The Practice of Thinking: Cultivating the Extraordinary - Couverture souple

Lenartowicz, Marta; Weinbaum, Weaver D.R.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9401469814 ISBN 13 : 9789401469814

Editeur : Lannoo, 2020

Synopsis

• Transformative ideas, concepts, and research brought together to train exceptional thinkers
• In a world that challenges us with ever more complicated problems, the quality of our thinking is a critical game-changer
• A rare peek into a visionary interdisciplinary initiative in the making, from a new and innovative program at the Postgraduate School of Thinking at the Vrije Universiteit Brussels

The greatest challenge we face in dealing with the complexity of our world? To think again and to think better. In a world that challenges us with ever more complicated problems, the quality of our thinking is a critical game-changer.

As individuals, organisations, societies, and cultures, we need to cultivate thinking that is both insightful and farsighted. We must learn how to mobilise and apply intelligence that goes beyond the ordinary - one that continuously exceeds its own limits. The Postgraduate School of Thinking, at the Vrije Universiteit in Brussels (VUB), is an experimental program with the mission of challenging us all to achieve just that. Deploying an innovative combination of mobilisation methods, the program sets out to define the cognitive strategies, practices, and habits that are the marks of exceptional thinkers. This book features a variety of interdisciplinary research articles and discussions that invite us to explore our capacity for extraordinary thinking.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Marta Lenartowicz is a social scientist at Center Leo Apostel for Interdisciplinary Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB) and the programme director of the Postgraduate School of Thinking. She holds a PhD in humanistic management (social change) and MA in philology (theory of language), both from the Jagiellonian University in Kraków.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

<p>In a world that challenges us with ever more complex problems, it is the <em>quality of our thinking</em> that is a critical game-changer in the quest of creating a sane and abundant future. As individuals, organisations, societies, and cultures, we need to foster thinking that proves to be more insightful and farsighted than anything one would ordinarily expect - making it our new norm. We must learn how to mobilise and apply intelligence that is extraordinary - one that continuously exceeds its own limits.</p><p>The new VUB School of Thinking is an experimental program with the mission of challenging us all to achieve just that. Deploying an innovative combination of mobilization methods, the program sets out to cultivate the cognitive strategies, practices, and habits that are the marks of exceptional thinkers.</p><p>This book invites the public to join the School of Thinking students in their endeavour. The reader will find here a variety of interdisciplinary research articles and discussions that took place in the school. It's a rare peek into a lively academic project committed to taking seriously the 'Sapiens' in 'Homo Sapiens'.</p><br/>

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lannoo
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9401469814
• ISBN 13: 9789401469814
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 376
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible