#status/processed  # Metadata Author:: [[Tony Schwartz]] Title:: What It Takes to Think Deeply About Complex Problems Full Title:: What It Takes to Think Deeply About Complex Problems Import Date:: 2023-05-13 Source:: #source/readwise/pocket Source URL:: [Source URL](https://hbr.org/2018/05/what-it-takes-to-think-deeply-about-complex-problems) Review URL:: [Review URL](https://readwise.io/bookreview/26338713) # Document Tags:: [[Problem Solving]] # Highlights - Consider the familiar story of the esteemed consultant brought in to address the CEO’s concern that [[decision making]] in her organization has become too centralized. The consultant’s solution? A detailed plan to decentralize. Three years later the CEO calls the consultant back in, worried that decision making has become too decentralized. The solution? A detailed plan to centralize. - Date:: [[2018-10-05]] - Find: - Tags: [[Oversimplification]] - This practice begins with asking two key questions in the face of any difficult decision: “What am I not seeing here?” and “What else might be true?” - Date:: [[2018-10-05]] - Find: - Note: Always challenge your existing beliefs