Traditional decision making often follows these stages to get to a single choice or answer:

• We consider a number of choices, discussing the pros and cons of each choice or option.
• If available, we’ll present data for each option.
• We vote for our fav...

Here you actively encourage the tension that comes from looking at the two opposing models together, through a series of exploratory questions:

• Ask yourself how the models are similar and different.
• Consider what you most value from the models as they’re art...

The next step is to try and integrate them into a “new, superior answer”.

There are three guiding questions that you can use to come up with a new, integrated solution:

• How might we create a new model using one building block from each opposing model, while throwing ...

The four critical steps as part of the process for Integrative Thinking:

• Articulate the models – Understand the problem and opposing models more deeply.
• Examine the models – Define the points of tension, assumptions, and cau...