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August 2010
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Do you WAIT in meetings? You should.
I keep coming back to a tweet I read month ago. It said we should “W.A.I.T.” and ask ourselves, “why am I talking?” Some of us may interpret this as another way to say “think before you speak” or “engage your brain before you engage your mouth” but I think it’s taking it one step [...]
Creative Thinking vs. Critical Thinking: Which is More Important?
In the process of brainstorming a solution to a problem, it is undeniable that both critical thinking and creativity are necessary and complementary. In many ways, creative thinking can be considered divergent thinking. It is the process by which we generate new ideas, imagine possibilities, and find relationships among seemingly unrelated concepts. Therefore, Critical Thinking [...]
Critically Thinking About Your Personal Brand Online
If someone asked, “who are you?” what would you say? A mother, an entrepreneur, a conservative, a reality TV show fan, a soccer player, a dreamer? Each of those individual characteristics that you use to define yourself should be part of your personal brand. Here’s a more difficult question- “Is your brand at work different than your [...]
The Art of Bookend Meetings
Last month I was introduced to the term “tailgate meeting.” This meeting doesn’t require beer nor do you have to convene in the parking lot. Instead a tailgate meeting is the post meeting reflection. As catchy as the tailgate meeting sounds, I like the visual of bookends better. A meeting cannot stand-alone. There are those [...]
Don’t Be Pavlov’s Dog
Why do we do what we do? Truthfully, in many cases we can’t explain why we do what we do. Our behaviors are often learned, conditioned, and unconscious. We would like to believe we are more sophisticated than Pavlov’s dogs, but if we really examine our behaviors we might find a total lack of critical [...]
Critical Thinking Exercise: Watch the News.
I often wonder how many people actually watch the news. Until today, I never realized that it’s a pretty hard statistic to find. But there are a bunch of different news programs on television which leads me believe that there must be a decent number of viewers. Until recently, I’ve always gone to one channel [...]
To Promote Critical Thinking, You Must Model It
I have a Twitter search set up for the words “critical thinking” and receive an alert in my Google Reader anytime someone tweets that phrase. I have found some really great quotes, articles, and ideas based on this search. I have also seen many insults hurled in the name of dounouncing someone else’s “lack of [...]
Hot off the Press: Pearson Launches Critical Thinking Website
You may have already heard that Pearson has launched our Critical Thinking website, www.ThinkWatson.com. Courtesy of our TalentLens team, I’d like to share our Press Release with you: Pearson Launches Critical Thinking Website,www.ThinkWatson.com Minneapolis, MN and San Antonio, TX (PRWEB) August 17, 2010 Employee assessments and online personality tests are vital to successful business and leadership development [...]
The Danger of Mental Auto-Pilot
Have you ever driven somewhere, arrived at your destination, and realized you can’t remember many things you passed along the way or anything on the radio? While you are driving safely, you mind can shift into auto-pilot and not actively attend to your surroundings. This happens most when we are familiar with our route. [...]
Critical Thinking: It’s For Everyone!
When I first made the career change to work with critical thinking assessments and services, I had a conversation with my mom about the term critical thinking. ”I don’t like that,” she said. ”That term is uppity.” I remember being surprised and confused. How can critical thinking be a bad thing? After a long discussion [...]