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Stop and Think; Change the Rules
Last week I talked about how I think the most difficult step in Critical Thinking is the first one: Stop and Think. Today I spotted a funny picture that illustrates how often we make decisions without thinking through the consequences and stick with those same decisions because “that’s the way it’s always been done.” Here is [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]