HBR Guide to Critical Thinking

CHAPTER 24

Apply Critical Thinking to Your Learning

by Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis

To grow professionally, we need to keep our minds open and be willing to learn. Adaptive and proactive learners are highly prized assets for organizations, and when we invest in our learning, we create long-term dividends for our career development.

However, it’s not as simple as acquiring new knowledge. The ability to unlearn, learn, and relearn is vital for long-term success. Based on our experience designing and delivering career development training for over 100,000 people worldwide, working with organizations including Virgin, Unilever, and Microsoft, we’ve identified several techniques and tools—many of which apply key elements of the critical thinking process—to ...