Human Resources Training

The Critical Thinking Toolkit

By Dr. Marlene Caroselli
Amacom April 2011

Specifications

ISBN-13
9780814417409
Publisher
Amacom
Publication
April 2011
Format
Paperback , 224 pages
Jurisdiction
International ? Countri(es) for reference only

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It’s not just for geniuses. Everyone can learn to think creatively, analytically, and quickly with brain-boosting activities for the workplace. 

Unimaginative. Risk-adverse. Prone to group-think. These are not just empty complaints about today’s employees. A recent article in Newsweek found solid data that proves a “creativity crisis” is plaguing America.

Yet critical thinking, the ability to approach a problem both analytically and creatively, is the bedrock of success for companies and their people. Fortunately, it’s a skill that can be learned.

The Critical Thinking Tool Kit aims to get employees thinking better and faster with 35 hands-on activities and ready-to-use assessments. Team members work on challenging assumptions, brainstorming divergent ideas, and then pinpointing the ones that best benefit an organization. And they’ll learn to do it in real-life speed—quickly!

The training exercises in The Critical Thinking Tool Kit offer an invigorating departure from the everyday—with the potential for big payoffs in the form of enhanced “on-your-feet” thinking, innovative problem-solving, and profitable idea generation from everyone on the team.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Quick Thinking

#1 Attending to Attention

#2 Rhymed Reductions

#3 The Endless Question

#4 The Questionable Question

#5 The K-W-I-C Technique

#6 Juxtaposed Pairs

#7 Presidential Pursuits

#8 The Umbrage Not Taken

#9 Brainteasing/Brainsqueezing

#10 Perceptual Shifts

#11 Organizational Oxymorons

#12 Stratification

 

Creative Thinking

#13 Particular Virtues

#14 Perspicacious Perspectives

#15 Turnarounds

#16 Left Is Right. So Is Right.

#17 Ms. Matches and Mr. Matches

#18 Cre8—Get N2It

#19 Thinking Outside the Locks

#20 Thinking Is an Art

#21 A Kin to Kinesthesia

#22 Low and High Logos

#23 Blues on Parade

#24 Scrambled Pegs

 

Analytical Thinking

#25 Crisis Critiques

#26 Trend Spotters

#27 The Triple-A Approach

#28 A Foolery of Fun

#29 Patterned Organization

#30 Pro Con’D.

#31 Direct Responses

#32 In Your Sights

#33 Giving Problems a Why’d Berth

#34 Resource-Full

#35 Living Problems, Lively Solutions

 

Appendixes

Appendix A Test of Creativity: A Self-Assessment Exercise

Appendix B Analytical Thinking Test: A Self-Assessment Exercise

Appendix C Test of Creativity: Answer Sheet and Feedback

Appendix D Analytical Thinking Test: Answer Sheet

 

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

MARLENE CAROSELLI is the author of Leadership Skills for Managers, The Big Book of Meeting Games, and Great Session Openers, Closers, and Energizers. She has trained employees and executives at many organizations, including Lockheed-Martin, Mobil, Eastman Kodak, and Allied-Signal.

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