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Book Description

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

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Introduction
  7. Quick Thinking
    1. #1 Attending to Attention
    2. #2 Rhymed Reductions
    3. #3 The Endless Question
    4. #4 The Questionable Question
    5. #5 The K-W-I-C Technique
    6. #6 Juxtaposed Pairs
    7. #7 Presidential Pursuits
    8. #8 The Umbrage Not Taken
    9. #9 Brainteasing/Brainsqueezing
    10. #10 Perceptual Shifts
    11. #11 Organizational Oxymorons
    12. #12 Stratification
  8. Creative Thinking
    1. #13 Particular Virtues
    2. #14 Perspicacious Perspectives
    3. #15 Turnarounds
    4. #16 Left Is Right. So Is Right.
    5. #17 Ms. Matches and Mr. Matches
    6. #18 Cre8—Get N2It
    7. #19 Thinking Outside the Locks
    8. #20 Thinking Is an Art
    9. #21 A Kin to Kinesthesia
    10. #22 Low and High Logos
    11. #23 Blues on Parade
    12. #24 Scrambled Pegs
  9. Analytical Thinking
    1. #25 Crisis Critiques
    2. #26 Trend Spotters
    3. #27 The Triple-A Approach
    4. #28 A Foolery of Fun
    5. #29 Patterned Organization
    6. #30 Pro Con’D
    7. #31 Direct Responses
    8. #32 In Your Sights
    9. #33 Giving Problems a Why’d Berth
    10. #34 Resource-Full
    11. #35 Living Problems, Lively Solutions
  10. Appendixes
    1. Appendix A Test of Creativity: A Self-Assessment Exercise
    2. Appendix B Analytical Thinking Test: A Self-Assessment Exercise
    3. Appendix C Test of Creativity: Answer Sheet and Feedback
    4. Appendix D Analytical Thinking Test: Answer Sheet
  11. Bibliography
  12. Index