Critical Thinking Example in Action: Microsoft’s 4-Day Workweek Experiment
December 4, 2019This timely critical thinking example shows the difference superior critical thinking skills can make in your day-to-day work and life.
Critical Thinking
With critical thinking ranking among the most in-demand skills for job candidates and influencing decision-making ability more than IQ, you would think that educational institutions would prepare students well to be exceptional thinkers and employers would be adept at developing such skills in existing employees. Unfortunately, both are largely untrue.
Critical thinking encompasses 5 skills according to Professor Diane Halpern (creator of one of the only research-validated critical thinking assessments):
Verbal reasoning
Argument analysis
Hypothesis testing
Likelihood and uncertainty
Decision-making and problem-solving
Becoming a better thinker may feel abstract, but it doesn’t have to be. The resources below and the 10 critical thinking behaviors on our professional development platform make it concrete and doable.
Barriers to Critical Thinking: 3 Plateaus Where People Get Stuck
December 3, 2019In your journey to becoming an exceptional critical thinker, avoid getting stuck in these plateaus that act as barriers to the next phases of thinking.
Why Critical Thinking is Important in 2019
November 27, 2019You have very little time to invest in your development. Here’s why critical thinking is so important it should be your top priority.
16 Critical Thinking Skills that Will Make You Stand Out
November 22, 2019Building critical thinking skills can feel overwhelming. It doesn’t have to. We’ve organized these skills to make it easy to know where to start.
Defining Critical Thinking: What is & Why that Matters
November 14, 2019Want to become a standout thinker but not sure that means? We’ve cut through the complexity to deliver a simple critical thinking definition.
FREE WEBINAR: How to Become the Best Critical Thinker in Your Workplace with Simple Exercises Anyone Can Do
November 13, 2019A free online, in-depth training built on insights from our widely popular Harvard Business Review article.
100 Questions that Build Your Team’s Critical Thinking Skills
November 8, 2019Carefully crafted questions force people to think. You can use these 100 questions to become a better thinker yourself or boost your team’s thinking.
How to Build Your Team’s Critical Thinking Skills
October 30, 2019Critical thinking is not an innate gift that can’t be learned. This research-based roadmap makes it simple to develop these in-demand skills.
Critical Thinking Roadmap Toolkit
September 16, 2019Research shows critical thinking is more important than IQ for making smart decisions. This toolkit gives you what you need to become an exceptional thinker.
Critical Thinking & The Science of Picking Winning Ideas
April 23, 2019The best criteria for selecting winning ideas will only get you so far if you don’t apply these research-backed idea evaluation practices
Critical Thinking, Not Creative Thinking, Led to Microsoft, Apple, and Facebook
April 2, 2019Great thinkers aren’t just creative geniuses. They are exceptional evaluators of ideas.
How to Create a Team Environment Where Critical Thinking Flourishes
March 12, 2019Critical thinking grows where debate is welcome. Yet, teams are often organized around reaching consensus. Here’s how to create a healthy debate culture.
