Open to Think

Slow Down, Think Creatively, and Make Better Decisions

Dan Pontefract

• Publisher: Figure 1 Publishing
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN:
  9781773270272
• eBook ISBN:
  9781773270289
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Human Resource Management
• Index: Business

hile it may not occur to us on a daily basis, there is a widespread cultural tendency toward quick decisions and quick action. This pattern has resulted in many of our society's greatest successes, but even more of its failures. Though the root cause is by no means malicious, we have begun to reward speed over quality, and the negative effects suffered in both our personal and professional lives are potentially catastrophic.Best-selling author and Chief Envisioner Dan Pontefract offers the solution to this predicament with what he coins "Open Thinking, " a cyclical process in which creativity is encouraged, critiquing leads to better decisions, and thoughtful action delivers positive, sustainable results. He proposes a return to balance between the three components of productive thought: dreaming, deciding, and doing.Based on organizational and societal data, academic research, historical studies, and a wide range of interviews, Open to Think is an appeal for a world of better thinking. Pontefract introduces tangible, actionable strategies to improve the way we think as organizations and individuals.

Table of contents

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• I Thinking
• 1 Cogito Ergo Sum
• II Creative Thinking
• 2 At the Lonely End of the Think
• 3 Come to Think of It
• III Critical Thinking
• 4 Think Hole
• 5 Great Minds Don’t Think Alike
• IV Applied Thinking
• 6 Sooner than You Think
• 7 You Have Another Think Coming
• V Open Thinking
• 8 Think Again
• Afterword
• Ten Essential Guidelines for Open Thinking
• References
• Index
• About the Author