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Lewis is the dean and professor of management at the University of Cincinnati’s Lindner College of Business, specializing in organizational paradoxes and innovation.

Known for: Both/And Thinking: Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems

Books by Marianne W. Lewis

Both/And Thinking: Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems

Both/And Thinking: Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems

leadership·10 min read

Both/And Thinking explores how individuals and organizations can embrace paradoxes—such as stability and change, competition and cooperation, or work and life—to achieve more sustainable success. Drawing on decades of research in organizational behavior and leadership, the authors present practical frameworks for navigating complex challenges through integrative thinking rather than choosing between opposing options.

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The Limits of Either/Or Thinking

Our decision-making culture has been dominated by either/or logic. In business, we’re told to pick between centralization and decentralization, exploration and exploitation, short-term performance and long-term vision. In our personal lives, we’re similarly caught between professional ambition and p...

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Understanding the Paradox System

To help individuals and organizations work through complex tensions, we developed what we call the *Paradox System*. It starts with recognition—seeing paradoxes not as temporary dilemmas but as ongoing, interdependent forces that coexist. Once we name the paradox, we can navigate it through both/and...

From Both/And Thinking: Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems

About Marianne W. Lewis

Lewis is the dean and professor of management at the University of Cincinnati’s Lindner College of Business, specializing in organizational paradoxes and innovation.

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