Episode 68: Use Both/And Thinking to Solve Tough Problems

In this episode of WiseTalk, CEO and Executive Leadership Coach Sue Bethanis hosts Marianne Lewis, co-author of Both/And Thinking: Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems. Marianne’s research and vast experience shows that embracing both/and thinking, or paradox thinking, results in more creative, lasting solutions and more satisfied people. Marianne is the dean and professor of management at the Lindner College of Business, University of Cincinnati. 

Sue and Marianne discuss how the paradox mindset can:

• help leaders surface, embrace, and process tensions to generate more innovative solutions from their teams
• reduce their own stress, and lead to more personal creativity and satisfaction
• improve personal relationships where there are significant differences of opinion in arenas such as politics