The Thinking Fix

Many managers feel they spend too much time making decisions. This can lead to confusion and slow progress at work. To solve problems effectively, you need to master the thinking patterns that lead to clarity and confident decision-making. This book offers simple guidance to help you handle business challenges more effectively. - Learn how to notice unproductive thinking patterns when making decisions. - Discover a new approach to thinking that helps you move from indecision to clear choices. - Find simple techniques that you can use quickly and easily in your daily work. - The book helps you build smarter thinking skills to solve business problems. The Thinking Fix offers a transformative approach to thinking. It shows how some ways of thinking can lead to confusion, while others help you find clear answers. The book also helps you notice unhelpful thinking habits and learn how to stop them. More importantly, you will learn how to consistently apply effective thinking strategies. This will help you deal with complex situations and drive better decisions, regardless of the tools or methods you currently use. This book is for any professional who makes decisions at work and wants to think more clearly to make better choices.

Kieran Sheedy is a seasoned management consultant and entrepreneur. With senior roles at IBM and KPMG and experience founding several businesses, Kieran combines business strategy with a practical approach to solving problems. He explains complex ideas in simple ways that managers can use to make better decisions at work. Dr Deri Hughes is a 20-year consulting veteran, known for developing simple methods to help people structure problems and make better decisions. After six years at the leading strategy firm Bain & Company, he founded a premium training provider for professional services firms and corporate managers. Deri creates structured approaches to consulting skills that enable teams to make better decisions and drive results.

Introduction. A Letter from the Post Office When Do You Need a Thinking Fix? Chapter 1: Structured Thinking Chapter 2. Natural Thinking Patterns Vs Artificial Intelligence Chapter 3. Diagnosing Thinking Behaviours Part One: Constructing Behaviours Chapter 4. Diagnosing Constructing Behaviours Chapter 5. Focus Your Thinking - The Framing Pattern Chapter 6. Trust Your Gut, Sometimes - Intuition Pattern Chapter 7. Up a Bit, Down a Bit -The Confidence Pattern Chapter 8. What Stands Out - Novelty Scanning Chapter 9. Stories Get Results - The Narrative Pattern Building on Thinking Behaviours Part Two - Reducing Behaviours Chapter 10. Diagnosing Reducing Behaviours Chapter 11. Repent at Leisure - The Availability Pattern Chapter 12. Know it All - Incomplete Information Pattern Chapter 13. Finding Exactly What We are Looking for - Confirmation Bias Chapter 14. Holding on and Letting Go - The Ownership Pattern Analysing the Analysis Part Three - Shortcutting Chapter 15. Diagnosing Shortcutting Behaviours Chapter 16. The Easy Answer to a Hard Question - The Substitution Pattern The Post Office Horizon Scandal: Substitution Pattern Chapter 17. Paint me a Picture - The Modelling Pattern Chapter 18. Good Enough is Good Enough - Rules of Thumb Part Four - Experiencing Behaviours Chapter 19. Can You Feel it? - Experiencing Behaviours Chapter 20. That is not How I Remember it - Creative Memory Pattern Chapter 21. I'm All In on This One - Risk Reward Pattern Chapter 22. We're All in this Together - Social Thinking Post Office Horizon Scandal Social Thinking Forward Thinking - a Conclusion