Critical Thinking Skills
"It's not what you do, it's how you think". The 4 cognitive skills that are the future of human work.
On the 1st February this year my eldest child started school. One day, during the orientation week, I visited a classroom for year 5 and was struck by what was pinned on the wall.
High value critical thinking skills:
- Ability to make strategic decisions
- Align on what success looked like
- Consider opportunity cost
- Look for data for and against their hypothesis
- Write down criteria to choose between options and discussion
Skills for the 21st Century
Critical thinking, creativity, communication, collaboration
References
- https://blog.crisp.se/2016/06/08/henrikkniberg/spotify-rhythm
- https://www.atlassian.com/team-playbook
- https://www.battelleforkids.org/networks/p21
- https://www.cloverpop.com/cloverpop-the-way-to-keep-track-of-decisions-in-slack-and-microsoft-teams
- https://www.realizer.com.au/10-decision-questions-every-ceo-should-ask-their-team/
- https://www.mindtools.com/pages/main/newMN_TED.htm#Improving Decision Making
- https://morassociates.com/insight/jim-bruce/simplex-process-–-robust-creative-problem-solving-process