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The Art of Problem Solving Under Pressure
Last week I was in San Antonio participating in the brand new THINK Now! Critical Thinking Training program, and was supposed to have a nice short flight home on Friday morning. However, my 2 1/2 hour...
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What’s Your Thinking Style? Join This Free Webcast to Find Out!
Pearson TalentLens would like to offer you an exciting development opportunity on August 7th! Thinking styles are behaviors and positive habits that promote thinking clearly. We all use a variety of...
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What is the Toughest Step in Critical Thinking?
No one ever said critical thinking is easy. It takes work. Hard work. It takes a conscious effort to improve the way you naturally think. But what is the toughest step in critical thinking? Is it...
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Take the New York Times Critical Thinking Challenge
This week the New York Times released a fun new feature that tests your critical thinking skills. It’s called Test Yourself and so far they’ve posted 4 challenge questions. Here are links to the first...
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The Latest in Critical Thinking eLearning- Demo the Critical Thinking...
Do you want to offer Critical Thinking training to your employees, but don’t have the time or resources to develop the program yourself? Then the Critical Thinking University might be the perfect...
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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...
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You Only See What You Are Willing to See
Have you ever watched the TV show Ancient Aliens on the History Channel? It’s a fantastic and highly entertaining example of confirmation bias. The premise of the show is that many historical events,...
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Critical Thinking Through Spin and Statistics
I can remember the exact moment when my distrust of commercials began. I was 10 years old and was obsessed with a new toy on the market called the “Magic Copier.” I thought it was genius. I could...
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Critical Thinking and the Presidential Election
Every day we are presented with many opportunities to sharpen our critical thinking skills, but every four years we get a unique opportunity during the Presidential Election. During the Presidential...
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Top Skills for the Most In-Demand Jobs in 2013
Forbes recently analyzed data from both Careerbuilder and O*Net (the Nation’s online database of occupations and necessary skills) in order to identify which jobs/occupations will be highly in-demand...
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How to Develop a 21st Century Critical Thinker
We love this graphic created by Mentoring Minds. It not only creates a path to developing critical thinking skills in students, but it also shows how concepts like Open-Mindedness and Reflection...
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Google, Facebook, Twitter, and the Impact on Critical Thinking
“Critical Thinking Skills are on the Decline” “College Students Aren’t Learning Critical Thinking” Every day these headlines grab my attention, and each time I think to myself “What’s really happening...
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Training Tip: Turn Every Conversation into a Critical Thinking Exercise
What happened in the news today? Are your employees talking about some new current event as they gather together before meetings or grab a cup of coffee? You may see these conversations as...
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The Scariest Critical Thinkers Ever
It’s nearing Halloween, so it’s time for a story that will chill you to the bone. It’s the story of how a group of hackers turned one man’s life upside down. And here’s what’s even more disturbing-...
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2014 Resolution: Think Big, Do Epic Things
The end of the year is such a busy time. You’re probably trying to find an Ugly Christmas Sweater to wear to a party, staging the Elf on the Shelf again, searching Pinterest for the perfect holiday...
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When Policy Overrides Common Sense
Have you ever experienced a situation at work where someone has made a bad decision and the company decides that a new policy is the solution? What if companies could focus on teaching their employees...
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The Best Books on Critical Thinking
How are you working to improve your critical thinking skills? Through in-person training programs? Online learning? Brain teasers and puzzles? What about through reading books on critical thinking?...
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Free Webinar Tomorrow: Forget the Social Media Policy
Sign up now for tomorrow’s free webinar: Forget the Social Media Policy – Take the Critical Thinking Approach Tuesday, Jun 10 2014 3:00pm EDT 21st Century recruiters, sales, and marketing professionals...
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Top 10 Skills for Workforce Success
At Critical-Thinkers.com, we’ve been beating the drum about the importance of critical thinking skills training for over 4 years now. While schools and universities now almost universally tout their...
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LinkedIn Publishing and Your Impending Termination
There are two kinds of people on LinkedIn- those who use the LinkedIn Publishing service to broadcast blog posts and those who absolutely hate the LinkedIn Publishing feature! I don’t currently use the...
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