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Problem Solving 101
  • Published: 1 May 2009
  • ISBN: 9780091929664
  • Imprint: Vermilion
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 128
  • RRP: $44.99

Problem Solving 101

A simple book for smart people

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Hardback
1 May 2009
EBook
4 Jan 2011
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Take control of your thinking with this fun and simple problem-solving guide that has taken Japan by storm

Take control of your thinking with this fun and easy-to-follow guide to problem solving, critical thinking and decision-making.

THE JAPANESE BESTSELLER

Problem Solving 101 has helped millions of people around the world to find successful solutions to even the toughest of problems.

Simple enough for a high school student to understand, yet sophisticated enough for CEOs to apply to their biggest business challenges, this essential guide makes problem-solving faster, clearer and more effective.

Originally created to teach Japanese schoolchildren critical thinking skills, Problem Solving 101 quickly became a must-read for readers of all ages thanks to the power and simplicity of Ken Watanabe’s unique methods.

Packed with useful diagrams, quirky illustrations and practical exercises, this accessible guide will help you:

  • Improve your problem-solving skills
  • Strengthen critical thinking and analytical thinking
  • Make better decisions faster
  • Develop creative solutions to difficult problems
  • Think strategically in work and life

Once you've mastered the problem-solving skills in this book, you'll wonder how you ever got by without them.

  • Published: 1 May 2009
  • ISBN: 9780091929664
  • Imprint: Vermilion
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 128
  • RRP: $44.99

About the author

Ken Watanabe

Ken Watanabe grew up bilingual in Japan and studied in the United States at Yale and Harvard Business School. He was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company for six years. He is now the founder and CEO of his own education, entertainment and media company, Delta Studio.
KW

Praise for Problem Solving 101

If everyone made decisions like Ken Watanabe, the world would be a better place

Seth Godin, author of Tribes

Problem Solving 101 teaches us to recognize the common elements in the decisions we face every day, and how to think carefully about them. It offers tricks and tips for every age

Dan Ariely, author of the New York Time bestseller Predictably Irrational

This is an excellent primer on problem solving

Lowell Bryan, author of Mobilizing Minds

a business best seller

Business Week