The Critical Thinking Tool Kit ─ Spark Your Team's Creativity With 35 Problem Solving Activities

Unimaginative. Risk-adverse. Prone to group think. These are not just empty complaints about today's employees. A recent article in "Newsweek" found solid data that proves a 'creativity crisis' is plaguing organizations in all industries. Yet creativity the ability to generate unique ideas and combine them into the best result is the bed rock of success for companies and their people. Fortunately, it's a skill that can be learned. "The Critical Thinking Tool Kit" aims to rekindle the creativity buried inside everyone. The book's 35 hands on activities and ready-to-use assessments are designed to improve creative and analytical thinking skills. Team members work on producing divergent ideas, and then fine tune their skills to pinpoint the ones that best benefit an organization. And they'll learn to do it in real-life speed quickly! The training exercises in "The Critical Thinking Tool Kit" offer an invigorating departure from the routine with the potential for big payoffs in the form of enhanced 'on-your-feet' thinking, innovative problemsolving, and profitable idea generation from everyone on the team.

MARLENE CAROSELLI is the author of Leadership Skills for Managers, The Big Book of Meeting Games, and Great Session Openers, Closers, and Energizers. She has trained employees and executives at many organizations, including Lockheed-Martin, Mobil, Eastman Kodak, and Allied-Signal.