Zarvana

Training + coaching world-class thinkers 🤔 + doers ✍🏾 in:
#criticalthinking
#productivity
#peoplemanagement
#burnout prevention

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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: https://t.co/UtWCjXr8PX

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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:
1️⃣ Augmented
2️⃣ Transitional
3️⃣ Diminished

Worth knowing.
👉 https://t.co/xVp7sq2PpN

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Most delegation fails before the work even starts.

“Take a look at this…”
→ ambiguity
→ misalignment
→ 2–3 rounds of rework

Fix: turn every task into a Delegation Package in mins using AI

We built the exact prompt ↓
https://t.co/iFtl98qjQk

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4️⃣ Exploring opposites
5️⃣ 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.

https://t.co/bIpG1VnGA1

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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:

1️⃣ Reframing the problem
2️⃣ Borrowing analogies
3️⃣ Taking the user’s perspective

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Many companies come to us because they can’t get their people to think for themselves or take ownership for results.

It’s natural to blame your people for their poor performance - but it’s not helpful. Instead, consider these 4 action steps https://t.co/30DmjJjXmd

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Many have tried to make meetings more productive by requiring leaders to create an objective + an agenda. Almost everyone senior enough to run a meeting knows these 2 tools & agrees they are valuable.

Here are 2 tools to replace objectives and agendas:

https://t.co/9W5rG2MXbm

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Good to see these CEOs have figured out how to make time for compelling hobbies, but not a lot in this article about how they pull it off. Brief mention of time-blocking personal activities + delegating more https://t.co/5UEjGfHFeA

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Problem-solving is a top in-demand skill, but many believe that each problem is unique. A standardized approach can make problem-solving easier for individuals & teams.

Here's a 4-step process to get you started #criticalthinking #problemsolving

https://t.co/Ct14atCGhl

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Your brand is powerful. It's what people think about when they think about you. If you don't build your personal brand at work, it will be built for you - and it can trap you. It's time to be intentional about building a personal brand at work https://t.co/Hapt9ChBhd

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During one of our online intensive training, How to Become the Best Critical Thinker in Your Workplace, attendees asked several thought-provoking questions. Discover the answers to key questions about critical thinking https://t.co/aNK4i18uXj #criticalthinking #problemsolving

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What is the best way to stay motivated: pursue pleasurable or meaningful activities? Here's what the science says https://t.co/ET5H0IqtKl

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Here are three guiding principles to help you prevent regular misunderstandings and improve your team’s morale and performance https://t.co/zgn96OdlD0 #management #peoplemanager

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In business, discipline is required, while family life tends to play by a different set of much less formal rules. Here are 3 common business practices that, when applied to your personal life, can improve your well-being https://t.co/8CK8Y6sCrr

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Could the order in which you do your tasks affect your #productivity? Here's what the science says https://t.co/2QxT3Ask8w

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You are likely sabotaging the quality of your decisions if you lack a simple, repeatable decision-making process to approach decisions in a consistent way. Here is a 3-step decision-making process you need to know before worrying about cognitive biases https://t.co/uPc4U7jCKM

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As California and other massive employers consider making 4-day work weeks permanent, one of the questions we must ask is: Are we more productive when we work just 4 days? Here's what we think. https://t.co/WqecdRnaAo

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Can productivity really lead to happiness? A Harvard study explores the connection between happiness and productivity. https://t.co/LpnRqbbEvR