234: Sharper Critical Thinking for Better Solutions with Mike Figliuolo

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🗓️ 26 November 2017

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Mike Figliuolo ponders on why critical thinking is becoming increasingly important and how to maximize your critical thinking skills.

You’ll Learn:

1) Why slowing down will help you better solve problems

2) How to differentiate facts from judgments

3) How to use the 5 “whys” and the 7 “so whats” to think more clearly about causes and effects

About Mike

Mike Figliuolo is the Managing Director of thoughtLEADERS, a consulting and training firm that helps leaders think better. He’s authored numerous books on leadership, thinking, and communication.He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point and served as a commissioned officer in the Army. He then joined McKinsey and Company as a management consultant. He later worked at Capital One Financial as Group Manager of Strategy & Analysis and as Director of Specialty Collections. He was responsible for ~$1B in collections, a $125MM budget and the performance of 150 employees. The initiatives his teams put in place delivered over $125MM in value.

Items Mentioned in this Show:

Sponsor: Linkedin Learning, featuring Lynda.com courses.
Mike’s Website: ThoughtLeadersLLC.com
Mike’s latest books: The Elegant Pitch
Book: The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Book: The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday
Prior episode with Victor Prince (co-authored Lead Inside the Box with Mike)

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0:00.0	Welcome to the How to Be Awesome at Your Job Podcast, the show where brilliant professionals share how to sharpen the universal skills required to flourish at work.
0:10.0	Enjoy more career fun, wins, meaning, and money.
0:14.0	With your host, Pete McChitis.
0:16.0	Hello and thanks so much for joining us here for episode 234 with Mike Figleolo.
0:26.0	I think you'll really enjoy this conversation because Mike draws from problem solving wisdom
0:32.0	from the
0:33.0	perspectives of the military,
0:35.0	strategy consultant, business leader,
0:38.0	and coach and trainer, so he's got it from all angles
0:41.0	and it really makes it simple yet powerful.
0:43.6	So you'll learn one, why slowing down will help you better solve problems.
0:47.6	Two, how to differentiate facts from judgments and three, how to use the five Y's and the seven, so what's, to think more clearly
0:56.2	about causes and effects. So if you'd like to check out the show notes or the transcript or the
1:00.5	links to items that we've referenced here. You can find that on over at
1:03.6	awesome at your job.com slash F two three four and while you're at awesome at your
1:08.4	job dot com I encourage you to check out some of our resources one all point you to
1:12.4	is right there in the hello bar. It's at the very top.
1:15.3	It will point you to the free trial we got going with linked in learning with Linda.com courses,
1:21.7	including Mike's extensive catalog right there so check that out now
1:26.2	here's Mike's story Mike Figleel though is the managing director of thought leaders
1:30.2	a consulting training firm that helps leaders think better.
1:33.7	He's authored numerous books on leadership, thinking, and communication.
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