Problem Solving 101: A Simple Book for Smart People

"Problem Solving 101" started out as a simple guide to teach Japanese schoolchildren critical thinking skills. But it quickly became an international bestseller for readers of all ages, thanks to the powerful effectiveness of Ken Watanabe's unique methods. Full of useful diagrams and quirky drawings, "Problem Solving 101" is packed with practical tools and techniques to train your brain to solve problems, create solutions and make faster, better decisions. Simple enough for a high school student to understand but sophisticated enough for CEOs to apply to their most challenging problems, "Problem Solving 101" has helped millions of people around the world to find successful solutions to even the toughest of problems. Once you've mastered the skills in this book, you'll wonder how you ever got by without them.

Ken Watanabe grew up bilingual in Japan and studied in the United States at Yale and Harvard Business School. He was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company for six years. He is now the founder and CEO of his own education, entertainment and media company, Delta Studio.