Lifting the Blindfold: A Practical Handbook of Critical Thinking for Business - Softcover

Wood, Alan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1469989573 ISBN 13: 9781469989570

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012

Synopsis

Every business must reduce unnecessary expenditure, retain existing clients and gain new ones in order to improve profit margins. This can sound like wishful thinking in present economic conditions. Lifting the Blindfold adapts critical thinking insights and techniques specifically to meet these basic business needs. It is a manual packed with ideas, examples and applications to help improve the quality of analysis and decision-making at all levels of leadership. The book provides 'plug in and use' suggestions which enable the busy reader to improve strategic reviews, evaluation reports, sales presentations and tenders, and expert evidence. It presents critical thinking as a tool kit with significant competitive advantages for established decision-makers, entrepreneurs and emerging leaders in today's markets.

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About the Author

Alan Wood trained as a biomedical scientist and has since spent over thirty years in management, staff and volunteer training positions. He was Head of Medical Laboratory Services at two reference hospitals and a successful fundraising, region and major projects manager with leading UK and overseas development charities. He remains a volunteer emergency relief specialist in Information and Logistics, and worked among refugees in the DR Congo war zone. He also served in Haiti's immediate post-earthquake operations. He is a qualified Adult Education lecturer with both domestic and international management training experience. He now works as an independent consultant, trainer and writer in analytical and decision-making skills for the business, legal, educational and voluntary sectors Outside of work Alan is a keen hiker and runner which helps offset his love of chocolate. He enjoys reading modern novels and travel books.

Edition details

• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1469989573
• ISBN 13: 9781469989570
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 262