Project Manager and Critical Thinking

 

It is thinking about thinking and that thinking is thinking about whatever is occupying your mind to reach best possible conclusion by looking for ability to reason, you try to engage in reflective thinking independently, when you apply critical thinking you notice that you identify, analyze and solve problems systematically instead of intuition or instinct

To build and appraise arguments you need to understand the links between ideas of more importance and relevance of arguments.

To approach problems consistently and in systematic way you need to figure out inconsistencies and errors in reasoning

When doing evaluation, explanation, problem solving, decision making, you need to recognize any negativity or weakness in the argument.

Check the arguments might cause implication behind the statement, make a structure for reasoning like logical ladder

It is normal that we all don’t use critical thinking all the time because the mindset is in anger, grief or joy so it is prudent to be self-controlled, on the other hand focused continuous exercises can help to improve critical thinking

Look to develop certain routine and be consistent when applying procedure to problems, for example:-

If someone told you something to make you upset think who said it? Does it really matter who told you that comment, where they said those comments in private or public? Did they provide all facts with evidence, why they said that? What is the timing? Is it after certain events? Do you really care for their comments?

It is more important to determine what you want to achieve from critical thinking, you want to make more educated decision looking at range of possibilities, and we all carry likes and dislikes so it is required to develop unbiased decisions and to succeed on that we need to be aware of our self, our strengths and weakness.

Other important aspect is to think about the problem in a big frame picture as a whole not just one narrow side which might shows positive but then two other sides shows negative.

The goal is to achieve the best possible outcomes in any situation for that we need to collect and analyze information from different sources and what is the circumstances for that event.

We must clear our mind and focus to develop the use of foresight as much as we can.

Be prepared after taking decision for any possible negative outcomes

Be willing to interrupt and make changes as required after the negative outcomes to maintain constructed focus.