Critical thinking at Harvard

Here’s an interesting article on critical thinking, over at Harvard Business School’s Working Knowledge site (spotted via their email newsletter, although they do have an RSS feed here). It’s a pretty good and concise overview of the topic, with a nice summary:

1. Make sure you understand the logic behind your decision.
2. Identify your assumptions and double-check them.
3. Collect the data that will support or disprove your assumptions.
4. Deliberately consider the situation from multiple frames.
5. Remember the people!
6. Think short and long term.