Why is it important?

Questioning through opposites fosters a more comprehensive understanding of the situation at hand, even if the terms/concepts used are not strictly opposite or mutually exclusive.

It empowers you to navigate complexity with mental agility and creativity, driving more effective strategies and solutions for your and your clients’ problems.

What to do

Use the opposite ends of a spectrum within a concept to characterize a situation or element under consideration.

“Is it … or is it…?”; “We are talking about…, then how about…”.

E.g., Next steps (Short-term / Long-term); Approach (Top-down / Bottom-up); Governance (Centralized / Decentralized); Issue (Technical / Organizational), etc.

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