The Thinking Fix, 1st edition

Published by Pearson Business (1 September 2026) © 2027

  • Kieran Sheedy
  • Deri Hughes
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Title overview

Many managers feel they spend too much time making decisions. This can lead to confusion and slow progress at work. To solve problems effectively, you need to master the thinking patterns that lead to clarity and confident decision-making. This book offers simple guidance to help you handle business challenges more effectively. 

  • Learn how to notice unproductive thinking patterns when making decisions. 
  • Discover a new approach of thinking that helps you move from indecision to clear choices. 
  • Find simple techniques that you can use quickly and easily in your daily work. 
  • The book helps you build smarter thinking skills to solve business problems. 

The Thinking Fix offers a transformative approach to thinking. It shows how some ways of thinking can lead to confusion, while others help you find clear answers. The book also helps you notice unhelpful thinking habits and learn how to stop them. 

More importantly, you will learn how to consistently apply effective thinking strategies. This will help you deal with complex situations and drive better decisions, regardless of the tools or methods you currently use. This book is for any professional who makes decisions at work and wants to think more clearly to make better choices. 

Table of contents

1.Finding and Lining Up Thinking Patterns for Results ─ Introduction

2. Constructing Patterns Diagnosis ─ Building a Case

  1. Focused Thinking ─ Framing Pattern
  2. Stories get Results ─ Narrative Pattern
  3. The Goldilocks Level - Confidence Pattern
  4. Trust Your Gut, Sometimes ─ Intuition Pattern

3. Reducing Patterns Diagnosis – Breaking it Down

  1. Keep Your Eyes Open ─ Incomplete Information (What You See Is All There Is)
  2. Open Everyone’s Eyes ─ Full Information (What You Know Everybody Knows)
  3. Finding Gold ─ Confirmation Bias
  4. Repent at Leisure ─ Availability Pattern
  5. Holding On, and Letting Go ─ Ownership Pattern

4. Shortcut Patterns Diagnosis ─ More Haste …

  1. Ask me an Easy One ─ Substitution
  2. How Can it Be Wrong when it Feels So Right? ─ Intensity Matching
  3. What Stands Out ─ Novelty Scanning
  4. Paint me a Picture ─ Models, Maps, & Metaphors
  5. Left a Bit, up a Bit ─ Rules of Thumb

5. Experience Patterns Diagnosis ─ Do you Feel it?

  1. That’s Not How I Remember it ─ Creative Memory Pattern
  2. I’m 99% Sure on This One ─ Risk Reward Pattern

6. I Can See Where You Are Going With This ─ Conclusion

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