HBR Guide to Critical Thinking

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Series Page
3. Title Page
4. Copyright
5. What You’ll Learn
6. Contents
7. Introduction: What Is Critical Thinking?
8. Section One: Get in the Right Mindset
   1. 1. Improve Your Critical Thinking at Work
   2. 2. Beware the Urgency Trap
   3. 3. Act Like a Scientist
9. Section Two: Observe the Situation
   1. 4. To Change the Way You Think, Change the Way You See
   2. 5. Are You Solving the Right Problems?
   3. 6. Write a Better Problem Statement
   4. 7. Zoom In, Zoom Out
10. Section Three: Ask Questions
    1. 8. Critical Thinking Starts with Careful Questioning
    2. 9. Four Types of Questions to Achieve Four Different Goals
    3. 10. Think Critically About Your Data
    4. 11. Stop Asking “Why” and Start Asking “How”
11. Section Four: Seek Differing Perspectives
    1. 12. A New Way to Become More Open-Minded
    2. 13. Disrupt Your Thinking by Involving Other People
    3. 14. Disagreement Doesn’t Have to Be Divisive
    4. 15. When Group Discussion Backfires
    5. 16. Three Ways Leaders Can Listen with More Empathy
12. Section Five: Analyze the Information
    1. 17. Three Ways to Improve Your Decision-Making
    2. 18. How Successful Leaders Think
    3. 19. Fooled by Experience
    4. 20. How to Stop Overthinking
    5. 21. How to Make Rational Decisions in the Face of Uncertainty
13. Section Six: Make Critical Thinking a Habit
    1. 22. The Power of Self-Reflection
    2. 23. Train Your Brain to Manage Information
    3. 24. Apply Critical Thinking to Your Learning
14. Index