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Black & White vs. Critical Thinking

International Coach Academy

A Coaching Power Tool By Anita Szabo, Leadership & Career Coach, HUNGARY The Shades Black & White vs. Critical Thinking The shades between black and white are not grey. ‘Black and White’s thinking is one of the most common challenges I see with coaching clients. Empathize with how others may think or feel.

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The Magic Of Critical Thinking: How To Make Better Decisions

StrategyU

That is the world that would exist without critical thinking. Critical thinking is not well understood. People say “you go to school to learn how to think” but show no evidence that this happens. We assume critical thinking happens at work but we can’t explain how we do it.

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How To Develop Critical Thinking And Problem Solving Skills?

Purple Crest

Hence, you must possess the problem solving ability and skills to think critically to tackle any situation better. A real-life situation where the skills of critical thinking would come in handy is in filtering out information. How do you think critical thinking is different from ordinary thinking?

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Caution: Critical Thinking Ahead

On The Job

Today is the last of my two-armed blogs for a while. What worried him, he said, was our lack of critical thinking skills that would really impact us in the coming years. How many bosses, he asked me, would think it was OK to see an employee reading a book while on the job? That may sound strange, but true. del.icio.us.

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Why Critical Thinking Is Not a Creativity Killer

Lateral Action

Everyone knows critical thinking kills creativity. This fear of critical thinking extends to the Inner Critic, usually demonised as the little part of your mind that interferes with your creativity and tries to tear your ambitions to shreds: One of the greatest deterrents to creativity is the inner [critic].

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Why Artful Entrepreneurship

ReNew Business

I often hear how critical is creativity for innovation and for our future. Often this is presented as “critical thinking”. Unfortunately, and thankfully, it is not about thinking but about being creative. Breaking News: We are not thinking machines.

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How Our Innate Desire for Intellectual Autonomy Can Drive Us to Hunger, Isolation, and Distrust

The Coaching Blog

Intellectual autonomy means to be committed to think for yourself by using the best reasoning you are capable of, with awareness of the bigger picture, as stated by Dr. Gerald Nosich, senior fellow at the Foundation of Critical Thinking. In order to use the “best reasoning you are capable of”, you have to start somewhere.