In Both/And Thinking, Wendy Smith and Marianne Lewis help readers cope with multiple, knotted tensions at the same time. Drawing from more than twenty years of pioneering research, they …

Book Both/And Thinking Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems From the leading experts on paradox comes an insightful and inspiring book for using both/and thinking to …

Both/and thinking offers us an important lens to navigate interpersonal conflict. Consider a conflict that you have had with someone else – a co-worker, a boss, a partner, a parent, a child.

Both/and thinking replaces win/lose solutions with problem solving that collaborates with alternative choices and allows for creative possibilities. There are many people, including myself, who will sleep …

The issue is not whether we face tensions, but how. Both/And Thinking invites us to transition from experiencing tension as obstacles and challenges to instead seeing them as opportunities for …

Paradoxes and innovation in family firms: The role of paradoxical thinking. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. Lewis, M.W., & Smith, W.K. 2014. Paradox as a metatheoretical perspective: Sharpening …

Wendy K. Smith is the Dana J. Johnson professor of management and faculty director of the Women’s Leadership Initiative at the Lerner College of Business and Economics, University of Delaware. She …

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