Key Business Solutions (FT Publishing)

Key Business Solutions explains how to resolve every business challenge faced on a day-to-day basis by presenting an unbeatable inventory of proven problem-solving tools and techniques to help you tackle your toughest business dilemmas effectively.

You will learn how to:

  • Overcome any business challenge by using the OBTAIN problem-solving process

  • Use some of the most powerful but often misunderstood tools in business

  • Break down your problems and make your workload lighter

  • Adopt a hypothesis-driven approach to problem-solving which will get you to the right answer faster

  • Gather quantitative and qualitative data and analyse it insightfully by using data modelling and root cause analysis

  • Creatively imagine the optimal solution to your problem

  • Deliver ‘killer’ recommendations which are backed up by solid evidence and robust logic

  • Write compelling reports and give great presentations

  • Successfully implement change in people and organisations

  • Keep yourself, your team, and your stakeholders happy


Using case studies, ‘best practice’ examples, informative tables and figures, and entertaining trivia, Key Business Solutions will leave you equipped with the very best tools to confront any business problem you may face.

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Reviews and testimonials

The most successful businesses don’t avoid problems – they solve them.  This practical, insightful and entertaining book guides you through how to do this.  An indispensable resource for any manager.'
--Richard Newton, Business consultant and best-selling author of The Project Manager (Pearson)

'One of the key attributes in running a business successfully is the ability to see a situation in perspective.  Too often the real issues go unrecognised signs are misread, an opportunity slips by, the wrong problem is addressed. Only in retrospect is it obvious what should have been done.
It is not easy, but the tools and techniques covered in Key Business Solutions should help.’
--Sir George Cox, Author of the HM Treasury Cox Review of Creativity in UK Business and former Chairman of the Design Council

Antonio is a problem-solving expert and a brilliant writer.  His clear-thinking on the vital business skills covered in this book will transform the way you manage.
--Andrew Shelton, Independent consultant