Category: Analytical and Critical Thinking

To understand how people were creative at work, I spent time watching and interviewing clients and colleagues approach a typical assignment. It was fascinating because everyone used a different system.

These two important phrases in business are bandied about a lot: Analytical Thinking versus Critical Thinking. Let’s face it. Some business definitions generally are simply head-scratching. For example, can you tell me what’s

I was asked recently by a communications agency in Sydney to answer some questions about the similarities and differences of Strategic and Creative Thinking as they began their annual planning

Here’s how to strengthen your intuition in ten steps. Similar to creativity, intuition is something everyone understands at a basic level because we’ve all felt it. But, when pressed about how to

Being creative isn’t always about what’s right in front of you. More often than not, being creative means learning to harness both your common sense and your subconscious thinking to work more

An earlier post – – brought me lots of thoughts and comments around the topic of Information vs. Knowledge vs. Intelligence. All the feedback centred around one question: Is knowledge

After attending my creativity workshop, a woman sent an e-mail asking whether linear thinking was bad. I understand why she’d think so. A quick Google search on linear thinking – or its

Here are the comprehensive instructions to develop SWOT analysis, one of the most common tools to sort and analyse information. Credited to Albert Humphrey and his work at the Stanford

There are many different types of questions, but arguably the four basic types which fall into two common categories:  closed and open. Let’s drill down into the four types below.

Intuition is a magical thing. It appears out of nowhere. We often feel it before we realise it’s there. Often we call it a gut reaction. We also can’t make it appear.