Perspective and Critical Thinking

Can those in your company or organization think critically? Do you as executives know if your managers can create such an environment?

Critical thinking is the objective analysis of facts to form an unbiased, informed judgment. The subject is complex, and several different definitions exist, which generally include the rational, skeptical, unbiased analysis, or evaluation of factual evidence. Critical thinking is self-directed, self-disciplined, self-monitored, and self-corrective thinking. It presupposes assent to rigorous standards of excellence and mindful command of their use. It entails effective communication and problem-solving abilities.

Critical thinking calls for the ability to:

• Recognize problems, to find workable means for meeting those problems
• Understand the importance of prioritization and order of precedence in problem solving
• Gather and marshal pertinent (relevant) information
• Recognize unstated assumptions and values
• Comprehend and use language with accuracy, clarity, and discernment
• Interpret data, to appraise evidence and evaluate arguments
• Recognize the existence (or non-existence) of logical relationships between propositions
• Draw warranted conclusions and generalizations
• Put to test the conclusions and generalizations at which one arrives
• Reconstruct one's patterns of beliefs on the basis of wider experience
• Render accurate judgments about specific things and qualities in everyday life.

TNB can help assess if there is an environment of critical thinking in your company or organization. Let us manage an analysis and provide you with the outcome, solutions, and implementation plans. You will see a marked improvement in achieving company goals, does that not sound like an approach you would find of interest.

Please contact TNB today to discuss how TNB can foster critical thinking in your company or organization.