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7 Keys for Developing Effective Creative and Critical Thinking

Being a creative thinker is about nurturing curiosity and fluidity, being able to generate lots of different ideas, and being willing to try out different approaches to solving problems. Creative thinking is more than just your ability to analyze, debate, and evaluate. Critical, creative, and collaborative thinking are essential skills for success. Being a truly critical thinker includes being able to move fast, adapt well to change, and break down some of our natural barriers to thinking critically. In this course, Emma Sue Prince—author of 7 Skills for the Future and an expert in creative and critical thinking—coaches you through simple and time-tested techniques for improving and perfecting your grasp of the essentials of creative thinking. Explore creativity and brain science, idea generation, divergent thinking, ambiguity and change, natural biases, and more.

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