Tag: Critical thinking

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Invisible Costs to Consider in Decision Making

In a world that reveres speed, it is easy to fall into trap of quick decision making on things that matter, without considering the invisible costs of a decision. The post offers a useful checklist of things to consider.

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Measuring Right: Understanding Goodhart’s Law

If you are on the path to improvement, beware of what you measure. Goodhart’s Law may be at work and it can distort behaviors and outcomes.

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5 Pointers on How to Think Clearly

Developing clarity in thinking is becoming even more important in a world that is constantly trying to distract you. Overload of information being pushed at us, contrasting theories about almost everything, our own unconscious biases, ego and fear hamper our ability to look clearly through the fog. If we improve how we think, we also […]

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Being Conscious About Our Unconscious Biases

I attended a very interesting workshop a few weeks ago on the topic of “Unconscious Bias” facilitated by Smita Tharoor. I was interested in this topic because I explored the intersection of critical thinking and leadership a few years ago. This was a good opportunity to get back to the topic and add to my […]

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Future of Work: Ways to Prepare

At #SocialNow conference recently, Luis Suarez shared a slide by Thierry de Baillon on ways to prepare for the dark side of technology. I loved the ideas and decided to sketch the approach. Once again these ideas reinforced my belief that leading organizations and self in the future is all about the stuff like connections, […]

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5 C’s for Great Talent

What do you look for when you look for talent? Competence is the key to solving problems but competence alone is not sufficient for success. In current context, I would define talent as a combination of competence, commitment, learning agility, attitude/character, communication skills, ability to collaborate across different cultures, critical thinking and creative problem solving. […]

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Friday Five: The Art of Intentional Leadership

Friday Five is a new weekly series at QAspire where I curate five articles (with excerpts)/quotes/tweets/visuals shared on my personal learning network each week that I found particularly useful, and hopefully you will find some of them valuable too! This edition features insights on authentic leadership, change, rationality and transformation. Quote Via Neil Walker Consistently […]

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Building Critical Thinking Muscle: An L&D Mandate

Last week, I was invited as a guest on PeopleMatters #TChat (Twitter chat) on the topic of developing critical thinking muscle within the organization and the role of learning and development. I was joined by Mahalaxmi R who is the CLO & Global Head Talent at Airtel and Rajesh Lele. It was fun contributing and […]

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In 100 Words: On Blind Rituals

A cat that lived in monastery distracted evening meditation of the monks. One day, teacher ordered that cat be tied up daily during the evening meditation. Years later, when teacher died, the cat was still being tied up in the evening. When the cat died, another cat was bought and tied up to maintain […]

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