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Critical Thinking and Social Media Webinar
Join me for a webinar on critical thinking and social media on September 28th at 3pm Eastern through HR.com. Think Fast! Turn information overload & thousands of social connections into increased productivity Description: With over 145 million blogs and millions of Twitter and Facebook users online each day, it’s hard for your employees to ignore [...]
Critical Thinking is the #1 Skill
In an article released yesterday, the Society for Human Resources (SHRM) and the Conference Board confirmed that the need for critical thinking has never been greater: “In fact, a recent study by the Society of Human Resource Management and The Conference Board rated critical thinking and problem solving as the number one skill of increasing [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
What NOT to Do When You Resign From Your Job
If you’ve ever given notice to your employer, you know how stressful and delicate the process can be. If you were a happy employee, you may be worried about your boss being upset about your departure. If you were an unhappy employee, you may be tempted to leave with impact and tell everyone exactly what [...]
Monday Morning Critical Thinking Fails
It’s Monday morning and like the rest of the working adults in America, you are guzzling coffee and struggling to find motivation. We, at critical-thinkers.com, believe it’s time for a laugh and to learn from the critical thinking failures of others. Enjoy! (Sources noted on each picture)