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Think Smarter: Critical Thinking to Improve Problem-Solving and Decision-Making Skills

by Michael Kallet

April 2014

Beginner

240 pages

4h 49m

English

Wiley

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Why I Wrote This BookWhom Is This Book For?Why You Should Read a Book Like ThisWhat I've Learned after Teaching Critical Thinking for Eight YearsHow to Read This Book
Benefits of Critical Thinking

ClarityConclusionsDecisions
The BucketGetting Started with Emptying Your Bucket
Getting Started with Inspection
Why Why?Ask Why to Distinguish This from ThatAsk Why to Get to a Root CauseAsk Why to Get to “I Don't Know”Ask Why to Get to Because !!Getting Started with Why
So What: Your Company or ProductYour So WhatGetting Started with So What
What Is the Necessity?Great Teams and NeedNeed and SurvivalGetting Started with Need
What's Next?Getting Started with Anticipatory Thinking
What Else Could This Be?Getting Started with What Else
Ingredients of Your HeadscratcherGetting Started with the Ingredient Diagram
What Is Your Vision?Getting Started with Vision
The Role of a Thinking CoachWhy Be a Thinking Coach?Examples of a Thinking CoachIf You Have the Experience, Why Not Communicate That?Ten Rules of a Thinking CoachGetting Started with Being a Thinking Coach
Clarity: Getting Clear about Your HeadscratcherGetting StartedPracticeClarity: Not about Solving the ProblemWhen Am I Done with Clarity?Can I Use Critical Thinking by Myself and Not with a Group?
DeductionInductionIt's All about the Premise
Facts Are Absolute TruthUse So What with FactsFact or Not Fact?
Observations Are Abundant
Your ExperiencesSo What?
Beliefs —Your Value SystemWhen Beliefs Are Different
Assumptions Are Key
Putting It All TogetherCreating the PremiseThe Stronger the Premise, the More Reliable the Conclusion—and the More Confidence You'll Have in ItJumping to ConclusionsWhere Do Personalities Fit In?Which Conclusion Is Right?Getting Started with Conclusions
How Credible Is the Premise?Credibility of Facts and ObservationsWhy Do People Lose Credibility?Getting Started with Credibility
The Consistency of Your Premise ComponentsGetting Started with Consistency
Estimating the UnknownGetting Started with Triangular Thinking
The Premise and ChangeHelping People Accept ChangeGetting Started with Change
Using the Premise to InfluenceUsing the Premise to PersuadeMaybe You Need to Be Persuaded?Getting Started with Influencing and Persuading
Ask What If and What OtherGetting Started with Thinking Outside the Box
An Educated GuessOld Dog ThinkingKnowledge with No ExperienceOld Dog Thinking CuresGetting Started with Abductive Thinking
Thinking about How to Accomplish the ImpossibleGetting Started with Impossible Thinking
Creating SolutionsGetting StartedSorry, You're Not Quite Done!
Whose Decision Is This, Anyway?Need, Again!When Does This Decision Need to Be Made?Getting Started with Who, Need, and When
Without Criteria, Nothing Is DecidedGetting Started with Criteria
What's the Risk?11 Risk FactorsUsing the 11-Factor ModelWhat Is Too Risky?Getting Started with Risk
Taking ActionGetting StartedAre We Done Yet?
Critical Thinking SummaryCritical Thinking—Let's Begin

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To my dad, Sidney Kallet, who thought, and thought well.

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