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An overview of critical thinking to give you the essentials
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 [...]
Help Wanted: Need Good Decision-Making Skills
Job ads are interesting. I’m sure you’ve seen an ad like this: Requirements: 3 to 5 years experience in the field Strong interpersonal and communication skills Excellent analytical and decision-making abilities Ability to manage multiple tasks to completion within deadlines Detail oriented So how do companies realistically measure these competencies? The first two are easy. Look [...]
6 Ways to Improve Your Company’s Performance With Watson-Glaser
Critical thinking is a skill everyone needs. There’s hardly a job or task that doesn’t need it. That’s what makes the Watson-Glaser™ such a versatile ability test. Here are six ways organizations can improve their performance with the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal: Screen applicants for management positions. If you’re hiring a manager in any field [...]
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 [...]
Intelligence Alone Does Not Guarantee Good Critical Thinking
Guest Post by John Trent It goes without saying that every manager wants to hire a bright employee. So why not use an assessment that can identify the candidate with the highest intellectual horsepower—a pure measure of cognitive ability? While intellect is an undisputed asset in the workplace, the ability to apply brainpower to make [...]
A Chart of Some Top Critical Thinkers in Modern History
What do Sigmund Freud, Henry Ford, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Marie Curie have in common? They were great critical thinkers that all made their mark in history! Here’s a chart of some of the top critical thinkers through history. It’s not comprehensive by any means, but see if you agree! Who else should be on the list?
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
Preparing for the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Assessment
Are you scheduled to take the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal assessment for training or selection and looking for a practice test? Then I have bad news for you. Because the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal assessment is the most widely known assessment for measuring critical thinking skills and is most often used to select employees, therefore you will [...]