Description
Book SynopsisUnimaginative. Risk-adverse. Prone to group think. These are not just empty complaints about today's employees. A recent article in Newsweek found solid data that proves a creativity crisis is plaguing organizations in all industries.
Yet creativity the ability to generate unique ideas and combine them into the best result is the bed rock of success for companies and their people. Fortunately, it's a skill that can be learned.
The Critical Thinking Tool Kit aims to rekindle the creativity buried inside everyone. The book's 35 hands on activities and ready-to-use assessments are designed to improve creative and analytical thinking skills. Team members work on producing divergent ideas, and then fine tune their skills to pinpoint the ones that best benefit an organization. And they'll learn to do it in real-life speed quickly!
The training exercises in The Critical Thinking Tool Kit offer an invigorating departure from the routine with the potential for big payoffs in
Table of Contents
Preface Introduction Quick Thinking #1Attending to Attention #2Rhymed Reductions #3The Endless Question #4The Questionable Question #5The K-W-I-C Technique #6Juxtaposed Pairs #7Presidential Pursuits #8The Umbrage Not Taken #9Brainteasing/Brainsqueezing #10Perceptual Shifts #11Organizational Oxymorons #12Stratification Creative Thinking #13Particular Virtues #14Perspicacious Perspectives #15Turnarounds #16Left Is Right. So Is Right. #17Ms. Matches and Mr. Matches #18Cre8-Get N2It #19Thinking Outside the Locks #20Thinking Is an Art #21A Kin to Kinesthesia #22Low and High Logos #23Blues on Parade #24Scrambled Pegs Analytical Thinking #25Crisis Critiques #26Trend Spotters #27The Triple-A Approach #28A Foolery of Fun #29Patterned Organization #30Pro Con'D. #31Direct Responses #32In Your Sights #33Giving Problems a Why'd Berth #34Resource-Full #35Living Problems, Lively Solutions Appendixes Appendix A Test of Creativity: A Self-Assessment Exercise Appendix B Analytical Thinking Test: A Self-Assessment Exercise Appendix C Test of Creativity: Answer Sheet and Feedback Appendix D Analytical Thinking Test: Answer Sheet Bibliography Index
