Throttle-Up Episode: March 31, 2018

Special Edition: Critical thinking in complex environments, part I. Captain Smith explores how critical thinking solved a serious and challenging problem in the aviation industry in the 1990s.

Throttle-Up Episode: March 24, 2018

This week’s show furthers our discussion of “design thinking,” a more focused version of critical thinking. Design thinking can lead to a new business model for many companies, enabling them to capitalize on the growing economy.  In “News You Can Use” we discuss “deep state” operatives using the FBI as a weapon to swing an election in favor of their candidate of choice, negating democracy.

Throttle-Up Episode: March 17, 2018

Special Edition: Critical thinking in complex environments, part II.  The world of the “solution providers”: (1) their new business opportunities (check out the Future of Jobs Report) and booming economy, (2) Q & A with a solutions provider, (3) a design thinking tutorial, and (4) the process of inquiry and discovery.

Throttle-Up Episode: March 3, 2018

Part I: Design thinking, an aspect of critical thinking, is discussed.  Design thinking is a formal process of how to think critically to find solutions for customer problems.  Part II: Captain Smith examines Neo-Marxism from a critical thinking standpoint as suggested by Jordan Peterson.