February 2023
9 pages
23m
English
article
Become a Better Problem Solver by Telling Better Stories
by Arnaud Chevallier, Albrecht Enders, Jean-Louis Barsoux
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Become a Better Problem Solver by Telling Better Stories
One of the biggest obstacles to effective decision-making is failure to define the problem well. Invoking the power of narrative and a simple story structure can help ensure that teams are solving the right problem.
The Research
- The authors surveyed more than 700 IMD executive program participants who identified their biggest decision-making challenges as focusing on the wrong problem and not taking stakeholders’ perspectives into account.
- The authors piloted their story framework approach with program participants and then validated the methodology in both for-profit and nonprofit organizations.
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