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HBR Guide to Critical Thinking
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HBR Guide to Critical Thinking

by Harvard Business Review
January 2023
Beginner to intermediate
256 pages
3h 43m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
Audiobook available
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CHAPTER 12 A New Way to Become More Open-Minded

by Shane Snow

Benjamin Franklin knew he was smart—smarter than most of his peers—but he was also intelligent enough to understand that he couldn’t be right about everything. That’s why he said that whenever he was about to make an argument, he would open with something along the lines of, “I could be wrong, but . . .” Saying this put people at ease and helped them to take disagreements less personally. But it also helped him to psychologically prime himself to be open to new ideas.

History shows that we tend to choose business leaders who are stoic, predictable, and unflinching, but research indicates that the leadership we need is characterized by the opposite: creativity and flexibility. ...

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