Obstacles and Integrative Thinking as Channels for Business Growth (Part I)

this Importance of Mindset This column is the first in a series that enters a conversation with readers about how the lived experience of disability sheds light on key aspects of management strategies that are essential for sustainable growth in an evolving business culture. am. Starting with theory, this series lays the groundwork for a range of practice areas on the importance of social intelligence in enterprise transformation and the future of work.

In this new year, companies continue to look for competitive advantages that place their organizations more purposefully, from talent management and upskilling to a variety of management practices. These dynamics should be the standard-bearers that a successful organization can take responsibility for in his 21st century economic climate. But with dramatic shifts taking place within the future of work, how can companies achieve these goals and take the appropriate steps, from mental health to performance to motivation, that are critical to business growth today? Can you find balance?

Again, organizations need to look to the failure narrative to find more effective solutions in defining their business practices. A key aspect of the lived experience of disability rests on the premise of integrative thinking. The rationale for this style of logic is based on the process of integrating intuition, reasoning, and imagination to create a holistic continuum of tactics, strategies, and actions. This alchemy of ideas provides a gateway to effectively improve the basic elements of work and what is needed around it to foster long-term growth.

As we head into 2023, organizations will need to think strategically about their human capital needs and ask the question: What are the fundamental building blocks that will define business in the next century? As technology continues to evolve at a rapid pace, myriad jobs that do not exist today will begin to pop up across the business landscape over the next century. is required.

By focusing on salient problems and emphasizing alternative views that can offer multiple options for solving difficult problems, the integrative thinking approach responds to the continuous evolution of the world of work while also empowering people. It provides companies with innovative ways to handle their public capital needs. Given the challenges of the lived experience of disability, a variety of solutions are often required, and using an integrated approach can help organizations find profitable ways to embrace complex problems. increase.

By looking at the problem as a whole rather than looking at it in pieces, integrative thinking provides a platform for more effective creative solutions. As the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management sees it, integrative thinking is “…the ability to constructively confront the tensions of opposing models, rather than choosing one at the expense of the other, but by finding ways to deal with the tensions.” The ability to come up with creative solutions: new model forms that contain elements of the individual models but are each better.

It is this solution that helps companies tackle the task at hand in the most resourceful way and harness their creativity to give their organization more direction. However, integrating the lived experience of disability into the process of management practice serves as an additional layer of support that ultimately helps the organization move forward.