Thinking Clearly and Analytically

The answer to whether the Internet is good for our brains can be a resounding “yes” if its analytical and collaborative power is used properly to monitor and enhance brain functionality in a cost-effective, scalable manner, writes...

Third of five parts By David Goldsmith with Lorrie Goldsmith If you feel you’re being expected to do more with less, you’re certainly not alone.

First in a series By David Goldsmith with Lorrie Goldsmith Many decision makers put a lot of pressure on themselves to come up with the next killer idea, believing that they have to wow customers, prospective employees, or other …...

The Smartest People Prefer Twitter To LinkedIn And Facebook, Research Shows [STUDY]...

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I’m amazed and saddened how a single bad decision can override a lifetime of good ones. One sad story of bad decision-making is Joe Paterno (and Penn State’s AD Tim Curley). I enjoyed watching JoPa coach at Penn State.

Have you ever jumped to a decision just to get it over with…. to relieve the frustration or tension you were feeling? For most of us, the unfortunate answer is yes. Feelings certainly impact our thinking and our actions.

Last week I was in San Antonio participating in the brand new THINK Now! Critical Thinking Training program, and was supposed to have a nice short flight home on Friday morning.

Organizational barriers to evidence-based management.

Jane McGonigal argues that games are not a waste of time. In fact, she argues, "we need to look at what games are doing for gamers, the skills that we’re developing, the relationships that we’re forming, the heroic qualities that we get to practice every time we play."

As an ominous winter storm approaches the East coast today, disaster preparedness and strategic thinking are on my mind. Are you prepared for the worst case scenario?

Political correctness, CYA, a lack of blame-shifting / "not my fault and not my responsibility" and a total lack of "critical judgment" - what a combination we

Second in a series By David Goldsmith with Lorrie Goldsmith Why do we constantly hear that people hate change, when there’s evidence to the contrary?

Fourth of five parts By David Goldsmith with Lorrie Goldsmith With each passing year, the number of job candidates who are qualified for leadership positions decreases.

“If I were given one hour to save the planet, I would spend 59 minutes defining the problem and one minute resolving it,” Albert Einstein said.

The neuroscience of language, consciousness, and communication raises many fundamental questions, the answers to which consistently defy definition.

You may have read a new wave of articles claiming that brain training doesn't work, based on the recent research meta-analytic review Is Working Memory...

If you want your employees to think more effectively, you wouldn’t take a dictionary-approach and teach them how to handle every single situation they may encounter in life/business. Instead, you should teach them the basic building blocks of better thinking.

What brain changes transform children from creatures of impulse into fully functioning adults? In a 2001 study that used fMRI imaging to scan the brains of 254 subjects, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh identified the key brain changes that signal mental maturity.