Have you ever worked with a group of people trying to solve a problem? There are different opinions, different considerations, and each person’s perspective provides a different angle on the problem.

Ultimately, you must decide a course of action. There’s no right answer, but you have to confront the complexities of the choice you make. What if that room was filled with people from diverse industries, functions, countries, and backgrounds? All trying to analyze a problem and make a decision? Every day? That is what the case method at Harvard Business School (HBS) prepares you to do.