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The Thinker's Toolkit: 14 Powerful Techniques for Problem Solving Revised Edition, Kindle Edition

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An invaluable resource for any manager or professional, this book offers a collection of proven, practical methods for simplifying any problem and making faster, better decisions every time.

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An invaluable resource for any manager or professional, this book offers a collection of proven, practical methods for simplifying any problem and making faster, better decisions every time.

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Morgan D. Jones is a US Army and CIA veteran and has served as chief of the agency’s analytic training branch. He has taught analytic methods in Georgetown University’s Master of Science Foreign Service graduate program and is founder of Analytic Prowess, a company that conducts workshops for federal and private organizations. He is the author of The Thinker’s Toolkit: 14 Powerful Techniques for Problem Solving. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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An invaluable resource for any manager or professional, this book offers a collection of proven, practical methods for simplifying any problem and making faster, better decisions every time.

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Crown Currency
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September 22, 2009
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B002PYFW4S
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Crown Currency; Revised edition (September 22, 2009)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 22, 2009
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 70462 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 442 pages

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Nuts and Bolts. Not theory and platitudes.

Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2010

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I have read several problem solving / intelligence analysis books, but this is one of the best, and the most tedious. They all have the same basic message, although they may use very different terminology. The basic message is - break it down, and then break it down some more, and then a little more (in other words "Analyze" it) - until you get it down to bottom line questions or issues that can be answered or decided. Separate the components and subcomponents of a problem and study them closely looking for clues and answers. You may have to do some research to get these answers, but when you get the answers, plug them in to your "model" or "structure" or "equation", then work back up the tree for your answer. This is an over-simplification of course, but this is the basic message.

This book is the best of the bunch when it comes to showing you "How" to break it down, or in other words, how to "analyze" the problem. Most of us think of "analysis" as deep thinking, but by definition it is actually a method of separation and deconstruction. Some books speak very generally about these concepts and the need for them, others may give a vague example or show an illustration or two, but nothing very specific. The strength of this book is that it gets down to specifics, showing how the techniques are structured and implemented; it is so specific that it feels like drudgery at times, yet this is the essential, necessary hard work involved in real problem solving. The more complex the problem, the more necessary these techniques are, and the difficult work associated with them.

This is probably the most practical problem solving book I have read, even if it is tedious at times. I don't expect any of us will be using these techniques to choose our next car or refrigerator (but you would be better off if you did), but if you work in an environment that deals with complex problems of any sort, this book will show you a better way to approach them.

Well worth the $12 is currently costs, and a lot more.

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Jahangir

A typo on page 241

Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2022

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I think there is a typo on page 241. The answe to esxercise 36 question 2 is given as "To answer question 2, we add the two probabilities opposite the “No” branches for “Failure” and “Technical Failure” (.18 +
.36 + .02 = .56)" But in fact the book show as calculation for “Failure”, “Technical Failure” and " Total success"

Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2009

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I was first exposed to The Thinkers Toolkit during a basis critical thinking course I took a few years ago. I found it to be a good start on understanding the issues of critical thinking and it provided some excellent tools for the reader to understand. While it is not the end all for the exploration of critical thinking it provides an excellent start for the novice and a good review for someone who is rusty in the process. I currently use the book as a basic read for new analysts I'm working with. I've read the previous complaints about the difficulties with some of the examples in the book but have to admit I've found the same issue in most of the books I've read on the subject. This is a solid book that can be of true assistance to the novice in particular.

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David W

Game changing for democratic thinking!

Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2021

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The most fundamental aspect, that of structuring one's analysis, so central to useful synthesis-- as well as problem solving for any project (my intention being effective negotiation).

Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2021

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A good reference book for young and old who want to develop other techniques in problem-solving.

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darkguardian2

Too Bogged Down In Case Studies made for Labored Reading

Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2019

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I got this on Amazon sale for Kindle.
I don't recommend the Kindle version.
The book relies heavily on graphics and the Kindle version makes viewing them very tedious.
It seems the book was written for a class setting and not a causal read at home or rapid reading session.
Though I love the subject matter, I found there were way too many case studies examples and STOP signs through out the books. By the end of the chapters, I remember the case studies but little of the concept the case study is supposed to demonstrate. Case studies are fine but should be sectioned off at the end of the book and not in the body of the work I'm trying understand. I plan to re-read the book but skip all the case studies to get the basic concept down. Just didn't like the way the book was laid out.

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Alex

Good read

Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2020

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Some of the stuff in it is pretty basic, but often the basic methods work well. The main take away is put aside your bias and actually put your thoughts on paper (or type them) to stay organized.

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Shahram Khorsand

Fairly good, easy to read

Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2011

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This is a good book, not great!!
The introduction chapter is great to get an overview over the different resources and regimens.
The rest of the book is about the different techniques and many exercises.
I found most of the techniques to be a bit too theoretical and too simplistic. If you have an engineering background you have heard of most of these in one way or other.
Some of the techniques are powerful, however, the context and the exercises are to simple to teach the applied form of these techniques.

With that said, it is an easy/quick book to read, worth both the money and the invested time.

//Shahram

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Superb

Reviewed in India on October 12, 2023

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Been waiting to get this for a long time

alejandra

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Reviewed in Mexico on January 5, 2021

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Excelentes ideas!

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Good quality

Reviewed in Germany on November 6, 2019

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I bought an old book - it is without any mark that it was used.

O. Luke

A definitive collection of analytical techniques

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 25, 2007

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Whilst the title of this book is `Techniques for Problem Solving' it is more a mixture of problem solving and analytical techniques. These techniques will help you clearly define your problem and then assess the impact of any potential solution. The book is full of examples and worked exercises which allow the reader learn and apply the techniques first hand. The writing is very accessible and easy to follow allowing the book to be used as either a text or reference book.

Whilst the book helps you define the problem you still need to come up with potential solutions. A number of times in the text the read is asked to `think of as many solution to...'; little reference is made to techniques which could develop these potential solutions and so to help this creative process you make want to consider brainstorming, mind mapping or Lateral Thinking books in addition this one.

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German Campos

El libro llegó con la contraportada rota.

Reviewed in Mexico on June 14, 2022

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Contraportada rota. Muy decepcionante.

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