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Problem Solving 101: A Simple Book for Smart People Hardcover - 2009 - 1st Edition
by Ken Watanabe
Watanabe originally wrote "Problem Solving 101" to help kids' critical thinking skills, but soon adults were drawn to it as well. Illustrated with diagrams and quirky drawings, the book is simple enough for a middleschooler to understand but sophisticated enough for business leaders to apply to their most challenging problems.
Summary
The fun and simple problem-solving guide that took Japan by storm
Ken Watanabe originally wrote Problem Solving 101 for Japanese schoolchildren. His goal was to help shift the focus in Japanese education from memorization to critical thinking, by adapting some of the techniques he had learned as an elite McKinsey consultant.
He was amazed to discover that adults were hungry for his fun and easy guide to problem solving and decision making. The book became a surprise Japanese bestseller, with more than 370,000 in print after six months. Now American businesspeople can also use it to master some powerful skills.
Watanabe uses sample scenarios to illustrate his techniques, which include logic trees and matrixes. A rock band figures out how to drive up concert attendance. An aspiring animator budgets for a new computer purchase. Students decide which high school they will attend.
Illustrated with diagrams and quirky drawings, the book is simple enough for a middleschooler to understand but sophisticated enough for business leaders to apply to their most challenging problems.
Ken Watanabe originally wrote Problem Solving 101 for Japanese schoolchildren. His goal was to help shift the focus in Japanese education from memorization to critical thinking, by adapting some of the techniques he had learned as an elite McKinsey consultant.
He was amazed to discover that adults were hungry for his fun and easy guide to problem solving and decision making. The book became a surprise Japanese bestseller, with more than 370,000 in print after six months. Now American businesspeople can also use it to master some powerful skills.
Watanabe uses sample scenarios to illustrate his techniques, which include logic trees and matrixes. A rock band figures out how to drive up concert attendance. An aspiring animator budgets for a new computer purchase. Students decide which high school they will attend.
Illustrated with diagrams and quirky drawings, the book is simple enough for a middleschooler to understand but sophisticated enough for business leaders to apply to their most challenging problems.
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- Title Problem Solving 101: A Simple Book for Smart People
- Author Ken Watanabe
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 128
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Portfolio, New York
- Date 2009-03-05
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Dust Cover, Illustrated, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9781591842422 / 1591842425
- Weight 0.59 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 8.32 x 5.7 x 0.59 in (21.13 x 14.48 x 1.50 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Problem solving
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008042023
- Dewey Decimal Code 153.43
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