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January 2011
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Strategic Thinking vs. Strategic Planning
The terms critical thinking, decision making, problem solving, strategic thinking, systems thinking, strategic planning etc are often used interchangeably. However, while each of these words are tied to one another, there are distinct and important differences. Strategic Thinking vs. Planning a Strategy: What’s the Difference? In many ways, Strategic Thinking is an umbrella term. When [...]
Webcast Recap & 3 Things a Company Must Do to Increase Critical Thinking
Judy Chartrand delivered an awesome webcast on Thursday through HR.com – How to Increase Critical Thinking in the Workplace – where she posed an excellent question to the group: Do you have an established program to develop critical thinking in your organization? A sobering 89% of folks said no, their company does not and 11% [...]
The Achilles’ Heel of Critical Thinking
What is your Achilles’ Heel of critical thinking? We all have at least one- some issue or situation that we cannot approach as an outsider free of emotions or bias. This week I learned that my dogs are my Achilles’ Heel to critical thinking. My 10-year old papillon Stoli started acting lethargic this week and [...]
Tomorrow’s Webcast: Increasing Critical Thinking in the Workplace (Register Now)
Be sure to register now for tomorrow’s Webcast: Increasing Critical Thinking in the Workplace: The Raw Material of 21st Century Success January 20, 2011 at 1:00 – 2:00 PM ET Description How to Identify and Develop Employees Who Think Effectively and Efficiently Success in today’s tight economy is defined by making the right decisions, solving [...]
College Students Aren’t Learning Critical Thinking
Researchers followed 2,322 undergrads from 24 universities in the U.S. throughout their 4 years in college and found that many did not improve their critical thinking ability. What are we teaching these kids? In fact, in the first 2 years, 45% of students showed no improvement in critical thinking skills, and after 4 years 36% [...]
Are Pretty People Better Critical Thinkers?
According to a recent study by the London School of Economics, attractive men and women are more intelligent than their less attractive counterparts. Also, when pretty people have kids together, they pass down their intelligence to their offspring. “In the samples, physical attractiveness is significantly positively associated with general intelligence, both with and without controls [...]
Extreme Couponing: You Just Blew My Mind
Sometimes it takes a wild new reality television show to change the way you think. That just happened to me as I watched “Extreme Couponing” on TLC. In my life, I strive for efficiency. I pride myself on taking the fastest route, being the most prepared for airport security lines, and getting in and out [...]
I Am Biased…
…and so are you. We all carry with us certain biases that guide our perceptions, arguments, decisions, and beliefs. But, as Jamie Hale recently wrote: researchers suggest that a key characteristic of critical thinking is the ability to recognize one’s own fallibility when evaluating and generating evidence — recognizing the danger of weighing evidence according [...]
5 Critical Thinking Tips to Improve Your Writing
It’s critical to be able to write well. Since elementary school we’ve all been taught some version of the writing process – to brainstorm, organize, draft, proofread, edit, re-read, and publish. This fluid process was supported throughout our academic careers – remember the days when we had 2+ weeks to write a paper?! All that [...]
100 Ways to Think Better
Okay, maybe not 100, but we’ll give you 75 and let you add 25 more in the comment section: Be Your Devil’s Advocate Assign a Devil’s Advocate in meetings Disagree Ask Why Use the RED Model of Critical Thinking Try a Brain Teaser Recognize your biases Test a hypothesis Learn from others’ failures Don’t blindly [...]