Master Class [161]: Critical Thinking Is About Asking Better Questions
ARE YOU TACKLING a new and difficult problem at work? Recently promoted and trying to both understand your new role and bring a fresh perspective? Or new to the workforce and seeking ways to meaningfully contribute alongside your more experienced colleagues? If so, critical thinking—the ability to analyze and effectively break down an issue in order to make a decision or find a solution—will be core to your success.
And at the heart of critical thinking is the ability to formulate deep, different, and effective questions. Consider this: Clayton M. Christensen was perhaps the greatest management thinker of the last 30 years. His “How Will You Measure Your Life?” is a Harvard Business Review bestseller and one of the five best articles on personal development I’ve read.
In fact, in his book. M. Christensen, shares that Harvard Business School was where he learned to ask great questions. Impressed with his classmates,