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"Conventional wisdom--and business school curricula--teaches us that making trade-offs is inevitable when it comes to hard choices. But sometimes, accepting the obvious trade-off just isn't good enough: the choices in front of us don't get us what we need. In those cases, rather than choosing the least worst option, we can use the models in front of us to create a new and better answer. This is integrative thinking. First introduced by Roger Martin...
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Crown
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"A philosophy and practice of asking the deeper, more essential questions required to address the complex problems we face as individuals, businesses, and a society. The rational mind prefers answers over questions. But we live in irrational times. Albert Einstein once said: "If I had sixty minutes to solve a problem and my life depended on it, I'd spend fifty-five minutes determining the right question to ask." At a time when our problems are too...
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PBS
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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A rival group of adults that calls itself Weird Team arrives with a gadget that fixes any odd problem. As a result, Odd Squad is run out of business and all the agents are forced to disband and go back to their lives as regular kids. Using math skills and teamwork, the kids discover Weird Team isn't actually solving problems, but just covering them up.
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Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2003]
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English
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In 'Dora had a Little Lamb': Little Lamb gets lost, but Dora and Boots know where to go. In 'Call me Mr. Riddles': Boots loves riddles so much that he wants to be called Mr. Riddles and he wants to go to Tall Mountain to solve the silliest riddle in the Riddle Contest. In 'Backpack': When Dora received Backpack from her parents she receives more than just a gift. In 'Big river': Boots loses a boot in the big river. He'll need Dora and Backpack to...
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"Based on a career of making high-stakes, split-second decisions as a U.S. fighter pilot, The Art of Clear Thinking teaches readers to apply Hasard Lee's combat-tested techniques in everyday life. The training to become a fighter pilot is among the most competitive and difficult in the world with fewer than one in a thousand succeeding. Pushing a cutting-edge jet to its limits at over 1,000 mph means that every split-second decision can have catastrophic...
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Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
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[2015]
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English
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A government analyst and secret intelligence commentator draws on his personal expertise in the area of high-stakes decision making to outline a groundbreaking approach to effective problem solving. --Publsiher's description.
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QEB Pub
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2011.
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English
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"Someone is trying to steal a famous treasure from the museum of mysteries, and the reader must prevent the theft by using math to solve number puzzles involving number patterns, factors and primes, fractions, place values, and more"--Provided by publisher.
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Basic Books
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"[An] ... exploration of games and math, spanning centuries and millennia, oceans and continents, countries and cultures. Renowned mathematician Marcus du Sautoy shows how mathematics and games have always been deeply intertwined: how games provided some of the first opportunities for deep mathematical insight into the universe; how understanding math can help us play games better; and how the knowledge and enjoyment of both math and games are integral...
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Wonderscape Entertainment, LLC
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2015.
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English
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Effective problem solving is one of the keys to finding solutions and resolving conflicts. Kids are taught the strategies and skills necessary to become problem solvers. Viewers will come to understand how asking questions, listening and brainstorming for ideas can result in a variety of solutions.
13) Nose to nose
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English
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Mishaps and mix-ups hamper Toby's ability to make friends with his fellow canines.
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English
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"Do you ever wonder why you keep making the same bad choices, even though you tell yourself it will be different next time? In Think Ahead, pastor Craig Groeschel draws on biblical truth and scientific research to help us learn the power of "pre-deciding" big and small choices so we can discover new joy, freedom, and contentment"-- Provided by publisher.
"Why do we keep making choices we later regret--sometimes even the same bad choices over and...
17) Where's my cow?
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English
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A little egret is afraid to fly to the seashore because he fears he will not find his way back to his best friend, a cow, but she encourages the little egret to explore and looks for ways to encourage him.
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English
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Rat, Squirrel, Rabbit, and Mouse want to cross the bayou, but next to the log they are considering as a bridge is a sneaky tail, which may be attached to someone dangerous--each of the four approach the problem with a different strategy, with varying results.
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PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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The President of the United States summons Peg and Cat to solve a problem of national importance: Strange signals are coming from space, in a pattern. In part two, Peg and Cat call everyone they know to save the Earth from a planet-sized pig's behind.
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