Thinking Integratively: A new way of thinking for a new way of business

in life •  3 years ago 

Making decisions is a much more difficult task, especially when our lives are changing. We want to be able to make the greatest decision possible in this process by knowing the front and rear.

Whatever the challenge, maintaining mental clarity while change continues to assess all possible scenarios and make sensible judgements is a critical talent to acquire.

Many people prefer to work in a clean and orderly environment. They usually mark one answer as "true" and the other as "false." So it's either one or the other.

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The brain loves and enjoys uncomplicated operations that need no thought or effort. This is how he saves energy, but it can make introspection difficult. Unexpected outcomes might be upsetting; new ideas may appear to be out of the ordinary, so people keep to the status quo. Usual. Making smarter decisions, on the other hand, necessitates thinking beyond the apparent.

The typical strategy is to dismiss as many ideas, proposals, and opinions as possible.

Regardless of conflicting viewpoints or arguments, traditional thinkers believe that each situation is true in the way they describe and comprehend it. They believe that a better model cannot exist since they view reality from a single perspective.

Opposing paradigms should be considered and strengthened, according to integrative thinkers. As they seek the greatest possible answer, they embrace complexity and tolerate uncertainty.

In order to build a comprehensive strategy, tactics, action, review, and evaluation to address an issue in any field, Graham Douglas describes Integrative Thinking as the process of integrating intuition, reason, and imagination into the human mind.

Integrative thinking is a powerful approach that can help us find fresh solutions to our most difficult challenges. Rather than thinking about one or the other separately, integrative thinkers combine experiences from divergent views to develop uniqueness.

Instead than choosing from a list of models, integrative thinkers create their own. Roger Martin suggests that we think like architects who are creating masterpieces with multiple elements that work together to form a single building.

It encourages us to approach each problem as a whole rather than splitting it down. You can design solutions with little or no tolerance for error when you evaluate the overall architecture of a problem; how its various elements are placed together, and how one decision will effect another.

Integrative thinking is the mindset to adopt for creative brainstorming, problem-solving, and decision-making. The ability to understand your ideas for what they are, that is, your own interpretation and simplification of the world around you, is at the heart of this philosophy.

Integrative Thinking also pushes us to consider how other people interpret similar events, particularly when they have opposite viewpoints.

Integrative thinkers seek a solution that allows them to learn from others' views, particularly those that contradict their own. They also deliberately seek out less visible but potentially significant aspects that can aid in the resolution of complicated situations, as this is where the best solutions are found.

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Integrative Thinkers don't break down a subject into separate components and work on them independently or in a specific order. He takes an exponential view of the problem's architecture, recognising how its many elements fit together and how one action affects another.

Integrative thinking, according to a Harvard Business Review article by Roger Martin, is a "habit of mind" that we can all intentionally adopt to arrive at solutions that would otherwise be invisible.

When it comes to the most difficult decisions in life and business, trade-offs aren't always the best option. Embrace the integrative mindset and take advantage of the chances it provides you to make educated judgments, rather than dismissing alternative ideas, recommendations, concepts, and solutions.

Integrative thinking can help you come up with fresh ideas, process options, and solutions, as well as reveal better possibilities you may have ignored.


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