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Breanne Harris
How Can You Train Better Decision Making and Problem Anticipation?
Every day we are forced to make choices. Paper or plastic? Regular or diet soda? Venti White Chocolate Mocha with Vanilla or the non-fat Soy Latte at Starbucks? Buy or rent? Post your resume or stay with your employer? When we are given choices that will result in serious impact on our business, we need [...]
Meet the Authors of Now You’re Thinking! at ASTD #astd2012
Next week the authors of Now You’re Thinking! (an Amazon.com Bestseller) will be at the American Society for Training & Development’s International conference in Denver. Judy Chartrand, Heather Ishikawa and John Maketa will be in Pearson TalentLens‘ booth (#1134) signing books and taking pictures with attendees. Be sure to stop by and get a FREE [...]
Register Now: Critical Thinking Boot Camp- New York City- June 5th-6th
The New York Institute of Finance (in conjunction with Executive Development Associates and Pearson TalentLens) is hosting a Critical Thinking Boot Camp in New York City on June 5th and 6th. This Critical Thinking Boot Camp is open to the general public and costs $1,595 per person. Seats are limited, and to register click here. Here is an overview of [...]
Critical Thinking in the Classroom: Turn Liberty Middle School’s Fail into a WIN
This week, an 8th grade civics teacher at Liberty Middle School in Fairfax County, VA has come under fire for assigning his students a political research project. What could possibly be wrong with a civics teacher assigning a research project, you ask? Well, students were divided into 4 groups and were each assigned a GOP [...]
Homeless HotSpots: Innovative or Disgraceful?
If you’re a techie, social media guru, or music/film geek, you are probably in Austin, TX this week for SXSW (pronounced South by Southwest). SXSW has become known as the launch pad for some of the most popular social media platforms used today including Twitter and Foursquare. However, the buzz coming out of SXSW today [...]
Contest: Can Your Child Describe Critical Thinking?
Meet Kaitlyn- she is 5 years old and the daughter of Heather Ishikawa, co-author of Now You’re Thinking! Kaitlyn often hears her mom talk about adult concepts like critical thinking, brainstorming, assumptions, drawing conclusions, and evaluating information. Even though present day philosophers sometimes have trouble defining these concepts, tonight at bedtime Kaitlyn took a shot [...]
Upcoming Webcast: Building High Potential and Next Generation Leaders in 2012
On March 28th, 2012 at 3pm EDT, Human Capital Institute will host a Webcast delivered by Bonnie Hagemann and Scott Dannemiller entitled: Building High Potential and Next Generation Leaders in 2012: Trends and Hot Topics Bonnie and Scott (of Executive Development Associates) will cover the latest trends in leadership, critical thinking, talent development, training, and [...]
Critical Thinking Boot Camp- New York City- June 5th-6th
The New York Institute of Finance (in conjunction with Executive Development Associates and Pearson TalentLens) is hosting a Critical Thinking Boot Camp in New York City on June 5th and 6th. This Critical Thinking Boot Camp is open to the general public and costs $1,595 per person. Seats are limited, and to register click here. [...]
Critical Thinking Does Not Mean One Right Answer
A customer recently asked me: “What is the goal of critical thinking?” At first this seemed like an odd question to me until I asked him to elaborate. “Well, if we all think critically then shouldn’t we all arrive at the same answer?” After a bit of thought, I responded that while critical thinking is about holding our thought [...]
How to Choose the Best Airline for Your Travel
I travel often for work, and have become quite critical of the airlines I choose. Frontier, United, Continental, Southwest, American, Virgin, Delta- each have their own unique advantages and disadvantages. So, how do you choose the right airline for your needs? I suggest using a strategic approach to decision making that I learned at the Critical [...]