Introduction

Smart Questions: Learn to Ask the right Questions for Powerful Results, and Ask the Right Questions: Creating the Answers That Work are two new books by Dr. Gerald Nadler and Dr. William Chandon that advance the Center's Breakthrough Thinking methods and principles.

Would you like to explore these concepts in an intensive 3-day workshop? Look at the benefits this workshop can make for you and your organization. Workshop fees include all sessions, daily continental breakfast, break refreshments, lunches, and a copy of the new Smart Questions book. Register by October 10, 2007 and the book will be mailed to you so you can prepare to get the most out of the workshop.

The workshop can be tailored for your organization and conducted in your learning center to include working on some of your specific issues. Contact us for additional details.

New Article

Uniquenss

The issue of health care reform has been under intense discussion at the Center as well as elsewhere. As a result we decided to take a look at health care issues from the perspective of BreakThrough Thinking. We'll offer a series of articles and whte papers illustrating the application of BreakThrough Thinking to the issue. We hope you'll get some insight as to how our prinicples will help develop creative solutions to the real issues confronting you.

The following article contains a special offer that we hope will be attractive to you.

Hospital Errors and the Uniqueness Principle

We were upset about the lack of situational awareness in the due diligence conducted by so many recent financial managers. If only they had used a little systems thinking. We wrote this article in response.

Financial Due Diligence with Systems Thinking

A Different Take on Systems Thinking

We recently gave a presentation to a group of training and OD people on systems thinking. Despite the work of Argyris, Senge and others, which has been widely discussed, many were unaware of the concept. There was a real "aha" when we showed them the hopper diagram. The concept of the systems matrix made a big hit as they saw how it could help them thoroughly understand their systems. Here is a link to the PowerPoint deck that accompanied the presentation.

A Different Take on Systems Thinking