Soft Skills Insights

It would make sense to assume that winning negotiations is the most productive – and therefore desirable – course of action. After all, if you get what you want, you will likely be more productive tha...

Procrastination – or at least chronic procrastination – hampers productivity. The reasons why are obvious. However, a moderate amount of procrastination when it comes to certain types of tasks can act...

Are critical thinking skills just a gift some are born with and others are not? Or do you just pick them up as you go through life and have more experiences?

That is the question that CEO Matt Plumme...

You may think that scrolling endlessly through social media is a harmless way to decompress after a long day of work and let your mind relax. And the latest research on the mental and emotional effect...

In business, we often have the perception that brilliant ideas come either from the minds of geniuses or through intense, focused collaborative thinking. While both are sources of creative breakthroug...

You are likely sabotaging the quality of your decisions if you lack a simple, repeatable decision-making process to ensure you approach decisions in a consistent way. When it comes to decision-making,...

As a manager or leader, responding and giving feedback to others will always be a large and critical part of your job. You must know how to improve others’ ideas, and you must know how to do so in rea...

Can critical thinking be learned? This question stands at the core of most of the world’s educational systems with significant and obvious implications for the business world. In fact, many would argu...

The average professional has just 28 minutes per week to focus on their development (1% of their workweek). In this limited time, you must choose between 5,000 courses on LinkedIn Learning and 32,000 ...

Attendees at our online intensive training, How to Become the Best Critical Thinker in Your Workplace, asked several thought-provoking questions. The following is recordings of Zarvana CEO Matt sharin...

Are you ever asked: “What do you think we should do?” and find yourself without an intelligent response? Have you ever wondered why some people get asked all the time for their advice on topics they l...

Critical thinking is one of the most in-demand soft skills, but it can be difficult to see how important it is on a day-to-day basis without going through a real-life critical thinking example. In the...