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Breanne Harris
Best Critical Thinking Posts of 2011
We wrote 149 posts on this blog about critical thinking in 2011. We’ve covered everything from Devil’s Advocates to eating walnuts. We’ve analyzed decisions by Southwest Airlines, Zappos, Panera, Lebron James and many others. We’ve even covered the latest books and assessments on critical thinking. With only 10 days left in 2011, we thought it [...]
What is the Cost of Poor Critical Thinking?
Each year around this time HR pros write blog posts about the real cost of a bad hire (meaning someone who is ineffective or even destructive to the organization). The latest statistic I read was covered by Lance Haun at TLNT.com. In his post, Lance talks about the meaning behind the numbers in an [...]
A little magic can improve your critical thinking
Guest Post by Heather Ishikawa- author of Now You’re Thinking. This weekend I had the pleasure of attending a magic show by the magician Alex Ramon (www.alexramonmagic.com). During the entertaining show, he joked about how most people expect to be tricked by magicians. Therefore, they don’t naturally trust everything that the magician says or does. [...]
The Critical Thinking – Credit Score Link
Can you predict anything about a person’s critical thinking ability based on their credit score? According to a new study, researchers have found that individuals with lower credit scores have a greater need for immediate gratification which impacts decision making. This isn’t really shocking, though, right? I’m generalizing significantly here, but it isn’t a surprise [...]
Beware of Creative Thinkers
Everyone loves a creative thinker, right? Sure they tend to be great problem solvers and excel at handling difficult tasks, but what is the downside to hiring a creative thinker? It turns out that creative thinkers are better at cheating than people less skilled in creative thinking. It appears that creative thinkers have a [...]
Night Owls Win the Intelligence Battle!
Benjamin Franklin may have believed that “early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise” but it appears he was wrong. At least that’s what researchers who have investigated the correlation between intelligence and circadian type (morning person or night owl). It appears that those who label themselves as night owls [...]
What We Need to Get Rid of is Critical Thinking
“What we need to get rid of is critical thinking.” That statement made by Patrick Finn during a TedX speech nearly made me lose my lunch. Who says something like that? Who could possibly believe that it is logical and rational thought is a bad thing? Well, Patrick Finn, a professor at the University of [...]
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. [...]
The Day I Said “I Love You” to a Starbucks Barista
For the past week I’ve been doing some very necessary, but non-stimulating work tasks. I’ve been searching for HR organizations and building spreadsheets with contact names, phone numbers, websites, email addresses, Facebook pages, Twitter accounts, etc (by the way, did you know there are more than 750 regional chapters of SHRM, ASTD, and OD Network?). [...]