What is *Both/And Thinking* by Wendy K. Smith about?

*Both/And Thinking* explores how embracing paradoxes—rather than choosing between conflicting priorities—leads to more innovative solutions. Wendy K. Smith argues that leaders and individuals can thrive by balancing opposing demands like innovation vs. efficiency or short-term vs. long-term goals, using real-world examples from companies like Google. The book provides frameworks to reframe either/or dilemmas into opportunities for synergy.

Who should read *Both/And Thinking*?

This book is ideal for leaders, managers, entrepreneurs, and anyone facing complex decisions involving competing priorities. It’s particularly relevant for those navigating organizational change, social enterprises balancing mission and profit, or individuals seeking strategies to reconcile work-life tensions.

Is *Both/And Thinking* worth reading?

Yes, especially for readers seeking science-backed strategies to tackle paradoxes. The book combines 20+ years of research with practical tools, earning recognition as a Thinkers50 Top 10 Management Book and #1 Amazon New Release. Its actionable advice on reframing tradeoffs into synergies makes it valuable for professional and personal growth.

What are the main concepts in *Both/And Thinking*?

Key ideas include: - **Paradox reframing**: Shift from "either/or" to "both/and" questions. - **Separate and connect**: Analyze opposing views before integrating them. - **Guardrails**: Create structures to prevent overcommitting to one extreme. - **Comfort with discomfort**: Embrace tension as a catalyst for creativity.

How does *Both/And Thinking* help in leadership?

Leaders learn to balance competing demands like innovation vs. execution or stability vs. change. The book cites examples where companies used both/and approaches to sustain growth while adapting to market shifts. Smith also provides tools to help teams navigate interpersonal dynamics during transitions.

What tools does Wendy Smith recommend for managing paradoxes?

- **Reframing questions**: Replace "Should I do A or B?" with "How can I achieve A *and* B?" - **Guardrails**: Set boundaries to prevent over-indexing on one priority. - **Iterative experiments**: Test hybrid solutions through small-scale trials. - **Dynamic decision-making**: Reassess choices as contexts evolve.

How does *Both/And Thinking* apply to personal life?

The framework helps individuals balance work/life demands, reconcile conflicting values, or pursue growth while maintaining stability. Smith shares how reframing her own career dilemma ("academia vs. consulting") into a blended path created new opportunities.

What companies use both/and thinking successfully?

Examples include **Google** (encouraging creativity while maintaining efficiency) and social enterprises balancing profit with purpose. The book also references hybrid organizations that integrate competing stakeholder needs.

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"양자택일의 사고(Both/And Thinking)"에서 스미스와 루이스는 역설을 수용하는 것이 어떻게 불가능해 보이는 선택을 혁신의 기회로 변화시키는지 보여줍니다. IBM, LEGO, 유니레버의 경영진들이 사용하는 이 혁신적인 프레임워크는 우리의 '이것 아니면 저것(either/or)' 식의 본능에 도전합니다. 당신의 가장 큰 딜레마가 사실은 당신의 가장 강력한 경쟁 우위라면 어떨까요?

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1장

The Paradox of Embracing Contradictions

In a world that constantly pulls us toward either/or thinking, what if our most intractable problems actually require embracing contradictions rather than resolving them? This revolutionary approach is at the heart of "Both/And Thinking," which has become something of a phenomenon among forward-thinking leaders. When Satya Nadella transformed Microsoft's culture, he credited paradoxical thinking as his secret weapon. Similarly, when Brene Brown interviewed the authors on her podcast, she called their framework "life-changing" for navigating personal and professional challenges. The book's insights have spread from Harvard Business School classrooms to Fortune 500 boardrooms, offering a radical alternative to the false choices that limit our thinking. Drawing on twenty-five hundred years of philosophical wisdom and cutting-edge research, Smith and Lewis reveal how embracing tensions rather than resolving them can transform our most vexing dilemmas into sources of creativity and sustainable success.

2장

When Opposites Collide: Understanding Paradox

Paradoxes appear everywhere in our lives-from work-life balance to organizational strategy-presenting contradictory yet interdependent elements that exist simultaneously and persist over time. Like the yin-yang symbol, paradoxes contain opposing forces that define and require each other. The liar's paradox ("I am lying") perfectly illustrates this persistent loop: if I'm telling the truth, then I'm lying; if I'm lying, then I'm telling the truth-creating an unresolvable tension. These paradoxes fall into four fundamental types: performing paradoxes (competing demands like profit versus purpose), learning paradoxes (tensions across time like stability versus change), belonging paradoxes (questions of identity), and organizing paradoxes (how we structure our lives and work). What makes paradoxes particularly challenging is that they rarely exist in isolation-they become knotted together as attempts to address one tension introduce others. Consider Zita Cobb's challenge revitalizing her native Fogo Island, Newfoundland after the collapse of the cod fishing industry. She faced interconnected tensions between preserving tradition while modernizing, pursuing social mission while ensuring economic resilience, honoring insider knowledge while welcoming outsider perspectives, and balancing local decision-making with global connections. These same tensions appeared at multiple scales-from individual islanders' dilemmas about staying or leaving to the community's larger struggles-creating what researchers call "nested paradoxes." The conditions of modern life make paradoxes increasingly inescapable. Change creates tension between present and future, scarcity creates tension between self and others, and plurality creates tension between global and local perspectives. Our current world-with accelerating technology, diminishing resources, and expanding globalization-creates what might be called a "perfect paradox storm." Leaders across political divides recognize this reality, with both Barack Obama and John McCain advocating for embracing complexity rather than polarization. While using paradox language helps identify interwoven opposites in our dilemmas, the real power lies in moving from labels to practical approaches. The paradox system offers integrated tools enabling both/and thinking by addressing how we think (assumptions), how we feel (comfort), how we structure situations (boundaries), and how we adapt (dynamics). The most effective both/and thinkers engage all these tools together rather than selecting just one approach.

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3장

The Perils of Either/Or Thinking

LEGO's story illustrates how success can lead to complacency and downfall when organizations become trapped in either/or thinking. Despite controlling 80% of the construction toy market in the 1990s, LEGO's rigid adherence to tradition and resistance to partnerships left them stagnant when digital toys emerged. Their mantra "Over my dead body will LEGO ever introduce Star Wars" reflected a mindset that ultimately led to near-bankruptcy. Either/or thinking provides immediate relief from anxiety but creates long-term problems. When faced with dilemmas, we naturally seek certainty and consistency with past decisions, which intensifies our commitment to a particular course. Society reinforces this limiting approach through metaphors like Robert Frost's famous poem "The Road Not Taken," which presents life choices as binary decisions between two divergent paths. This pattern creates three types of vicious cycles. First, we fall into "rabbit holes" of intensification, where initial success reinforces our responses until they become automatic habits. Our ways of thinking (cognition), feeling (emotions), and acting (behaviors) become self-reinforcing, creating tunnel vision that prevents us from seeing alternatives. The Pygmalion Effect demonstrates this powerfully-teachers' expectations about students' potential directly influenced their actual performance, creating self-fulfilling prophecies. Second, when pressure from a neglected side becomes overwhelming, we overcorrect with "wrecking balls" that swing too far in the opposite direction. After recognizing their quality control focus had led to isolation and decline, LEGO overcorrected by going all-in on radical innovation-expanding from a few colors to 157 different colors, overwhelming retailers with a "new product binge," and ultimately bringing the company to the brink of bankruptcy. Third, "trench warfare" develops when groups stress opposing sides, leading to polarization and intractable conflict. Each side becomes more simplified and insular, reinforcing the other's "stuckness." Like World War I trench warfare, where both sides continued improving their technologies and defenses, these polarized approaches ultimately prolong conflicts rather than resolving them. Despite these natural tendencies, there is a better way-embracing a both/and mindset to engage competing demands simultaneously. As LEGO's recovery CEO Knudstorp noted, success required a "bifocal perspective" to become renowned for both bold innovation and disciplined quality control.

4장

Virtuous Cycles: Mules and Tightrope Walkers

To navigate paradoxes effectively, we need approaches that foster virtuous cycles rather than vicious ones. Two patterns offer alternatives to the destructive cycles of rabbit holes, wrecking balls, and trench warfare: "mules" (creative integrations) and "tightrope walkers" (consistent inconsistencies). The first pattern involves finding a "mule"-a creative integration that combines the best qualities of opposing forces. Like actual mules (offspring of horses and donkeys) that combine the strength and intelligence of horses with the patience and hardiness of donkeys, this approach creates a hybrid superior to either parent. Research by Albert Rothenberg found that creative geniuses like Einstein, Picasso, Mozart and Woolf developed breakthrough ideas by bringing together opposing concepts. This "Janusian thinking" doesn't require genius-studies show anyone can generate more creative solutions when encouraged to view alternatives as paradoxical rather than oppositional. When creative integration isn't possible or ideal, we can adopt the "tightrope walker" approach-being consistently inconsistent across dilemmas over time. Like Philippe Petit walking between the Twin Towers, this involves making subtle microshifts between alternatives while maintaining focus on the distant goal. Work-life tensions often require this approach-staying late at work one night but prioritizing family the next. The key is considering each decision in a broader context rather than isolation, avoiding reinforcing vicious cycles. The patterns of breeding mules and walking tightropes aren't isolated from each other but often intertwined over time. The most effective approach combines both patterns-sometimes finding creative integrations while other times making consistent inconsistent choices. For example, during the pandemic lockdown, one author integrated work and family by sharing the dining table with her son, while also creating a schedule with her husband that alternated who had uninterrupted work time versus who was "on duty" for interruptions.

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5장

Shifting to Both/And Assumptions

Our mindsets fundamentally shape how we approach problems. Those with paradox mindsets accept contradictions as natural and energizing, asking "How can I accommodate both A and B?" rather than choosing between them. Research shows people with paradox mindsets perform better, are more innovative, and report higher job satisfaction. Three tools help shift our assumptions toward a paradox mindset: accepting multiple truths, framing resources as abundant, and approaching problem-solving as coping rather than controlling. Many believe that if something is true, its opposite must be false. Yet as physicist Niels Bohr noted, "The opposite of a great truth is also true." The parable of blind people examining an elephant illustrates this concept-each person touches a different part and insists their partial experience represents the whole truth. Our brains naturally limit focus, demonstrated by the famous "gorilla experiment" where over 50% of participants counting basketball passes completely missed a person in a gorilla costume walking through the scene. Improvisational theater offers a powerful tool for embracing paradox: the "Yes, and" approach. Unlike rejecting others' ideas with "No, but" responses that create conflict over whose reality is correct, "Yes, and" requires accepting the established reality and building upon it. This practice works equally well with internal paradoxes, allowing us to accept contradictory aspects of ourselves while continuing to grow. A paradox mindset also shifts our assumptions about resources from scarcity to abundance. Most dilemmas ultimately revolve around allocating limited resources like time, space, and money. The typical approach treats resources as finite and zero-sum: spending dollars on one thing means they can't be spent elsewhere. A paradox mindset challenges this assumption by exploring how resources might be expanded rather than merely divided. Consider sharing a pizza. The simplest approach divides it equally-four slices each for an eight-slice pie. But this assumes a single dimension (number of slices) in a zero-sum game. If you love the cheese and toppings while I prefer just the crust, we could each get what we value most. Instead of four mediocre slices each, we both get a whole pie's worth of what we actually enjoy. Finally, a paradox mindset shifts our problem-solving approach from controlling to coping. Humans naturally prefer stability and certainty over ambiguity and change. However, since paradoxes are both persistent and dynamic, they can't be permanently resolved. Work-life tensions, for example, never completely disappear. Instead of seeking control, a paradox mindset embraces coping-accepting uncertainty while finding "workable certainty" that allows forward movement with the understanding we'll need to revisit decisions.

6장

Creating Boundaries to Contain Tensions

To navigate competing demands effectively, we need proper boundaries-structures that serve as scaffolding for both/and thinking. Well-designed boundaries allow organizations and individuals to be more dynamic, experimental and bold in navigating paradoxes. Three key boundary strategies help manage paradoxical tensions: linking to a higher purpose, separating and connecting competing demands, and building guardrails to prevent going too far. Building scaffolding around paradox begins with identifying a higher purpose-the overarching reason and direction that motivates our actions. Viktor Frankl, who survived Nazi concentration camps, observed that finding meaning offered people the will to live even amid suffering. Purpose serves three critical functions when navigating paradoxes: it energizes persistence through challenges, unites opposing forces around common goals, and provides a long-term focus that guides short-term decisions. The parable of three bricklayers illustrates this: the fastest worker saw himself building a cathedral for people to connect with each other and God, not merely laying bricks. Simon Sinek's viral message about starting with "why" reinforces this principle-Apple doesn't just make computers; it challenges the status quo. When paradoxes create division, higher purpose serves as a unifying touchpoint. Seeds of Peace brings together youth from conflict zones around their shared commitment to "the pursuit of peaceful change." Effectively navigating paradoxes also requires both separating and connecting opposing poles-a paradoxical approach in itself. Organizations can create boundaries through formal structures, leadership roles, goals, metrics, rewards, time allocation, and stakeholder relationships. In personal life, similar boundaries help manage paradoxes like work-life balance through physical spaces, time blocks, technology usage, or even clothing choices. At IBM, Janet Perna understood this principle when developing a new database for distributed computing. Rather than forcing her California engineers to shift focus from their mainframe database work, she tapped a Toronto team already working on new database software. This separation allowed each team to focus on distinct mandates while creating flexibility for connection. The California engineers, rather than seeing the new database as a threat, served as consultants to the Toronto team, viewing their work as an extension of their own mainframe database. When separating paradoxical poles, we risk pulling too far in one direction as either/or thinking takes over. To prevent this, organizations can build "guardrails"-structures that serve dual purposes: preventing excessive focus on one pole and creating constraints that inspire creative integration. Digital Divide Data created guardrails by including both business and international development experts on its management and advisory boards, while cultivating relationships with both data entry firms and nonprofits. These balanced connections allowed leaders to move fluidly between social mission and business decisions with confidence.

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7장

Finding Comfort in the Discomfort

Paradoxes trigger complex emotional reactions that require engaging both mind and heart. Uncertainty combined with threat drives defensive reactions and closed thinking, which can spiral into vicious cycles of guilt and shame, what Buddhist philosophy describes as "shooting the second arrow" at ourselves. While paradoxical uncertainty is inevitable, suffering from it is optional. Three approaches help manage the emotional aspects of paradox: building in a pause, accepting discomfort, and broadening perspective. Creating space between stimulus and response is essential for managing paradoxical tensions. When facing paradoxes, our limbic system treats them as threats, triggering fight-or-flight responses that lead to either retreating to dichotomous thinking or defending one pole in "trench warfare." A pause allows us to engage our more developed brain for flexible responses instead of reactive ones. Breathing techniques create this essential pause. Dr. Raouf Gharbo's work with chronic pain patients demonstrates the physiological aspects of paradox management. By monitoring heart rate variability and practicing "autonomic rehabilitation" through breathing, patients can break the vicious cycle where physical pain and emotional suffering reinforce each other, ultimately allowing more flexible thinking and healthier responses. To navigate paradoxes effectively, we must also accept the difficult emotions they trigger rather than rejecting them. When we deny negative emotions, they often return stronger-a phenomenon Daniel Wegner called "ironic processing theory." His famous white bear experiments showed that instructing people not to think about white bears actually increased those thoughts. Through radical acceptance, as taught by Tara Brach, we can surrender to our emotions without being overwhelmed by them. Like the Tibetan yogi Milarepa who put his head in a demon's mouth, full surrender often diffuses the power of difficult emotions. After pausing and accepting difficult emotions, we can shift to more expansive thinking by tapping into positive psychology. Barbara Fredrickson's "broaden and build theory" shows how positive emotions expand our thinking, creating virtuous cycles that help us navigate paradoxes more effectively. When we feel better, we take in more varied information and explore integrative ideas, becoming more creative and generous. These expanded capabilities build lasting resources-new knowledge, wider social networks, and greater resilience-that continue generating positive emotions. The most effective approach to paradox isn't simply replacing negative emotions with positive ones, but engaging both simultaneously-what Naomi Rothman calls "emotional ambivalence." Like feeling both joy and loss at a wedding or grief and happiness at a funeral, this bittersweet state can be tremendously beneficial. Research found that expressing emotional ambivalence in negotiations leads to more integrative outcomes than purely positive emotions.

8장

Enabling Dynamics That Unleash Tensions

Paradoxes require dynamic approaches that spur learning, enable adaptation, and encourage ongoing shifts between competing demands. Being dynamic doesn't mean being indecisive-it means remaining open to new information, tolerating ambiguity, and willingly rethinking decisions. Three core tools enable dynamism: experimenting using measured steps, preparing for serendipity, and learning to unlearn. Measured experimentation helps overcome the psychological trap of escalating commitment-our tendency to stick with approaches even when they no longer serve us. David Kelley of IDEO recognized that designers often become too invested in their initial solutions, making them resistant to change. To counter this, he encouraged "rapid prototyping"-building frequent, small, low-cost models to test ideas quickly without becoming overly committed. Toyota similarly embraced experimentation when entering the US market and developing the Prius, making incremental improvements through constant small experiments to achieve seemingly impossible goals. Experimentation helps navigate paradoxes by revealing hidden synergies between seemingly opposing options. Kerry Ann Rockquemore, who founded the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity, faced the paradox of serving both educational and entrepreneurial goals. She experimented with offering a low-cost version of their faculty boot camp to graduate students. By removing paid facilitators and allowing self-organization, they discovered a successful model that both advanced their mission of addressing academic inequities while creating a new profit opportunity that satisfied their business needs. Serendipity-finding something valuable when not actively looking for it-can be cultivated through "planned luck." Many innovations like Post-it notes, Gore-Tex, and penicillin emerged when inventors stumbled upon unexpected solutions while working on different problems. Effectively navigating paradoxes requires creating conditions that enable serendipity, not by mechanistically mandating it, but by embracing uncertainty, encouraging doubt, and enabling improvisation. Honda's entry into the US motorcycle market in the 1960s exemplifies planned serendipity. While often portrayed as brilliant strategic planning, the reality involved considerable luck and adaptation. Honda initially targeted the heavyweight motorcycle market but encountered mechanical failures. Meanwhile, executives used their lightweight 50cc bikes for errands around Los Angeles, catching the attention of Sears. Despite initial reluctance to sell these "inferior" bikes through department stores, Honda's dire financial situation forced them to pivot. This unexpected opportunity transformed the US motorcycle market, with Honda capturing 63% market share by 1965. To navigate paradoxes effectively, we must sometimes challenge our fundamental processes and assumptions-what Chris Argyris calls "double-loop learning." This involves not just improving our decisions based on feedback (single-loop learning) but questioning the mental models that led to those decisions in the first place. Using Argyris's thermostat metaphor: single-loop learning adjusts temperature based on readings, while double-loop learning questions why the thermostat is set to a particular temperature in the first place.

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9장

From Dilemmas to Both/And Solutions

When facing personal dilemmas like career choices, both/and thinking offers a systematic approach for finding creative solutions. The process begins by defining the dilemma clearly, then surfacing the underlying paradoxes-the competing yet interdependent tensions beneath surface-level problems. For example, a job change dilemma might involve tensions between stability and change, loyalty and opportunity, and performing well versus learning new skills. The most powerful tool for shifting from either/or to both/and thinking is simply changing the question we ask. Instead of "Should I choose A or B?" we reframe to "How can I engage both A and B?" This seemingly small shift fundamentally alters our assumptions about competing demands, inviting us to see them as interdependent rather than mutually exclusive. For a career decision, this means moving from "Do I stay with my current job or move to the new job?" to "How could I both stay and move?" Rather than just separating options and analyzing pros and cons, both/and thinking involves separating AND connecting. The approach looks for connections between seemingly opposed options by "moving up a level" to identify overarching values and "moving down a level" to find synergies. For example, completing a current project might benefit a new role by maintaining relationships with integrity. A departure might create leadership opportunities for current team members. Both/and thinking shifts from "making a choice" (which feels final) to "choosing" (which acknowledges the ongoing, dynamic nature of paradoxes). This might mean identifying both "mule" options (creative integrations like taking a new job while bringing some team members along) and "tightrope walker" options (consistent inconsistency through small shifts over time, like negotiating a delayed start date). This approach extends to interpersonal conflicts as well. Paradoxes often manifest as persistent tensions where opposing perspectives become entrenched across different individuals or groups. The SMALL model (Seeing, Mapping, Assessing, Learning, and Leveraging) helps groups identify opposing perspectives in neutral language, visualize their interdependence, evaluate current states, gain insights from different viewpoints, and develop action plans that honor both sides. In Charleston, South Carolina, this approach transformed community-police relations following the tragic 2015 shooting at Mother Emanuel AME Church. Police Chief Greg Mullen partnered with consultants to address underlying paradoxes between law enforcement and community support. Through facilitated dialogue, they identified five interconnected paradoxes beyond the initial tension, revealing the complexity of community safety issues. This process legitimized different perspectives, deepened trust, and opened eyes on both sides, ultimately generating over 2,200 ideas for improving community safety while upholding individual rights.

10장

Leading Through Paradox

Leaders increasingly face paradoxical challenges that keep them awake at night. Research found CEOs worldwide struggling with tensions like adapting to change while remaining authentic to core missions, or engaging globally while competing locally. These leaders face situations of choosing between "right and right" rather than right and wrong. The challenge isn't just recognizing paradoxes but knowing how to address them. Effective paradox navigation isn't about having brilliant CEOs or perfect organizational structures alone, but creating an integrated system addressing both cognitive assumptions and emotional comfort while building static boundaries and unleashing dynamic practices. When Paul Polman became Unilever's CEO in 2009, the company was in a death spiral despite its century-long history of success. An acquisition spree had produced more losses than gains, triggering short-term cost cutting that destroyed product quality, customer loyalty, and employee motivation. Polman's approach was to embrace paradox through the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan (USLP)-a bold vision where Unilever could be profitable by healing the planet and advancing life. The company committed to cutting its environmental footprint in half and improving the health of over a billion people while simultaneously doubling profits. Building a sustainable corporation requires navigating paradoxes effectively. Leaders can create an organizational environment that embeds the paradox system by implementing specific actions that fall into two categories: building a context to enable both/and thinking and inviting people into both/and thinking. To build the right context, leaders should link organizational tensions to a higher purpose, build guardrails around paradoxical poles, diversify stakeholders, and encourage experimentation. Polman reconnected Unilever with its roots by holding his first leadership meeting in Port Sunlight, reminding leaders of the company's founding ethos of using business to advance social needs. He established counterbalancing guardrails for sustainability by hiring a chief sustainability officer and establishing specific metrics for environmental and social impact. Most boldly, Polman stopped offering quarterly earnings guidance to investors, creating space for longer-term thinking despite initial investor shock. To invite people into both/and thinking, leaders must surface underlying paradoxes, honor the discomfort, build skills for managing conflict, and personalize paradoxes for employees. Polman explicitly embraced the tensions in Unilever's Sustainable Living Plan, reframing them not as trade-offs but as opportunities to elevate the company above average competitors. He created environments that acknowledged emotions rather than expecting people to suppress them, and actively welcomed conflict, recognizing that the multi-stakeholder nature of Unilever's sustainability plan would inherently create tensions. As organizational leaders and individuals, we must be both bold and confident yet humble and vulnerable in building paradox systems. Every ending marks a new beginning. The wisdom of Mary C. Morrison reminds us of paradox's power: "Paradox looks at our desperate either/ors and tells us they are really both/ands-that life is larger than any of our concepts and can, if we let it, embrace our contradictions."

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양손잡이 경영 요약의 핵심 주제

paradoxical leadership
navigating contradictions
integrative thinking
managing organizational tensions
strategic decision making

양손잡이 경영 요약의 명문장

Paradoxical thinking is a secret weapon.
Paradoxes contain opposing forces that define and require each other.
Success can lead to complacency and downfall when organizations become trapped in either/or thinking.
Change creates tension between present and future.

양손잡이 경영 요약의 등장인물

Wendy K. SmithAuthor and researcher of paradoxical thinking
Marianne W. LewisAuthor and researcher of paradoxical thinking
Zita CobbSocial entrepreneur revitalizing Fogo Island

저자 소개

Wendy K. Smith는 Both/And Thinking의 저자이자 전략적 역설 및 리더십 혁신 분야의 선구적인 전문가로, 다수의 상을 수상한 바 있습니다. 델라웨어 대학교 알프레드 러너 경영대학(Alfred Lerner College of Business)의 경영학 교수이자 여성 리더십 이니셔티브(Women’s Leadership Initiative)의 공동 이사인 Smith는 리더가 상충하는 우선순위를 탐색하는 방법에 대한 수십 년간의 연구를 이 혁신적인 비즈니스 및 리더십 저서에 담아냈습니다.

그녀의 연구는 하버드 비즈니스 리뷰(Harvard Business Review), 포브스(Forbes), 그리고 *아카데미 오브 매니지먼트 저널(Academy of Management Journal)*과 같은 최상위 학술지에 게재되어 조직 행동 분야의 선도적인 목소리로 자리매김했습니다. Smith는 하이브리드 조직과 경영진 팀에 대한 연구를 통해 "양자택일이 아닌 양립(both/and)" 프레임워크를 공동 개발했으며, 이를 TEDx 강연인 "역설의 힘(The Power of Paradox)"과 포춘 500대 기업들과의 협업을 통해 실행 가능한 전략으로 정립했습니다.

MBA 강의상을 5회 수상하고 웹 오브 사이언스(Web of Science)에서 인용 횟수 상위 1% 연구자로 선정된 그녀는 하버드, 와튼, 캠브리지 대학의 리더십 프로그램을 설계해 왔습니다. 아마존 신간 베스트셀러 1위이자 씽커스50(Thinkers50) 10대 경영서 최종 후보에 오른 Both/And Thinking은 12개 언어로 번역되었으며, 긴장감을 돌파구로 바꾸는 로드맵으로서 전 세계 경영진들에게 채택되었습니다.

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@ladyInfinity

정확히 23일 전에 BeFreed를 구입했는데, 그날부터 하루도 빠짐없이 쓰고 있어요. 제 일상 업무 흐름과 학습 습관에 완전히 자리 잡았어요.

@jayallen

솔직히 이 앱은 제 기대를 전부 뛰어넘었어요. 어떤 주제든 오디오로 만들어 달라고 할 수 있고, 결과물이 놀라워요. 제 전문 분야는 심리치료 쪽이고 여러 학문이 얽혀 있는데도 답변이 아주 정확해요.

@Raguipa

제일 고마운 건 스크롤하는 시간이 확 줄었다는 거예요. 검색하는 시간은 줄고 흡수하는 시간은 늘었어요. 오디오북 전권, 팟캐스트, 학습 플랜의 조합이 정말 훌륭해요.

@colonyofcreatorsNGO

저는 24년째 PhotoReading 속진 학습 강사로 일하고 있어요… 책과 독서, 배움이 제 전문인데, BeFreed는 정보를 소화하기 쉽게 전달하는 혁신적인 방식을 정말 잘 구현했어요.

@BeFreed user

단순한 책 요약 앱이 아니에요. '재미' 스타일을 써 봤는데, 전통적인 방식보다 훨씬 나은 요약이고 아이디어를 이해하기도 쉬워요. 이것만으로도 값어치를 해요.

@austinakon

이 앱이 정말 좋아요. 며칠 써 봤는데 듣는 걸 멈출 수가 없어요. 시작하기에 이보다 좋을 수 없어요.

@jcrules328

정말 마음에 들어요. 한 달 정도 써 봤는데 숨은 보석을 찾은 기분이에요. BeFreed로 제가 원하는 주제를 직접 만들 수 있어서 좋고, 목소리도 훌륭한 데다 내레이션 선택지가 무궁무진해요.

@DanielCZ

정말이지 아직 앱을 다 써 보지도 않았는데, 며칠 써 본 것만으로도 깊은 인상을 받았어요… BeFreed는 제가 써 본 어떤 학습 앱과도 차원이 달라요. 몰입감이 엄청나고 집중력도 실제로 좋아져서, 스마트폰을 하염없이 스크롤하는 분들께 딱이에요!

@ladyInfinity

정확히 23일 전에 BeFreed를 구입했는데, 그날부터 하루도 빠짐없이 쓰고 있어요. 제 일상 업무 흐름과 학습 습관에 완전히 자리 잡았어요.

@jayallen

솔직히 이 앱은 제 기대를 전부 뛰어넘었어요. 어떤 주제든 오디오로 만들어 달라고 할 수 있고, 결과물이 놀라워요. 제 전문 분야는 심리치료 쪽이고 여러 학문이 얽혀 있는데도 답변이 아주 정확해요.

@Raguipa

제일 고마운 건 스크롤하는 시간이 확 줄었다는 거예요. 검색하는 시간은 줄고 흡수하는 시간은 늘었어요. 오디오북 전권, 팟캐스트, 학습 플랜의 조합이 정말 훌륭해요.

@colonyofcreatorsNGO

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@BeFreed user

단순한 책 요약 앱이 아니에요. '재미' 스타일을 써 봤는데, 전통적인 방식보다 훨씬 나은 요약이고 아이디어를 이해하기도 쉬워요. 이것만으로도 값어치를 해요.

@austinakon

이 앱이 정말 좋아요. 며칠 써 봤는데 듣는 걸 멈출 수가 없어요. 시작하기에 이보다 좋을 수 없어요.

@jcrules328

정말 마음에 들어요. 한 달 정도 써 봤는데 숨은 보석을 찾은 기분이에요. BeFreed로 제가 원하는 주제를 직접 만들 수 있어서 좋고, 목소리도 훌륭한 데다 내레이션 선택지가 무궁무진해요.

@DanielCZ

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@BeFreed user

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@Brad

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@BeFreed user

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@jayallen

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@BeFreed user

처음엔 이탈리아어로 팟캐스트를 만드는 방법을 이해하는 데 시간이 좀 걸렸는데, 알고 나니까 — 와! 정말 대단해요! 어떤 주제든 설명해 달라고 하면 정말 똑똑하게 잘 설명해 줘요!

@matteo77

BeFreed는 제가 매일 쓰는 오디오북 앱이 됐어요… 제일 마음에 드는 건 텍스트를 넣으면 이동 중에도 들을 수 있는 오디오로 만들어 준다는 점이에요.

@kotanzu1

유용한 정보와 아이디어를 8~15분짜리 팟캐스트 스타일 오디오로 압축해서 들을 수 있다는 게 정말 좋아요. 원래 팟캐스트는 군더더기가 많아서 안 좋아했는데, 여기는 그걸 싹 걷어냈어요.

@BeFreed user

박사 과정을 마무리하는 중이라 낯선 자료를 많이 읽어야 해요… BeFreed에서는 프롬프트만 입력하면 앱이 자료를 찾아서 오디오 팟캐스트로 만들어 줘요. BeFreed의 과정이 NotebookLM보다 더 매끄럽게 느껴져요.

@Brad

아침을 준비하거나 산책하거나 출퇴근할 때 들을 것을 YouTube에서 자주 찾곤 했는데, BeFreed는 광고도 군더더기도 없이 훨씬 더 딱 맞는 걸 들려줘요!

@BeFreed user

이 플랫폼의 가장 큰 장점은 활용도예요. 다루지 못하는 주제가 말 그대로 하나도 없어요. 무엇을 던져도 다 소화해요… 제한이 전혀 없으면서 약속을 실제로 지키는 학습 도구는 정말 드물어요.

@jayallen

BeFreed는 환상적이에요. 디자인이 편해서 헤매는 시간은 줄고 배우는 시간은 늘었어요. 오디오북, 팟캐스트, 학습 플랜의 조합은 천재적이에요. 제 하루가 완전히 달라졌어요.

@BeFreed user

처음엔 이탈리아어로 팟캐스트를 만드는 방법을 이해하는 데 시간이 좀 걸렸는데, 알고 나니까 — 와! 정말 대단해요! 어떤 주제든 설명해 달라고 하면 정말 똑똑하게 잘 설명해 줘요!

@matteo77

BeFreed는 제가 매일 쓰는 오디오북 앱이 됐어요… 제일 마음에 드는 건 텍스트를 넣으면 이동 중에도 들을 수 있는 오디오로 만들어 준다는 점이에요.

@kotanzu1

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When Opposites Collide: Understanding Paradox

들리는 모든 단어를 눈으로 확인하세요

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Virtuous Cycles: Mules and Tightrope Walkers

양손잡이 경영 요약에서 더 많은 것을 얻으세요

Shifting to Both/And Assumptions

Creating Boundaries to Contain Tensions

들리는 모든 단어를 눈으로 확인하세요

Finding Comfort in the Discomfort

Enabling Dynamics That Unleash Tensions

양손잡이 경영 요약에서 더 많은 것을 얻으세요

From Dilemmas to Both/And Solutions

Leading Through Paradox

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