If you want the superpower of solving better problems, read this book."
Eric Schmidt,
former CEO, Google
What's Your Problem?
To Solve Your Toughest Problems, Change the Problems You Solve
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW PRESS 2020
Are you solving the right problems? Have you or your colleagues ever worked hard on something, only to find out you were focusing on the wrong problem entirely? Most people have. In a survey, 85 percent of companies said they often struggle to solve the right problems. The consequences are severe: Leaders fight the wrong strategic battles. Teams spend their energy on low-impact work. Startups build products that nobody wants. Organizations implement "solutions" that somehow make things worse, not better. Everywhere you look, the waste is staggering. As Peter Drucker pointed out, there's nothing more dangerous than the right answer to the wrong question. There is a way to do better.
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The key is reframing, a crucial, underutilized skill that you can master with the help of this book.
Other Languages
“What’s Your Problem?” is published in 13 languages beyond English: Chinese (Xiron Press), Russian (Alpina Press), French (Pearson), Portuguese (Benvirá), Danish (Content Publishing), Ukranian (Vivat Press), Romanian (Publica), traditional Chinese (Commonwealth), Vietnamese (WeTransform), Czech (Portal), Arabic (Jarir Books), Japanese (Jitsumu Kyoiku), and Korean (Chungrim).
Innovation As Usual
How to Help Your People Bring Great Ideas to Life
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW PRESS 2013
Most organizations approach innovation as if it were a sideline activity. Every so often employees are sent to “Brainstorm Island”: an off-site replete with trendy lectures, creative workshops, and overenthusiastic facilitators. But once they return, it’s back to business as usual.
This book is about getting to a state of “innovation as usual,” where regular employees—in jobs like finance, marketing, sales, or operations—make innovation happen in a way that’s both systemic and sustainable.