Thinking Critically
- 3 Courses | 1h 23m 11s
- 9 Books | 18h 49m
- 4 Audiobooks | 27h 21m 49s
Leaders use critical thinking to make the best decisions for their organizations. Leverage analytical techniques to better assess information.
COURSES INCLUDED
Welcome to the Leadership Development Program
Whether you're new to a leadership role or a battle-tested veteran, there is always more to learn about leading people, leading teams, or leading your business. Learning is a life-long journey, and leadership development is an ongoing process. In this course, you'll be introduced to Skillsoft's Leadership Development Program. Comprised of thirty modern competency-based leadership channels, this program will help expand your knowledge about what it takes to be a leader and the necessary mindsets and behaviors that enable successful leaders to face and overcome the challenges they encounter every day. This course provides an introductory overview to the program and the rich array of courses, resources, tools, and expert advice available to help you grow your leadership career.
1 video |
9m
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Developing Your Critical Thinking and Cognitive Flexibility
It often seems like the whole world is on information overload. Each day, we encounter massive amounts of new false, or dubious information, alongside a steady stream of data that may, or may not, be relevant to our needs. As a leader, your critical thinking skills are essential for deciding what is important and making the best decisions for your organization. This course will help you improve your critical thinking skills. You'll learn about the intake, investigate, and act stages of critical thinking, as well as how to use analytical techniques to assess information. Finally, you'll learn the advantages of keeping an open mind through cognitive flexibility.
8 videos |
47m
Assessment
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PMI PDU
Leadership Insights on Critical Thinking
Although it might seem counterintuitive, a systematic approach to critical thinking facilitates the creative process that is so valuable to problem solving. Use these ideas to boost your skills and the skills of those around you.
9 videos |
26m
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Book
MIT Sloan Management Review on Critical Thinking and Cognitive FlexibilityIn this collection of articles from MIT Sloan Management Review, you'll learn some of the best ways for modern executives to process information, as well as how managers and business leaders gather and interpret information effectively.
50m
By MIT Sloan Management Review
Book
MIT Sloan Management Review Article on Think Critically About the Wisdom of ExpertsThis article from MIT Sloan Management Review reveals some lessons about assessing the claims of people whose opinions seem unassailable.
9m
By Andrew A. King
Book Summary
Winning the Brain Game: Fixing the 7 Fatal Flaws of ThinkingWinning the Brain Game outlines the common pitfalls people run into when presented with a challenge and offers methods to retrain your brain to approach problems differently. In this Summary, we discuss the salient points of the book based on our interpretation of its contents.
9m
By Matthew E. May
Book
Think Smarter: Critical Thinking to Improve Problem-Solving and Decision-Making SkillsPresenting a pragmatic set of tools to apply critical thinking techniques to everyday business issues, this book is filled with real world examples that demonstrate how the tools work in action and includes dozens of practice exercises applicable across industries and functions.
3h 17m
By Michael Kallet
Book
A Practical Guide to Critical Thinking: Deciding What to Do and Believe, Second EditionPursuing an interdisciplinary approach to critical thinking, this book is a unique presentation of the formal strategies used when thinking through reasons and arguments in many areas of expertise.
5h 45m
By David A. Hunter
Book
The Critical Thinking Tool Kit: Spark Your Team's Creativity with 35 Problem Solving ActivitiesWith an aim to get employees thinking better and faster with hands-on activities and ready-to-use assessments, this book helps team members work on challenging assumptions, brainstorm divergent ideas, and then pinpoint the ones that best benefit an organization.
2h 54m
By Marlene Caroselli
Book
An Introduction to Critical Thinking and Creativity: Think More, Think BetterOutlining the tools needed to become a critical as well as creative thinker, this book introduces relevant theories in conjunction with real-life examples and findings from cognitive science and psychology to illustrate how the theories can be applied in fields and careers.
5h 21m
By Joe Y. F. Lau
Book
Critical ThinkingOffering a highly usable framework that can be utilized in many different circumstances, this book provides useful insights into critical thinking and helps readers put some of the best prevailing ideas into practice.
18m
By Jon C. Warner
Book Summary
Six Thinking HatsSix Thinking Hats gives you directions and details on how to use the "six hats" to achieve efficiency during work time, and in decision-making processes. In this Review, we discuss the salient points of the book based on our interpretation of its contents.
6m
By Edward de Bono
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AUDIOBOOKS INCLUDED
Audiobook
Winning the Brain Game: Fixing the 7 Fatal Flaws of ThinkingThis audio edition will lead you to better decision-making, higher levels of creativity, clearer strategies, and overall success in business, work and life.
4h 30m 11s
By Matthew E. May
Audiobook
Thinking for a Living: How to Get Better Performances and Results from Knowledge WorkersThis audio edition presents a unique framework for matching specific types of workers with the management strategies that yield the greatest performance.
6h 47m 28s
By Thomas H. Davenport
Audiobook
Standard Deviations: Flawed Assumptions, Tortured Data, and Other Ways to Lie with StatisticsThis audio edition demystifies the science behind statistics and makes it easy to spot the fraud all around.
9h 19m 59s
By Gary Smith
Audiobook
Is This Wi-Fi Organic?: A Guide to Spotting Misleading Science OnlineThis audio edition is a playful investigation of popular opinions and consumer trends that permeate our society. Read by the Author.
6h 44m 11s
By Dave Farina
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