Introduction: What Is Critical Thinking?
Knowing how to think critically is essential for professional growth, especially if you aspire to leadership positions. Anyone working in today’s volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world needs to see a problem in different ways to ensure that the best solutions rise to the top.
But too many of us don’t think carefully about the situation we’re facing. We move forward too quickly, relying on the same behaviors and solutions that helped us succeed in the past. We fall victim to cognitive biases and blind spots, and miss new, potentially better, opportunities.
Organizations are looking for people who bring forth innovative ideas and new ways of thinking. According to the World Economic Forum’s
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