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Others make us think. The best do both.</p> 264 265 266 267<p class="has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph">Whether Iâm writing about the art of choosing or about thinking bigger, I want people to come away challenged to improve their lives â both for themselves and society.</p> 268</div></div> 269</div></div> 270</div></div></div></div> 271 272 273 274<div class="wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile sheenaiyengar-think-bigger"><div class="wp-block-media-text__content"> 275<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Order Now! </h2> 276 277 278 279<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Think Bigger, a six-step method for how to get your best ideas. Six Steps:</p> 280 281 282 283<h3 class="wp-block-heading is-style-minor">Step 1: Choose the Problem</h3> 284 285 286 287<p class="is-style-default wp-block-paragraph"><em>What problem do you want to solve?</em></p> 288 289 290 291<h3 class="wp-block-heading is-style-minor">Step 2: Break Down the Problem</h3> 292 293 294 295<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>What are the subproblems that make up your problem?</em></p> 296 297 298 299<h3 class="wp-block-heading is-style-minor">Step 3: Compare Wants</h3> 300 301 302 303<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>What are the motivations and preferences of relevant decision-makers?</em></p> 304 305 306 307<h3 class="wp-block-heading is-style-minor">Step 4: Search In and Out of the Box</h3> 308 309 310 311<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>What solutions have been tried to date?</em></p> 312 313 314 315<h3 class="wp-block-heading is-style-minor">Step 5: Choice Map </h3> 316 317 318 319<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>Imagine and reimagine new combinations of tactics.</em></p> 320 321 322 323<h3 class="wp-block-heading is-style-minor">Step 6: The Third Eye</h3> 324 325 326 327<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>Do others see what you see?</em></p> 328 329 330 331<div class="wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex"> 332<div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://www.amazon.com/Think-Bigger-Innovate-Sheena-Iyengar/dp/0231198841" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Order Think Bigger Here</a></div> 333</div> 334 335 336 337<p class="wp-block-paragraph"></p> 338</div><figure class="wp-block-media-text__media"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="640" height="512" src="https://i0.wp.com/sheenaiyengar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/think-bigger-logo.png?resize=64
3380%2C512&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-285 size-full" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/sheenaiyengar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/think-bigger-logo.png?w=1000&ssl=1 1000w, https://i0.wp.com/sheenaiyengar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/think-bigger-logo.png?resize=300%2C240&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/sheenaiyengar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/think-bigger-logo.png?resize=768%2C614&ssl=1 768w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /></figure></div> 339 340 341 342<div class="wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile"><figure class="wp-block-media-text__media"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="640" height="990" src="https://i0.wp.com/sheenaiyengar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SheenaIyangar_TheArtOfChoosing.jpeg?resize=640%2C990&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-154 size-full" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/sheenaiyengar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SheenaIyangar_TheArtOfChoosing.jpeg?resize=662%2C1024&ssl=1 662w, https://i0.wp.com/sheenaiyengar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SheenaIyangar_TheArtOfChoosing.jpeg?resize=194%2C300&ssl=1 194w, https://i0.wp.com/sheenaiyengar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SheenaIyangar_TheArtOfChoosing.jpeg?resize=768%2C1188&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/sheenaiyengar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SheenaIyangar_TheArtOfChoosing.jpeg?w=840&ssl=1 840w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /></figure><div class="wp-block-media-text__content"> 343<h2 class="wp-block-heading">The Art of Choosing</h2> 344 345 346 347<p class="wp-block-paragraph">We may think we know our own minds, but the forces that influence our choices are many, varied, and often surprising. Most of those forces affect us without our knowledge, and they do not necessarily operate in our best interests.</p> 348 349 350 351<p class="wp-block-paragraph">How can we minimize the influence of such powerful factors, including bias and culture? Is it possible to re-train our intuition? How do we balance the competing forces of gut and reason to make better decisions? </p> 352 353 354 355<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The Art of Choosing answers these questions and raises many more.</p> 356 357 358 359<div class="wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex"> 360<div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://www.amazon.com/Art-Choosing-Sheena-Iyengar/dp/0446504114/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1535466691&sr=8-1&keywords=the+art+of+choosing">Buy now</a></div> 361</div> 362</div></div> 363 364 365 366<p class="wp-block-paragraph"></p> 367 368 369 370<p class="wp-block-paragraph"></p> 371 372 373 374<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Press for “Think Bigger: How to Innovate” </h2> 375 376 377 378<div class="wp-block-columns alignfull is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> 379<div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> 380<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 381<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In âThink Bigger: How to Innovate,â Iyengar writes that thinking bigger is about assembling old ideas in a new way. Sounding much like [Mark] Twain in 1903, she writes that all successful innovators are âstrategic copiers,â who âlearned from examples of success, extracted the parts that worked well, imagined new ways of using those pieces, and combined them to create something new and meaningful.â</p> 382<cite><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/24/opinion/sheena-iyengar-innovation.html">If There Are No New Ideas, How Do We Keep Innovating?</a></cite></blockquote> 383 384 385<div class="wp-block-image"> 386<figure class="aligncenter is-resized"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/18/books/review/Postrel-t.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><img decoding="async" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac8dbcbb40b9d56455afd7f/1528763630801-RZ7LTMNZGTJE723J3KIB/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kIFGaf8FIktPxSQ6TCyeMLYUqsxRUqqbr1mOJYKfIPR7LoDQ9mXPOjoJoqy81S2I8N_N4V1vUb5AoIIIbLZhVYxCRW4BPu10St3TBAUQYVKcmt-u4Q9kQIGCrLE-MdmImIils2LxzNfBMz4GEDgqpPwvkeSIkBYZRa2mEOuFKXu2/New+York+Times+Logo+Sheena+Iyengar?format=750w" alt="The New York Times" width="240"/></a></figure> 387</div></div> 388 389 390 391<div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> 392<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 393<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Iyengar is merciless about some of the myths plaguing creativity. She debunks the concept of supposedly creative âright brainâ and analytical âleft brainâ thinking, dismisses âbrainstormingâ sessions as âidea diarrheaâ and warns innovators to stay on track. Sparks of solutions that occur to you as you refine your idea should be set aside in a âsparking lot,” she suggests.</p> 394<cite><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/5bcbafe0-0e02-4508-9513-574e4afcf880">FT business books: what to read this month</a></cite></blockquote> 395 396 397<div class="wp-block-image"> 398<figure class="aligncenter is-resized"><a href="https://ig.ft.com/sites/business-book-award/books/2010/shortlist/the-art-of-choosing-by-sheena-iyengar/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><img decoding="async" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac8dbcbb40b9d56455afd7f/1528764126575-UY9DRDABPDW1QGQ1K4XZ/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kMrRvH_tolxkPmOPYyqC6QRZw-zPPgdn4jUwVcJE1ZvWQUxwkmyExglNqGp0IvTJZUJFbgE-7XRK3dMEBRBhUpziB2HJ0zwMCUKmHW1_0O33slGH-xoK8__XG41d-KC3sN9rNaSPfJLghkThUCEkhbI/Financial+Times+Logo+S
398heena+Iyengar?format=750w" alt="Financial Times" width="240"/></a></figure> 399</div></div> 400</div> 401 402 403 404<div class="wp-block-columns alignfull is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> 405<div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> 406<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 407<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The goal is to get people out of their comfort zones and manage or reduce the effects of cognitive bias, according to Dr. Iyengar, who said the system draws on findings from cognitive and neuroscience research. Itâs an alternative to other approaches, in which people might simply offer ideas and vote on them.</p> 408 409 410 411<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In line with this process, board-level science, technology and innovation committees can help companies look beyond the familiar and help identify opportunities that they wouldnât otherwise know or think about, âgiven their internal echo chambers,â she said.</p> 412<cite><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/corporate-boards-tackle-oversight-of-technology-innovation-b35819a0">Corporate Boards Tackle Oversight of Technology, Innovation</a></cite></blockquote> 413 414 415<div class="wp-block-image"> 416<figure class="aligncenter is-resized"><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304510004575186162144526170" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><img decoding="async" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac8dbcbb40b9d56455afd7f/1528764494620-I47X5MB6YL9W5XEJIMF0/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kO7HY96Px6-CNOKBSooN410UqsxRUqqbr1mOJYKfIPR7LoDQ9mXPOjoJoqy81S2I8N_N4V1vUb5AoIIIbLZhVYy7Mythp_T-mtop-vrsUOmeInPi9iDjx9w8K4ZfjXt2dlv_Jdjc-eR45vjrjh4XXig08ttP6X9Z98Ut6cygJE5pCjLISwBs8eEdxAxTptZAUg/Wall+Street+Journal+Sheena+Iyengar?format=750w" alt="The Wall Street Journal" width="240"/></a></figure> 417</div></div> 418 419 420 421<div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> 422<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 423<p class="wp-block-paragraph">âYou do not get your best ideas out of these freewheeling brainstorming sessions,â says Sheena Iyengar, a professor at Columbia Business School. âYou will do your best creative work by yourself.â</p> 424 425 426 427<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Iyengar has compiled academic research on idea generation, including a decade of her own interviews with more than a thousand people, into a book called âThink Bigger.â It concludes that group brainstorming is usually a waste of time. </p> 428<cite><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/cancel-that-brainstorm-theres-a-better-way-to-spur-good-ideas-f3c462d3">Office Brainstorms Are a Waste of Time</a></cite></blockquote> 429 430 431<div class="wp-block-image"> 432<figure class="aligncenter is-resized"><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304510004575186162144526170" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><img decoding="async" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac8dbcbb40b9d56455afd7f/1528764494620-I47X5MB6YL9W5XEJIMF0/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kO7HY96Px6-CNOKBSooN410UqsxRUqqbr1mOJYKfIPR7LoDQ9mXPOjoJoqy81S2I8N_N4V1vUb5AoIIIbLZhVYy7Mythp_T-mtop-vrsUOmeInPi9iDjx9w8K4ZfjXt2dlv_Jdjc-eR45vjrjh4XXig08ttP6X9Z98Ut6cygJE5pCjLISwBs8eEdxAxTptZAUg/Wall+Street+Journal+Sheena+Iyengar?format=750w" alt="The Wall Street Journal" width="240"/></a></figure> 433</div></div> 434</div> 435 436 437 438<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Press for “Art of Choosing”</h2> 439 440 441 442<div class="wp-block-columns alignfull is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> 443<div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> 444<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 445<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Human beings, Iyengar suggests, are born to choose. But human beings are also born to create meaning. Choice and meaning are intertwined. We use choice to define our identities, and our choices are determined by the meanings we give them, from advertising-driven associations to personal relationships and philosophical commitments. Some meanings we can articulate, while others remain beyond words.<
445/p> 446</blockquote> 447 448 449<div class="wp-block-image"> 450<figure class="aligncenter is-resized"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/18/books/review/Postrel-t.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><img decoding="async" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac8dbcbb40b9d56455afd7f/1528763630801-RZ7LTMNZGTJE723J3KIB/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kIFGaf8FIktPxSQ6TCyeMLYUqsxRUqqbr1mOJYKfIPR7LoDQ9mXPOjoJoqy81S2I8N_N4V1vUb5AoIIIbLZhVYxCRW4BPu10St3TBAUQYVKcmt-u4Q9kQIGCrLE-MdmImIils2LxzNfBMz4GEDgqpPwvkeSIkBYZRa2mEOuFKXu2/New+York+Times+Logo+Sheena+Iyengar?format=750w" alt="The New York Times" width="240"/></a></figure> 451</div></div> 452 453 454 455<div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> 456<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 457<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In our world of shifting political and cultural forces, technological revolution, and interconnected commerce, our decisions have far-reaching consequences. Use this book as your companion and guide for the many challenges ahead.</p> 458</blockquote> 459 460 461<div class="wp-block-image"> 462<figure class="aligncenter is-resized"><a href="https://ig.ft.com/sites/business-book-award/books/2010/shortlist/the-art-of-choosing-by-sheena-iyengar/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><img decoding="async" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac8dbcbb40b9d56455afd7f/1528764126575-UY9DRDABPDW1QGQ1K4XZ/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kMrRvH_tolxkPmOPYyqC6QRZw-zPPgdn4jUwVcJE1ZvWQUxwkmyExglNqGp0IvTJZUJFbgE-7XRK3dMEBRBhUpziB2HJ0zwMCUKmHW1_0O33slGH-xoK8__XG41d-KC3sN9rNaSPfJLghkThUCEkhbI/Financial+Times+Logo+Sheena+Iyengar?format=750w" alt="Financial Times" width="240"/></a></figure> 463</div></div> 464</div> 465 466 467 468<div class="wp-block-columns alignfull is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> 469<div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> 470<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 471<p class="wp-block-paragraph">As she tours the science of choice, Ms. Iyengar takes care to be provocative rather than prescriptive. Still, âThe Art of Choosingâ has an instructive point: It is possible to make better choices just by being more aware of the forces that affect our choices, how the choices we make affect our well-being and how we use choice to express and create our own identities.</p> 472</blockquote> 473 474 475<div class="wp-block-image"> 476<figure class="aligncenter is-resized"><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304510004575186162144526170" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><img decoding="async" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac8dbcbb40b9d56455afd7f/1528764494620-I47X5MB6YL9W5XEJIMF0/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kO7HY96Px6-CNOKBSooN410UqsxRUqqbr1mOJYKfIPR7LoDQ9mXPOjoJoqy81S2I8N_N4V1vUb5AoIIIbLZhVYy7Mythp_T-mtop-vrsUOmeInPi9iDjx9w8K4ZfjXt2dlv_Jdjc-eR45vjrjh4XXig08ttP6X9Z98Ut6cygJE5pCjLISwBs8eEdxAxTptZAUg/Wall+Street+Journal+Sheena+Iyengar?format=750w" alt="The Wall Street Journal" width="240"/></a></figure> 477</div></div> 478 479 480 481<div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> 482<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 483<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Sheena Iyengarâs work on choice and how our minds deal with it has been groundbreaking, repeatedly surprising, and enormously important. She is someone we need to listen to.</p> 484<cite>Atul Gawande, author of <em>Complications and Better</em></cite></blockquote> 485</div> 486</div> 487 488 489 490<div class="wp-block-columns alignfull is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> 491<div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> 492<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 493<p class="wp-block-paragraph">An intimate, beautifully written, and deeply compelling book that examines both the art and science of making wise decisions. Choosing to read it should be the easiest choice you ever make.</p> 494<cite>Dan Gilbert, author of <em>Stumbling on Happiness</em></cite></blockquote> 495</div> 496 497 498 499<div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> 500<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 501<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Iyengar wants us to recognize that our decisions-both the mundane and momentous-are influenced by many factors and that the more we recognize those factors, the more satisfied we will be.</p> 502<cite>MIND Reviews: The Art of Choosing (Scientific American)</cite></blockquote> 503</div> 504</div> 505 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 506 507 </article><!-- #post-16 --> 508 509 </main><!-- #primary --> 510 511 512<footer id="colophon" class="site-footer"> 513 514 <div class="footer-navigation-wrapper"> 515 <nav class="expanded-menu-wrapper" aria-label="Horizontal" role="navigation"> 516 <ul class="expanded-menu"> 517 <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-home menu-item-148"><a href="https://sheenaiyengar.com">Home</a></li> 518<li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-374"><a href="https://sheenaiyengar.com/bio/">Bio</a></li> 519<li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-21"><a href="https://sheenaiyengar.com/talks/">Talks</a></li> 520<li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page current-menu-item page_item page-item-16 current_page_item menu-item-22"><a href="https://sheenaiyengar.com/books/" aria-current="page">Books</a></li> 521<li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-has-children menu-item-25"><a href="https://sheenaiyengar.com/research/">Research</a> 522<ul class="sub-menu"> 523 <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6305"><a href="https://sheenaiyengar.com/publications/">Publications</a></li> 524</ul> 525</li> 526<li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-24"><a href="https://sheenaiyengar.com/courses/">Courses</a></li> 527<li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1168"><a href="https://sheenaiyengar.com/news/">News</a></li> 528 </ul> 529 </nav><!-- .expanded-menu-wrapper --> 530 </div><!-- .footer-navigation-wrapper --> 531 532 <nav aria-label="Social links" class="footer-social-wrapper"> 533 <ul class="social-menu footer-social social-icons"> 534 <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-7"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100058183505673"><span class="screen-reader-text">Facebook</span><svg class="svg-icon" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" width="24" height="24" viewbox="0 0 24 24" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M12 2C6.5 2 2 6.5 2 12c0 5 3.7 9.1 8.4 9.9v-7H7.9V12h2.5V9.8c0-2.5 1.5-3.9 3.8-3.9 1.1 0 2.2.2 2.2.2v2.5h-1.3c-1.2
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