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 th… Read More
Critical thinking is regarded as a key competency for all staff, with particular relevance to graduates and managers. In fact, the Department of Labor identified critical thinking as the raw… Read More
If critical thinking was easy, everyone would do it!
Every day, I speak with customers regarding the importance of assessing and developing critical thinking skills in their employees. I sha… Read More
Register now for Pearson TalentLens’ latest webinar!
Title: Confronting the Skills Gap: How Great Companies are Creating Leaders in a VUCA World
Date: Thursday, April 7th
Ti… Read More
Register now for Pearson TalentLens’ latest webinar!
Title: How to Hire and Develop Effective Thinkers and Problem Solvers
Date: Wednesday, March 30th, 2016
Time: 2:00pm ET
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Calling all Critical Thinkers!
It’s National Pi Day, and Pizza Hut is celebrating the math nerd in us all with an opportunity to win 3.14 years of free pizza!
To win the pizza pa… Read More
Be Your Devil’s Advocate
Assign a Devil’s Advocate in meetings
Disagree
Ask Why
Use the RED Model of Critical Thinking
Try a Brain Teaser
Recognize your… Read More
For years, we’ve been hearing about the importance of critical thinking in the workplace. Critical thinking ranked #1 on the Most Important Skills for Next Gen Leaders on the EDA/Pears… Read More
We all have at least one friend who consistently shares satire articles and obviously false memes on social media and believes that they are true. Have you ever wondered about that person&rs&hell…Read More
Logical fallacies run rampant during a passionate debate. It’s imperative you know how to spot a logical fallacy in order to elevate a discussion and ensure critical thinking prev… Read More
For years, employers have bemoaned the higher education system and claimed that the skills gap is both real and widening. On this blog, we’ve shared dozens of studies showing the decli… Read More
Many studies show a positive relationship between Watson-Glaser scores and various job and academic success criteria. I’ll highlight a few.
Organizational Success: In o… Read More
If critical thinking was easy, everyone would do it.
Every day we are faced with cognitive challenges to effective thinking. From emotions to unchecked assumptions and ambiguous data, we con… Read More
Every once in a while we need to hit the reset button. When life gets too hectic, our days are over-scheduled, and information is coming at us faster than we can process it, we need to STOP… Read More
Are you scheduled to take the Watson-Glaser™ II Critical Thinking Appraisal assessment for training or selection and looking for a practice test?
Then I have bad news for you… Read More
Job ads are interesting. I’m sure you’ve seen an ad like this:
Requirements:
3 to 5 years experience in the field
Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Excellent analytic… Read More
Critical thinking is a skill everyone needs. There’s hardly a job or task that doesn’t need it. That’s what makes the Watson-Glaser™ such a versatile ability test.
He… Read More
A customer recently asked me: “What is the goal of critical thinking?” At first this seemed like an odd question to me until I asked him to elaborate. If we all think critic… Read More