#363: These 50 Questions Will Show You How You Think

Introduction

In today's "People Skills" newsletter, we're once again going "off-piste" and showcasing one of our Discussion Worksheet collections in its entirety.

This collection is on "Thinking Skills". They cover every aspect of thinking, including whether you think you have a good memory or not; why you sometimes have thinking blocks; and what ways you tackle problems.

The purpose of these worksheets is for you, (and your team if you are using these worksheets on a course), to think about the way you think and clarify your own views.

So, here are the 10 worksheets along with the downloadable worksheets...

01. What Are Thinking Skills?

1. What are thinking skills?

2. Why are thinking skills important in today's world of work?

3. Give examples in your own work where you need to apply thinking skills.

4. What are some of the common thoughts you have about your thinking ability?

5. How would you like to improve your thinking ability?

02. The Thoughts in Your Head

1. If you don't train your thoughts, what sort of thoughts go through your head?

2. Give examples of limiting, confusing, and negative thoughts.

3. Why is it valuable in your personal and working life to be able to choose your thoughts?

4. Give examples of non-judgmental, open, and positive thoughts.

5. Give examples of how you can consciously change a negative perception or judgment into a positive one.

03. 3D Thinking

1. Do you think you have a good memory?

2. If not, give examples of where your memory lets you down.

3. What techniques can you use to improve your memory?

4. Do you think you are good at concentrating? Give examples for and against.

5. Do you think you are good at using your imagination? Give examples for and against.

04. Blocks to Thinking

1. What are the most common reasons for not thinking clearly?

2. Why do we see things differently from others?

3. Give examples from your personal life when your judgment went wrong. What happened?

4. Give examples from your working life when your judgment went wrong. What happened?

5. How can you avoid mistakes in judgment?

05. Logical Thinking

1. What is logical thinking?

2. Why is logical thinking usually regarded as the best kind of thinking?

3. Give examples of important times in your working life when you had to apply logical thinking.

4. How did you go about solving problems in a logical way?

5. What are the limitations of logical thinking?

06. Creative Thinking

1. What is creative thinking?

2. Why is creative thinking important in today's workplaces?

3. Give examples of times in your personal life when you had to think creatively.

4. Give examples of times in your working life when you had to think creatively.

5. What factors at work help the creative process? What hinder it?

07. Group Thinking

1. What experiences do you have of solving problems or making decisions in groups?

2. What are the pros of group working?

3. What are the cons of group working?

4. How would you set about brainstorming in a group?

5. In your experience, are group solutions always better than individual ones?

08. Decision-Taking

1. Think of the decisions you have to make in a normal day? How many of them are automatic and how many are not?

2. What kind of decisions do you regularly make in your work where you have to weigh things up?

3. How do you make important decisions in your work?

4. What are some of the key decisions in your personal life?

5. How did you make the key decisions in your personal life?

09. Problem-Solving

1. What is a "problem"?

2. What are the kinds of problems you regularly meet at work?

3. Why do these problems occur?

4. What is your organisation or team's normal way of responding to a problem?

5. Are there other ways you could tackle your problems?

10. Innovation

1. What is innovation? Is it the same as creativity?

2. Why is innovation important in today's workplaces?

3. Who should be responsible for coming up with new ideas?

4. Describe times in the past when you've needed to think innovatively. What did you do?

5. What are the key factors in successful innovation?

What Next?

If you have found this newsletter useful, you now have a great resource to add to your e-learning store.

And, with this as your starting point, you can now move ahead by using the learning resources on Manage Train Learn to develop your knowledge and skills.

With over 22,000 learning resources on our 6 websites, with 2 sites offering free downloads, you can now take charge of your own learning.

Simply commit yourself each day to learning something new from MTL and then, - when you fully understand it, - reflect upon it, practise it, apply it, and review it, and in no time at all, you will have mastered the skill with confidence.

Thanks for reading this edition of the "People Skills" newsletter and good luck with your ongoing learning.

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