Thinking Skills
Publisher: Bookboon.com
Published: 2013
ISBN-13: 9788776819668
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: 1 What Are Thinking Skills?; title: 1.1 The Potential of the Brain; title: 1.2 Brain Power; title: 1.3 Exploding the Myths; title: 1.4 Brainworks; title: 1.5 Brain not Brawn; title: 1.6 Management Thinking; title: 1.7 Thinking Matters; title: 1.8 Key Points; title: 2 Positive Thinking; title: 2.1 Untrained Thinking; title: 2.2 Distorted Thinking; title: 2.3 Catastrophising; title: 2.4 Confusion; title: 2.5 Distraction; title: 2.6 Yo-Yo Thinking; title: 2.7 The Self-Image; title: 2.8 Positive Re-Framing; title: 2.9 Expecting the Best; title: 2.10 Your Brain Wants Success; title: 2.11 Key Points; title: 3 Improve Your Memory; title: 3.1 Synaesthesia; title: 3.2 Landmarks; title: 3.3 The Peg System; title: 3.4 Rhymes; title: 3.5 Mnemonics; title: 3.6 Remembering People’s Names; title: 3.7 Repetition; title: 3.8 Key Points; title: 4 Blocks to Thinking; title: 4.1 Assumptions; title: 4.2 See Things from Other Points Of View; title: 4.3 Thinking and Doing; title: 4.4 Get Rid Of Lazy Thinking Habits; title: 4.5 Think like A Child; title: 4.6 See the Detail As Well As the Big Picture; title: 4.7 Think For Yourself; title: 4.8 Time to Think; title: 4.9 Key Points; title: 5 Logical Thinking; title: 5.1 Left-Brain Thinking; title: 5.2 Right Brain Thinking; title: 5.3 Managerial Thinking; title: 5.4 Logical Thinking; title: 5.5 SMART Goals; title: 5.6 Systematic Planning; title: 5.7 Using Information; title: 5.8 The Limits of Information; title: 5.9 Key Points; title: 6 Creative Thinking; title: 6.1 Think like A Child; title: 6.2 Be More Curious; title: 6.3 Play with Ideas; title: 6.4 Make New Connections; title: 6.5 Be A Little Illogical; title: 6.6 Laugh More; title: 6.7 Think Outside Your Limits; title: 6.8 Key Points; title: 7 Brainstorming; title: 7.1 Brainstorming; title: 7.2 A Brainstorming Session; title: 7.3 An Example of Brainstorming: The Honey Pot; title: 7.4 Brainwriting; title: 7.5 Key Points; title: 8 Decision-Taking; title: 8.1 Time Them; title: 8.2 Align Them; title: 8.3 Balance Them; title: 8.4 Act When You Have To; title: 8.5 Use a Decision-Making Model; title: 8.6 Instinct; title: 8.7 Don’t Decide Without Acting; title: 8.8 Keep Your Decision under Review; title: 8.9 Key Points; title: 9 Problem-Solving; title: 9.1 The Problem with Problems; title: 9.2 The Classical Approach; title: 9.3 Do Nothing; title: 9.4 Take Your Time; title: 9.5 Sleep On It; title: 9.6 Attack the Problem; title: 9.7 Two Heads are Better than One; title: 9.8 Occam’s Razor and the Five Whys; title: 9.9 Key Points; title: 10 Innovation; title: 10.1 Create an Innovative Climate; title: 10.2 Keep Your Eyes Open; title: 10.3 Dreams and Daydreams; title: 10.4 Develop Washing-Up Creativity; title: 10.5 Make New Connections; title: 10.6 Necessity is the Mother of Innovation; title: 10.7 Test, Test, Test; title: 10.8 Adopt and Adapt; title: 10.9 Take Lessons from Nature; title: 10.10 Key Points; title: 11 Web Resources on “Thinking Skills”