Seeing, reframing, and pursuing problems with Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg — E86

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg is the author of What’s Your Problem and coauthor of Innovation as Usual. We talk about problem reframing, developing innovation skills, and the power of thinking deeply about problems.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Listen to learn about:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Framing and reframing problems</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Helping teams and companies to change their approach to problem-solving</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Thomas’ books</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Advice for companies and individuals wanting to learn problem reframing</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">A shortcoming in design thinking tools</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The future of innovation and problem framing</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Some hints about Thomas’ new book-in-progress</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Our Guest</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg is the author of "What's Your Problem," published by Harvard Business Review Press. He works with companies all over the world to help them solve the right problems. HIs first book was "Innovation as Usual," coauthored with Paddy Miller, focusing on how to drive innovation as part of an everyday job. He was born in Denmark and is now based in New York.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><strong>Show Highlights</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[01:19] How a failure led Thomas into a collaboration with a professor from his business school.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[01:50] Observing what happened to bus