The Obvious Decision Isn’t Always the Best
“I can’t believe this is back on my plate!” someone said to me over coffee the other day. “I thought […]
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Blog, Critical Thinking, Decision making process
Decision Making in Today’s Workplace: Fear of Failure or Fear of Blame?
Marketing guru, Seth Godin, observed in a recent post: “If you work in an organization, the underlying rule is simple:
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Critical Thinking and a Troubling Insight
This past week, the Council for Aid to Education published results of its testing 32,000 students on 169 university campuses
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Would You Want Austin on Your Team?
Austin is a shift manager at my local McDonalds. Over the past few months, I have watched with a bit
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Is “Common Core Thinking” Killing Your Productivity?: Tuesday Morning Memo Jan 6 2015
I wrote in the last issue about my concerns with the Common Core curriculum being implemented throughout public education.Will students
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How to Think Critically or Thinking Critically?: Tuesday Morning Memo Dec 2 2014
I have wondered with increasing concern about the Common Core curriculum being implemented across the US. We are living in
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Multi-tasking Still Doesn’t Work: Tuesday Morning Memo Nov 17 2014
Two high school students have released a study involving 400 of their peers which indicates that 15% of teenagers can
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Scaffolding Yourself to Better Decisions
When you look at a building under construction, you generally see scaffolding. Without this initial structure, tradesmen would have
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Discernment, Discomfort and Making the Best Decisions
Sounds a little weird, doesn’t it? Here’s the deal. The smart decision makers I‘ve interviewed all mentioned some forms
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Decision Making and the Dangers of Depersonalization
Google, Amazon, Facebook and others spend a good portion of their treasure gathering data about our behaviors, desires and