Next week, Portfolio is publishing Problem Solving 101, a book that (under a slightly different title) became the #1 business book of 2007 in Japan. Now, we’re publishing it in English for the first time.
In this morning’s USA TODAY, business columnist Del Jones says “Should PROBLEM SOLVING 101 sell well in the USA, author Ken Watanabe will pull off a rare recent instance of transferring business advice from the world’s second-largest economy to the largest.”
The book actually began in Japan as a tool for schoolchildren to learn critical thinking skills, but something surprising happened – it became a phenomenal bestseller among adults and sold nearly 370,000 copies.
Since the book is basic enough for a child to understand, yet also sophisticated enough for business leaders to apply to their toughest problems – it’ll be interesting to see in the coming months whether Americans embrace the book in the same way.
You can read the full USA TODAY piece here.
