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How To Think More Critically
Critical thinking is one of the most critical skills for leaders. When it comes to making decisions, crafting strategy, or even just solving smaller problems, leaders are called on to think more critically than those they lead. And as the world becomes more complex, thinking critically has never been more important.
Unfortunately, thinking critically has never been more absent either. Whether its business leaders failing to find a winning plan of action to keep the company alive, or governmental leaders failing to consider the ramifications of their decisions when faced with crises situations, too many leaders have jumped too quickly to the first conclusions discovered or turned their thinking off all together and just fell in line with “best practices.”
And often where you do see leaders demonstrate critical thinking, it’s done in the service of choosing the evidence and argument that supports their prior preferences.
Fortunately, critical thinking is a learned behavior. Research into metacognition-or thinking about thinking-reveals four simple tactics anyone can apply to grow their critical thinking skills. So, in this article, we’ll outline four ways leaders can think more critically.
