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By Breanne Harris on September 24, 2011
By now you’ve heard about the newest critical thinking book on bookshelves- Now You’re Thinking! Now you have a chance to win a free copy of the book for yourself! We will give away 20 free copies of the book Now You’re Thinking! to some of the gracious supporters of our We Give Books campaign! Here’s [...]
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By Breanne Harris on September 16, 2011
After only 2 weeks on bookshelves, Now You’re Thinking! is currently listed at #3 on Amazon.com’s Human Resources & Personnel Management list! We couldn’t be more proud that this book, which really highlights the heroism of U.S. Soldiers, is gaining respect and admiration from the HR community. I’ve been in touch with HR managers [...]
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By Breanne Harris on September 13, 2011
The “2011/2012 Trends in Executive Development: A Benchmark Report” (produced by Pearson TalentLens and Executive Development Associates Inc.) surveyed the leaders of 81 large/multi-national companies and learned that for the 2nd year in a row, executives are concerned about the critical thinking skills of the next generation. The leaders are concerned that the next generation is not [...]
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By Breanne Harris on September 11, 2011
This week we’re celebrating the launch of our new book Now You’re Thinking! with a huge charitable event to support children’s literacy, critical thinking, and 3 phenomenal nonprofit organizations. As we wrote last week, reading to your children is one of the most important ways to help them build critical thinking skills. Our goal [...]
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By Breanne Harris on September 8, 2011
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 [...]
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By Breanne Harris on September 2, 2011
Every day, my colleagues and I post the newest and most relevant articles in the world of critical thinking, decision making, problem solving, and creativity through our various social media accounts. Because we know you’re busy and may not be connected to all of us through LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook, we are going to start a new [...]
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By Breanne Harris on September 1, 2011
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 [...]
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By Breanne Harris on August 12, 2011
In the past, we have opened up this blog as a forum for a spirited debate about a news topic as an exercise in critical thinking. We’ve covered the TSA body scanner, cell phone use while driving, and whether or not analytical thinking could be a bad thing. Today, let’s talk about the new Missouri [...]
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