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Training + coaching world-class thinkers šŸ¤” + doers āœšŸ¾ in: #criticalthinking #productivity #peoplemanagement #burnout prevention

Redding, CA
Joined September 2017
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Employers rank #CriticalThinking among top in-demand skills. Here are the 4 phases you need to develop. Download full toolkit for free: zarvana.com/critical-thinkin…
1/5 Your strategy may be sound. But where should you start? Trying to implement every part at once can stretch teams thin and undermine progress. The answer isn't always the easiest quick win. It's finding a first win that enables the full win. 🧵
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4/5 Two more questions: • Motivation: Are the people needed for success committed? • Measurability: Will we know if it's working? The strongest starting point isn't necessarily the easiest or most visible.
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AI can summarize the information. The higher-value skill is synthesis: finding the insight that changes the answer—and proving it deserves to be believed. That ā€œmillion-dollar insightā€ is teachable. Can your team find the signal in the noise? zarvana.com/blog/how-to-find…
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1/ Most organizations are teaching employees how to prompt AI. Far fewer are teaching them how to think with it. For high-cognition work, that distinction matters. 🧵
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5/ Then evaluate with tools matched to the thinking: → Logic Model: Does the evidence actually support the problem definition? → 3 Ins: Are the assertions inaccurate, insufficient, or incomplete? → Alternatives: Is there a better option?
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6/ This goes beyond prompt engineering. A critical-thinking system defines: • how AI should think, • how humans should evaluate that thinking, • and how feedback from expert judgment should shape the next interaction. Full article: zarvana.com/blog/don-t-just-…
Smart employees can still miss key considerations, get lost in the weeds, bring problems without solutions, or default to ā€œhow we’ve always done it.ā€ These are different critical-thinking shortcomings—and require different solutions. Read the 10: zarvana.com/blog/10-critical…
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AI is making teams faster. It’s not always making them better. Sometimes it’s doing the opposite. We built a 90-sec assessment to show if your team is: 1ļøāƒ£ Augmented 2ļøāƒ£ Transitional 3ļøāƒ£ Diminished Worth knowing. šŸ‘‰ zarvana.com/ai-assessment-su…
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Most delegation fails before the work even starts. ā€œTake a look at thisā€¦ā€ → ambiguity → misalignment → 2–3 rounds of rework Fix: turn every task into a Delegation Package in mins using AI We built the exact prompt ↓ zarvana.com/blog/how-to-use-…
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Most teams are good at analyzing options. Far fewer are good at generating them. When a tough problem stalls, the instinct is usually more data, more debate, and more analysis. But breakthrough ideas usually come from something else entirely. A thread 🧵
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In a new article, we outline a simple framework called the Idea Map. It’s a structured way to generate creative solutions by forcing perspective shifts. The process includes: 1ļøāƒ£ Reframing the problem 2ļøāƒ£ Borrowing analogies 3ļøāƒ£ Taking the user’s perspective
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4ļøāƒ£ Exploring opposites 5ļøāƒ£ Imagining the ideal solution Creativity isn’t just a personality trait. It’s a process that can be engineered. If your organization is strong at evaluating options but weaker at generating them, this framework can help. zarvana.com/blog/how-to-syst…