Critical and Strategic Thinking
April 28, 2006
I am
developing a workshop on critical and strategic thinking. I would value
dialogue on this subject and am posting this framework as a launch pad.
How to Think Critically and
Strategically
T
Topic – We must have something to think about.
Technique – We must cultivate processing skills.
Timeliness – We must think in the context of our times.
H
Hours – It takes time to think strategically.
Honesty - With truth as the object, brutal honesty is
required.
Holistic – Our thinking must embrace multiple concerns.
I
Intellect – Thinking always engages the mind. Mental
capacity must be nurtured.
Integration – Ideas, convictions, and paradoxes must be
incorporated in the stew.
Inspiration – The spiritual dimension is necessary. The
Holy Spirit illumines our thinking.
N
Negation Mechanism – We need to weed out irrelevancies.
Need-Based – We are thinking to solve a problem.
Next – Strategic thinking taes us to the next level.
K
Knowledge – It is a primarily a tool more than an
outcome.
Koinonia - Fellowship is seen in collaborative thinking.
Kerygma – It must come under the authority of ultimate truth.
© 2006, Thomas B. Sims