I saw the WEF The Future of Jobs Report 2023 has been released. In it, they identify a range of skills which they cite as the most important to have in 2023. I noted the top two are analytical thinking and creative thinking. When I put together the Charity Learning Consortium little book of performance… Read More Regularly wrong, sometimes right
Unintended consequences are outcomes of a purposeful action that are not intended or foreseen. Last year, the Brit Awards created a single best artist category to be more inclusive to enable non-binary people be nominated. What it means this year is all the nominees are men. I’d expect this will change next year when it’s… Read More Unintended Consequences
I mentioned yesterday the 4 shifts to create deeper learning in education and their relevance to workplace. The first in the list was higher level thinking. From a work perspective, the gap between the critical thought we expect from people and how we support that in learning activity seems, in some cases, vast. Let’s take… Read More Higher Level Thinking
The ability to think critically is a skill that we wish to encourage in our children. In An Introduction to Critical Thinking and Creativity: Think More, Think Better, Joe Lau highlights 6 core elements that critical thinkers do. Critical thinkers: Understand the logical connections between ideas. Identify, construct, and evaluate arguments. Detect inconsistencies and common… Read More Being critical for a moment