About this episode

Janine Garner interviews Donna McGeorge about her book 'Red Brick Thinking' and the importance of subtraction in problem-solving.

Submit your Question: Spotify - click the button below. All other platforms - send me a DM on Instagram or email: support@janinegarner.com.au   Drowning in obligations, tasks and responsibilities that multiply faster than you can clear them? We've been taught to solve problems by adding more - more effort, more resources, more systems. But what if the answer is actually subtraction?  I recently sat down with Donna McGeorge, keynote speaker and bestselling author obsessed with helping people reclaim time and space for what really matters. She's written 15 books (five of them bestsellers), her ideas have appeared in Harvard Business Review, Forbes and Fast Company, and she's known for cutting through corporate waffle with sharp truths and practical frameworks. We discussed her latest book Red Brick Thinking and what she shared completely shifted how I think about problem-solving. Donna shares her famous Lego bridge exercise that reveals why we're approaching problems all wrong, and introduces the concept of "addition bias", the tendency that's keeping us overwhelmed despite our best efforts. She explains why creating space doesn't mean doing more, and what we need to let…

People in this episode

Host: Janine Garner

Guest: Donna McGeorge

Topics covered

• problem-solving
• time management
• focus
• business strategies
• decision making

Keywords

• Red Brick Thinking
• problem-solving
• addition bias
• time management
• business
• decision making
• Lego bridge exercise

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Fast Company

Books & works: Red Brick Thinking

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