{domain:"www.qualitydigest.com",server:"169.47.211.87"} Skip to main content

        
User account menu
Main navigation
  • Topics
    • Customer Care
    • Regulated Industries
    • Research & Tech
    • Quality Improvement Tools
    • People Management
    • Metrology
    • Manufacturing
    • Roadshow
    • QMS & Standards
    • Statistical Methods
    • Resource Management
  • Videos/Webinars
    • All videos
    • Product Demos
    • Webinars
  • Advertise
    • Advertise
    • Submit B2B Press Release
    • Write for us
  • Metrology Hub
  • Training
  • Subscribe
  • Log in
Mobile Menu
  • Home
  • Topics
    • Customer Care
    • Regulated Industries
    • Research & Tech
    • Quality Improvement Tools
    • People Management
    • Metrology
    • Manufacturing
    • Roadshow
    • QMS & Standards
    • Statistical Methods
    • Supply Chain
    • Resource Management
  • Login / Subscribe
  • More...
    • All Features
    • All News
    • All Videos
    • Contact
    • Training

Critical-Thinking Companies Look and Operate Differently

Organizational shortsightedness holds everyone back

Timothy F. Bednarz
Tue, 10/30/2012 - 11:41
  • Comment
  • RSS

Social Sharing block

  • Print
Body

Alack of critical thinking within organizations can be severely damaging. Critical thinking is needed for problem solving and for generating innovative ideas and solutions. Without it, new paths and avenues fail to be fully explored and forged.

ADVERTISEMENT

When organizations lack creative thinkers, their working environments tend to be made up of employees who:
• Blindly repeat the destructive or negative reactions they have learned
• Don’t question existing workplace norms and boundaries, whether they are written or unspoken, beneficial, or detrimental
• Robotically trust internal organizational goals, plans, and initiatives
• Routinely accept and say that if “higher ups” within the organization say it, it must be so
• Mechanically accept, believe, and say that if the organization does it or promotes it, it must be right or appropriate

 …

Want to continue?
Log in or create a FREE account.
Enter your username or email address
Enter the password that accompanies your username.
By logging in you agree to receive communication from Quality Digest. Privacy Policy.
Create a FREE account
Forgot My Password
Top Stories
Problem Solving and Continuous Improvement Are Not the Same
How Many Units Should Be in the Metric System?
AI Job Growth Claims Outrun the Evidence
Quality Is the Common Thread in a Changing Industry
The Newest in Octave Reliance QMS Offers Smart Features

Add new comment

Please login to comment.

© 2026 Quality Digest. Copyright on content held by Quality Digest or by individual authors. Contact Quality Digest for reprint information.
“Quality Digest" is a trademark owned by Quality Circle Institute Inc.

footer
  • Home
  • Print QD: 1995-2008
  • Print QD: 2008-2009
  • Videos
  • Privacy Policy
  • Write for us
footer second menu
  • Subscribe to Quality Digest
  • About Us
  • Contact Us