Innovation and problem solving are two of the key attributes required for a business to succeed in today’s fast-paced business environment. However, they can also be two of the most daunting challenges for leaders, partly because it can be so difficult to understand exactly how the many complex elements of a business interconnect and influence each other.
The rise of AI may be revolutionising how many businesses are now looking at innovation, but this certainly is not just a modern business problem. In fact, the author of this new book argues that while many organisations are racing to adopt AI, some of the wisest leaders are working to develop the distinctly human capabilities that AI cannot replace.
Sean Blair has spent the last 25 years designing and facilitating strategic workshops for organisations, ranging from huge corporations such as Google and Microsoft through to smaller charities navigating their own complex challenges. In this, his fifth book, he expertly pulls together three of the most important ideas in this field – The Fifth Discipline, The LEGO® Serious Play Method and Bohmian Dialogue – into one insightful, and practical guide.
The concept of LEGO Serious Play was a completely new one to me. As a Dad of three boys I feel like I have done my fair share of playing with (and picking up!) Lego over the last few years, and I’ve experienced first-hand how it puts us in a problem solving mindset, but I had never really considered how applicable it could be to modelling out workplace systems and problems.
If you’ve ever looked at a problem and understood what your business needs to become, but not how to get there, The Systems Synergy could be the book that helps you close that gap.
The Systems Synergy: Developing Human Intelligence That AI Cannot Replace by Sean Blair is out now
