President at the Institute for Work and Employment Research University of St. Gallen, Professor for HRM and Organization Transformation, Research Areas: Trust, HRTech, Engagement, Corporate Trust-Ability, Managing Stakeholder Distrust
Antoinette Weibel
Beyond the bullet points: what McKinsey gets wrong about critical thinking
“Critical thinking” has become a corporate virtue, non negotiable, measurable, endlessly trainable. A recent report by McKinsey & Company is emblematic. It defines critical thinking as a bundle of competencies, structured problem solving, logical reasoning, bias awareness, and information gathering, meant to help workers “add value” beyond what machines can do.