Nairobi, June 17 -- Tough to see around the next corner with straight line thinking.

Look out the window. Do you see any straight lines in nature? Is thinking in a linear way, our built-in default mode of business intelligence? Or, should one also understand systems? Why is it that our most obvious choice is often wrong? Does black and white exist on the management palette -- or are business decisions often shades of gray, not to mention the shocking red and warning sign yellow? Do we prefer simple straight lines, often assuming that doubling an effort yields double the result?

Need more than a hammer

Straight line thinking is required hammer in your management toolbox. But it should be one tool among many. Straight line thinking goes ...