Why problem solving is the key to innovation
Program Titles
- Why giving a customer, subordinate or colleague too many choices can actually be detrimental
- AI Could Help Free Human Creativity
- Whether the desire for choice is an innate trait or driven by culture
- The role of choice in leading
- Why leaders choose against their best interests
- Paradox of Choice
Sheena S. Iyengar, Ph. D., takes the audience through a complex and dynamic process, revealing why we make the choices we make and how we can choose better. Whether she is speaking to students, community leaders, or CEOs of major corporations, Iyengar’s insights always inspire attendees about their power to choose.
She is fabulous – her delivery is nuanced and exciting, with compelling graphics and in-depth information.
On the topic of leadership, how people choose to be leaders, and the role of choice in leading.
Sheena S. Iyengar is a world expert on choice and decision-making.
Her research is regularly cited in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and The Economist, as well as in popular books, such as Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink and Aziz Ansari’s Modern Romance.
Iyengar has also appeared on television, including the Today Show, the Daily Show, and Fareed Zakaria’s GPS on CNN.
Her Talks have collectively received almost four million views, and her research continues to inform markets, businesses, and individuals worldwide.
Iyengar is the inaugural S.T. Lee Professor of Business in the Management Business School.
As a blind Indian American and the daughter of immigrants, she began to look at the choices she and others had, and how to get the most from choice.
She graduated with a B.S. in Economics.
She received her Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Stanford University, where her dissertation, “Choice and its Discontents,” received the Best Dissertation Award.
Iyengar received the Presidential Early Career Award in 2002, and in 2011 and 2019, she was named a member of the Thinkers50, a global ranking of the top 50 management thinkers.
She won the Dean’s Award for Outstanding Core Teaching from Columbia Business School and was named one of the World’s Best B-School Professors by Poets and Quants.
She has consulted for companies as wide-ranging as Deloitte, Google, Bloomberg, Blizzard Entertainment, J.P. Morgan & Chase, and The North Face.
In a groundbreaking, new course called “Think Bigger,” Iyengar created a six-step method for teaching people how to take advantage of lessons learned from neurological and cognitive science to put our minds to work when generating our best ideas.
Think Bigger, Six Steps:
Step 1: Choose the Problem
What problem do you want to solve?
Step 2: Break Down the Problem
What are the subproblems that make up your problem?
Step 3: Compare Wants
What are the motivations and preferences of relevant decision-makers?
Step 4: Search In and Out of the Box
What solutions have been tried to date?
Step 5: Choice Map
Imagine and reimagine new combinations of tactics.
Step 6: The Third Eye
Do others see what you see?
Our choices construct our relationships, careers, worldviews, and identities.
We are the sum of our choices.
“Sheena is an incredible speaker. She has both the presence and the credibility, packaged with a bit of humor.
Sheena went out of her way to learn about our company and products and apply insights from her research…
She took the time to address and inspire us as a team, while also making her findings relevant to the various functions within the business.”
Jennifer McCusker, Sr Director, Global Talent & Org Development Blizzard Entertainment Inc
“Thank you for your contribution to making the Women in Asian Business Conference in Singapore such an outstanding success. Your presentation was a highlight of the agenda. The participation rate at the conference exceeded our expectation.” Deutsche Bank
“Sheena Iyengar was a big hit with the audience and really capped off our day of inspiring talks!” St. Joseph’s Health Centre Foundation
“My CHOICE is Sheena Iyengar! She really understands the art and science of choice and is a terrific communicator of the relevant lessons to best position companies to empower employees to increase judgment, productivity, and innovation. She customizes her presentations to incorporate data she had collected from employees… I’m a big fan.” Barry Salzberg, Former Global CEO, Deloitte
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