According to American Philosophical Association critical thinking has been defined as, “The process of purposeful, self-regulatory judgment. The Process gives reasoned consideration to evidence, contexts, conceptualizations, methods and criteria.” 

1. Critical Thinking In The Workplace

2. According to American Philosophical Association
critical thinking has been defined as, “The process
of purposeful, self-regulatory judgment. The
Process gives reasoned consideration to evidence,
contexts, conceptualizations, methods and
criteria.”

3. The U.S. Department of Labor has identified
critical thinking as the raw material of a number of
key workplace skills, such as problem solving,
decision making, organizational planning, and risk
management.

4. Critical Thinkers learn to be Aware,
Empathetic and Objective

5. Research conducted in recent years by Pearson,
has shown that people who score well on critical
thinking assessment are also rated by their
supervisors as having:
• Good analysis and problem-solving skills.
• Good judgment and decision making.
• Good overall job performance.

6. Keys to Critical Thinking
R – Recognize Assumptions
E – Evaluate Arguments
D – Draw Conclusions

7. Recognize Assumptions - This is the
ability to separate fact from opinion.
Examining different points of view of
various stake holders.

8. Evaluate Arguments - The art of assessing
arguments entails analyzing information
objectively and precisely, scrutinizing the quality
of supporting evidence and understanding how
emotion impacts the situation.

9. Draw Conclusions. People who possess this skill are
able to bring diverse information together to arrive at
conclusions that logically follow from the available
evidence, and they do not inappropriately generalize
beyond the evidence.

10. Critical thinking,
perhaps more than
any other business
skill set, can make
the difference
between success
and failure.