In the Winter 2007 issue of Rotman Magazine, Dean Roger Martin and Professor Mihnea Moldoveanu write on the challenges facing problem-solvers in increasingly complex environments and the value in using the Integrative Thinking approach to become a high-value decision maker. The article, entitled Designing the Thinker of the Future, serves as both a primer on the concept of Integrative Thinking for those not familiar with the model as well as a critique of the limitations of the common approach to decision making.

In the article, Martin and Moldoveanu state that “…predicaments do not come packaged as specialized problem statements, and it is up to the high value decision maker to choose between radically different approaches.” The challenge as to how to decide between different approaches to complex, pervasive problems is one that many managers are increasingly familiar with and the article provides readers with a synopsis of how the Rotman School of Management is teaching its students to thrive in such situations.

Surje & Company is similarly focused on providing consulting methods that recognize the changing nature of business and that new, innovative approaches to solving problems and helping companies reach their goals are required. The Surje Integrative Process has been designed to solve problems of collaboration, cooperation and complexity and it is grounded in a philosophical framework that has much in common with the ideas expressed in Designing the Thinker of the Future.


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