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by Michael Kallet
Think Smarter: Critical Thinking to Improve Problem-Solving and Decision-Making Skills
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
CONTENTS
PREFACE
Why I Wrote This Book
Whom Is This Book For?
Why You Should Read a Book Like This
What I've Learned after Teaching Critical Thinking for Eight Years
How to Read This Book
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Section I: Introduction and the Framework for Critical Thinking
Chapter 1: What Is Critical Thinking?
Benefits of Critical Thinking
Chapter 2: When to Use Critical Thinking
Chapter 3: The Framework and Tools
Clarity
Conclusions
Decisions
Section II: Clarity
Chapter 4: Empty Your Bucket
The Bucket
Getting Started with Emptying Your Bucket
Chapter 5: Inspection
Getting Started with Inspection
Chapter 6: Why?
Why Why?
Ask Why to Distinguish This from That
Ask Why to Get to a Root Cause
Ask Why to Get to “I Don't Know”
Ask Why to Get to Because !!
Getting Started with Why
Chapter 7: So What?
So What: Your Company or Product
Your So What
Getting Started with So What
Chapter 8: Need
What Is the Necessity?
Great Teams and Need
Need and Survival
Getting Started with Need
Chapter 9: Anticipatory Thinking
What's Next?
Getting Started with Anticipatory Thinking
Chapter 10: What Else?
What Else Could This Be?
Getting Started with What Else
Chapter 11: The Ingredient Diagram
Ingredients of Your Headscratcher
Getting Started with the Ingredient Diagram
Chapter 12: Vision
What Is Your Vision?
Getting Started with Vision
Chapter 13: The Thinking Coach
The Role of a Thinking Coach
Why Be a Thinking Coach?
Examples of a Thinking Coach
If You Have the Experience, Why Not Communicate That?
Ten Rules of a Thinking Coach
Getting Started with Being a Thinking Coach
Chapter 14: Summary of Clarity
Clarity: Getting Clear about Your Headscratcher
Getting Started
Practice
Clarity: Not about Solving the Problem
When Am I Done with Clarity?
Can I Use Critical Thinking by Myself and Not with a Group?
Section III: Conclusions
Chapter 15: It's All about the Premise
Deduction
Induction
It's All about the Premise
Chapter 16: Facts
Facts Are Absolute Truth
Use So What with Facts
Fact or Not Fact?
Chapter 17: Observations
Observations Are Abundant
Chapter 18: Experiences
Your Experiences
So What?
Chapter 19: Beliefs
Beliefs —Your Value System
When Beliefs Are Different
Chapter 20: Assumptions
Assumptions Are Key
Chapter 21: The Conclusion
Putting It All Together
Creating the Premise
The Stronger the Premise, the More Reliable the Conclusion—and the More Confidence You'll Have in It
Jumping to Conclusions
Where Do Personalities Fit In?
Which Conclusion Is Right?
Getting Started with Conclusions
Chapter 22: Credibility
How Credible Is the Premise?
Credibility of Facts and Observations
Why Do People Lose Credibility?
Getting Started with Credibility
Chapter 23: Consistency
The Consistency of Your Premise Components
Getting Started with Consistency
Chapter 24: Triangular Thinking
Estimating the Unknown
Getting Started with Triangular Thinking
Chapter 25: Change
The Premise and Change
Helping People Accept Change
Getting Started with Change
Chapter 26: Influencing and Persuading
Using the Premise to Influence
Using the Premise to Persuade
Maybe You Need to Be Persuaded?
Getting Started with Influencing and Persuading
Section IV: Conclusions and Innovation
Chapter 27: Outside-the-Box Thinking
Ask What If and What Other
Getting Started with Thinking Outside the Box
Chapter 28: Abductive Thinking
An Educated Guess
Old Dog Thinking
Knowledge with No Experience
Old Dog Thinking Cures
Getting Started with Abductive Thinking
Chapter 29: Impossible Thinking
Thinking about How to Accomplish the Impossible
Getting Started with Impossible Thinking
Chapter 30: Summary of Conclusions
Creating Solutions
Getting Started
Sorry, You're Not Quite Done!
Section V: Decisions
Chapter 31: Who, Need, and When
Whose Decision Is This, Anyway?
Need, Again!
When Does This Decision Need to Be Made?
Getting Started with Who, Need, and When
Chapter 32: Criteria
Without Criteria, Nothing Is Decided
Getting Started with Criteria
Chapter 33: Risk
What's the Risk?
11 Risk Factors
Using the 11-Factor Model
What Is Too Risky?
Getting Started with Risk
Chapter 34: Summary of Decisions
Taking Action
Getting Started
Are We Done Yet?
Critical Thinking Summary and Suggestions
Critical Thinking Summary
Critical Thinking—Let's Begin
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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