Category: Analyse

Most people in business would agree that critical thinking skills are one of the most valuable resources an employee could have as it helps the person to: Gather proper information

If you need to make a quick decision, there’s a good chance you’ll rely on heuristics. It’s a fancy word for a very simple idea created not so long ago. They

Fast thinking? Slow thinking? What’s the difference? And when should you use one vs the other? More than just pithy twists of phrase, these two types of thinking were defined

Effective business decision-making involves a seven-step process that’s been defined and refined pretty much since modern business began with the Industrial Revolution in the late 1800s. While the process is

As a way to get the creative juices flowing, I often talk in brainstorms about focusing on the problem – whether it’s defining it, organising them into groups, or refaming them to get a

Being creative isn’t always about what’s right in front of you. Often, being creative means learning to subdue your common sense while harnessing your subconscious thinking to work more effectively in creating

It’s interesting to me how often the words strategic thinking and creative thinking together are used in business conversations. More concerning, I’m not 100% certain we always know what these words

I recently taught a course on strategic thinking, and whle the materials were helpful, it was also strange there weren’t any actual steps of stategic thinking. That is, what exactly do you

The PESTEL diagram – aka PESTLE, PEST or STEP – is one the most useful tools to help an organisation understand the external pressures and factors that will affect its