her co-author Roger Martin study integrative thinking through the lens of the film industry. You'll learn how to apply integrative thinking to your business problems using a four-step process.
Imagine you’re trying to solve a problem, but none of your options are all that great. You could walk away. Or you could try to take the best from two inadequate options to reach a smarter, strategic solution.