Use the following description to teach your supervisors how the critical thinking process works. You can also go over each step of the process in more detail by describing a common workplace situation and then discussing each step trainees would follow to think critically about it.
- The critical thinking process begins with defining questions clearly and precisely.
- Next, you gather information that can answer your questions.
- Then you assess all information with an open mind.
- When you have obtained all the information you need and have evaluated it properly, you are ready to draw accurate conclusions about the information and how to best use it.
- You might also be able to make predictions, or inferences, based on the information. You might be able to make decisions about the future with a reasonable degree of confidence based on your predictions.
- Finally, be prepared to revise your conclusions and predictions when new information comes in or when you realize that your thinking about a particular issue might be faulty.
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There are several obstacles that can hinder critical thinking, which you should share with trainees so they can be aware of them—and avoid or overcome them. Here are the most common:
- Defining the problem imprecisely, which could mean you’re likely to arrive at the wrong conclusion
- Not having enough information to make a reasoned judgment or having inaccurate information
- Making faulty assumptions based on the facts
- Being influenced by biases, which can result in blind spots
- Failing to reflect long and hard enough before making a judgment
- Being too proud to admit that you might have made a mistake, missed something, or taken too narrow a view of the facts
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