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Simple Thinking

Simple Thinking

Tackling Problems with Simplicity | A Practical Guide to Clear Thinking, Smarter Choices and Decisions in Work and Life

Mukesh Sud
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Research in a range of fields, from organizational behaviour to psychology and management to medicine, tells us that common sense and simple tools often outperform complicated routines. Simplicity does not mean the absence of sophistication. It is about finding clarity amid chaos.

Our brains have 10,000 times as many neurons as an ant. Yet, ants organize themselves to build complex structures and provide food for entire colonies. Just as we farm cows for milk, ants rear aphids for their honeydew. They survive floods by making a living raft that remains afloat with the help of air trapped between their bodies.

Sherlock Holmes once told his assistant Dr Watson that the world is full of obvious things that we fail to observe.

Read about these, and many more anecdotes, in Simple Thinking.

Imprint: Penguin Business

Published: Feb/2026

ISBN: 9780143480297 (Paperback)

Length : 224 Pages

MRP : ₹399.00

Simple Thinking

Tackling Problems with Simplicity | A Practical Guide to Clear Thinking, Smarter Choices and Decisions in Work and Life

Mukesh Sud

Research in a range of fields, from organizational behaviour to psychology and management to medicine, tells us that common sense and simple tools often outperform complicated routines. Simplicity does not mean the absence of sophistication. It is about finding clarity amid chaos.

Our brains have 10,000 times as many neurons as an ant. Yet, ants organize themselves to build complex structures and provide food for entire colonies. Just as we farm cows for milk, ants rear aphids for their honeydew. They survive floods by making a living raft that remains afloat with the help of air trapped between their bodies.

Sherlock Holmes once told his assistant Dr Watson that the world is full of obvious things that we fail to observe.

Read about these, and many more anecdotes, in Simple Thinking.

Buying Options
Paperback / Hardback

Mukesh Sud

Mukesh Sud, a former faculty at IIM Ahmedabad (IIMA), was previously an entrepreneur. A visiting fellow at the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge, he continues to teach both at IIMA and Ashoka University. His co-authored book, Leapfrog: Six Practices to Thrive, is a national bestseller and has been translated into many languages. His next book, Simple Thinking: Solving Problems with Simplicity, is due for release in early 2026. Mukesh is currently working on a collection of short stories.

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