Coralie Sawruk is a business consultant who helps leaders transform how their teams work together. She mentors ambitious professionals to develop their human skills and lead teams innovatively. The article discusses different types of strategic, critical, innovative, divergent, convergent, intuitive thinking and provides tips to develop each type of thinking such as observing trends, embracing debate, and shifting perspective from issues to opportunities. It also notes the global market for innovation management is expected to grow significantly in coming years.

1. By Coralie Sawruk
How To
THINK SMARTER

2. About the author
Coralie Sawruk is a people person at heart
who helps Leaders transform the way their
people work together.
She mentors ambitious talents who want
to augment their human skills and lead their
teams in dynamic ecosystems.
I believe the ultimate competitive advantage is made of
the right talents working hand in hand. Cheerfully.
Coralie provides Strategic Business Transformation
services across the globe.
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3. Strategic Thinking
"Take time to deliberate, but
when the time for action
comes, stop thinking and go in"
Napoleon

4. How to develop
strategic thinking?
Observe and seek trends
Group and logically order your main points
Embrace debate and invite challenge
Ask the tough questions

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6. helps us to understand the pros and
cons of every possible outcome and to
value them according to the goal we
want to achieve
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Critical Thinking

7. What are the main
critical thinking skills?
Connect ideas one to another
Challenge assumptions
Identify inconsistencies in reasoning
Build and appraise arguments

8. Innovative Thinking
is a form of thinking that goes beyond the obvious.
It is imaginative, creative and it is different.
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9. The Global Innovation
Management market
is expected to grow
from $288.25 million
in 2016 to nearly
$2 billion by 2023
Source: Stratistics MRC

10. Simple ways to increase
your innovative thinking
Shift from “issue” to “missed
opportunity”
Be aware of bias and blind spots
Work with Proof of Concepts
Actively develop your creativity

11. Divergent Thinking
is a thought process or method used to
generate creative ideas by exploring
many possible solutions.
Think “brainstorming”.
Source: Wikipedia

12. Key questions for
divergent thinking
How would you describe it?
What is known and unknown?
What are the causes and effects?
What different aspects you can think of?
What suggestions would you make?

13. Convergent Thinking
is deliberately putting diverse and
disparate ideas and concepts together
to create a new idea or concept, or to
find the best solution to a problem.
Source: Mark Schaefer

14. The 6 Thinking Hats
(De Bono)

15. Intuitive Thinking
"The only real valuable thing is intuition"
Albert Einstein

16. Why use your intuition
for decision making?
You can make fast,
effective decisions in
complex situations
Your decisions are more
likely to align with your
core values
You gain access to
deeper wisdom and
intelligence
You gain greater
access to creative
solutions

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P A Y A V I S I T T O M Y
W E B S I T E
G E T I N T O U C H !
Go deeper...
How To Promote Innovative Thinking?
Embrace Risk Taking.
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