Roger L. Martin
Canadian management consultant, author, and educator; former Dean of the Rotman School of Management (University of Toronto), known for work on integrative thinking, business strategy, and design-led management education.
Books
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1. The Opposable Mind
How Successful Leaders Win Through Integrative Thinking
This book argues that the most effective leaders are integrative thinkers who don’t pick one side of a dilemma but hold opposing models in mind and create superior, novel solutions that draw on the strengths of each. It explains how this mindset differs from conventional trade-off thinking, outlines the cognitive processes involved (identifying salient factors, mapping causal relationships, generating creative resolutions, and redesigning the problem’s architecture), and uses case studies and practical guidance to show how to reframe tensions, embrace complexity, and design inventive syntheses that outperform simple compromises.
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2. A New Way To Think
Your Guide to Superior Management Effectiveness
The book argues that managers must replace conventional habits and ad-hoc fixes with a disciplined, principle-based way of thinking that improves decision-making and organizational results. It offers practical frameworks and habits—emphasizing clear diagnosis, prioritizing what matters, integrating competing perspectives, making explicit trade-offs, and translating insight into concrete choices and actions—to help leaders set coherent strategy and follow through on execution. The overall aim is to move from complexity and indecision to clarity, accountability, and repeatable effectiveness.
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