WIL Talk #54 Wendy Smith & Marianne Lewis, authors of Both/And Thinking: Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems

Are you stuck in an either/or thinking pattern? Most of us are but the authors of “Both/And Thinking” share with us the extensive research they have done to shift the perspective from either/or to both/and thinking. Marianne Lewis joins us to explain how she and her co-author Wendy Smith began the study of paradoxes and both/and thinking, why it is important to apply in both our personal lives and our professional lives. They share how teams and leaders are impacted in an organization and how you shift the thinking and move people along the journey versus creating a box around them. Both/And thinking opens our eyes to be more creative, and flexible and has more impact on decisions in a world of competing demands.  Life is full of paradoxes. How do we balance work and life? How can we express our individuality and be team players? These competing and interwoven demands are the source of conflict. We deal with uncertainty by asserting certainty according to Lewis and Smith. They help readers cope and thrive with multiple, knotted tensions at the same time.  Join us on Apple, Spotify, and YouTube to listen to the full episode.#both/andthinking #leadership #tensions #wilempowered #womeninleadership