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Wishful Thinking vs. Cynical Thinking: Which is Better?
Let’s first start by defining Wishful vs. Cynical Thinking. Wishful Thinking (according to Wikipedia) is the formation of beliefs and making decisions according to what might be pleasing to imagine instead of by appealing to evidence, rationality or reality. Cynical Thinking (which is NOT the same thing as Critical Thinking) is thinking that is predisposed to doubt and lack of [...]
Critical Thinking Interview Questions
Krishnan Anantharaman from the Wall Street Journal wrote an interesting article about the new trend of asking questions designed to elicit critical thinking abilities in candidates. Initially, I was pleased to hear that recruiters are trying to measure critical thinking ability given the fact that only 28% of college graduates are rated as having excellent critical thinking [...]
How to Ace the Tough Interview Questions
With unemployment still hovering at staggering levels, this is a great time to brush up on your interviewing skills. Recruiters today are inundated with resumés that all look alike and have a tough time picking the right candidate when so many people are applying for the same jobs. So, how do you stand out? You [...]
Make Critical Thinking Fun: The Zombie Apocalypse Exercise
There’s a stigma to critical thinking training (and even the phrase critical thinking) that it is boring, stuffy, and too academic to be engaging. But it doesn’t have to be mind-numbing. Once you teach the basics of critical thinking and the Critical Thinking model, you can reinforce and practice those techniques with fun applied exercises. [...]
Reading to Children is Key to Future Critical Thinking Skills
What is your bedtime routine with your children? Get them a glass of water? Give them a bath? Read a book? Did you know the simple act of reading a book to your child at bedtime helps create the foundation for future critical thinking skills? Each time you sit down to read with your children [...]
The Trick Interview Question
Trick interview questions say more about the interviewer than it does about the candidate’s answer, but I found this Dilbert comic worth sharing!
Who Needs a TomTom That Twitters?
Guest post from Heather Ishikawa (co-author of Now You’re Thinking!) _____________________________________________________________________ Did you know that the new TomTom’s Go Live GPS device will have Twitter functionality? When I heard this, I immediately jumped to conclusions about how I could use this functionality: Inform all friends that I don’t know where I’m going Instant tweets for [...]
Beware of Numbers; They’re Liars | Critical Thinking
Watching the news is a great mental exercise in critical thinking. For example, watch any cable news station and notice how often studies with statistics are reported. That sounds like a good thing, right? We would much rather hear that the news being shared is backed up by scientific studies, surveys, and analysis rather than [...]
What is Your Thinking Style?
What is your thinking style? Are you Analytical, Inquisitive, or Timely? Now you can find out for free with the My Thinking Styles™ assessment at ThinkWatson.com. The My Thinking Styles™ assessment helps you learn the thinking styles you use most often in life to make decisions, solve problems, and innovate. Learning about your thinking style will help you [...]
Are You Listening to the Real Problem or Busy Putting Out Fires?
Guest post from Heather Ishikawa, co-author of Now You’re Thinking! I was catching up on my reading this weekend and came across an interesting article, The CEO of Duke Energy on Learning to Work with Green activists in the Harvard Business Review. http://hbr.org/product/the-ceo-of-duke-energy-on-learning-to-work-with-gr/an/R1105A-HCB-ENG. The article describes the process that James Rogers implemented when he took [...]