Existential Confidence

A New Take on Problem Solving: Part 1

Jim Selman and Srini Pillay, M.D.

Every day you and your leadership team show up to work. And every day you face a seemingly unending series of complex problems. Economic uncertainty, geopolitical unrest, staffing shortages, and stiff competition from nimble startups (to name a few) challenge your mandate to increase quarterly earnings. As a senior executive leader, your job is to solve all these challenging, interrelated problems as they arise.

While this approach sounds sensible, in today’s “real-time world”it doesn’t always work well. Problem-solving puts us as leaders in the position of always reacting to what is happening, always behind the waves of change that are happening faster and faster, always at the mercy of the unpredictable and the unprecedented. Small wonder that recent research demonstrates problem solving often leads to despair, depression and anxiety, especially when you start to believe your problems are out of control, begin to feel helpless, or simply lack confidence.

What if you could build your confidence — even when you have no idea whether a particular solution will work?

We believe you can.

Existential confidence is the ‘killer app’ for any problem-solving dilemma.