structured ways of thinking
I believe that human being is initially not rational, instead emotional. But human being is also social animals. Usually we can connect each other by our emotion in social network. But doing business or work is more rational. How to train our brain working in a rational way is mostly critical to success.
I think below is more important while you are making decisions.
Delay to make the conclusion avoiding instant conclusion driven by your wild brain.
Collect more information from different angels, then form broader views
Listen and incorporate others arguments to balance your conclusion especially during the communications
leverage the reasoning and inference approaches to make the decisions
Back to the title “structured ways of thinking” essentially it could include below parts
Critical thinking
evaluating information in a systematic and logical manner
assessing validity of arguments
identifying biases
making well-reasoned judgments
Systems thinking
considering the interrelationships and interactions within complex systems
understanding influence between different components
Design thinking
- Design thinking is a human-centered approach to innovation and problem-solving. It emphasizes empathy, ideation, prototyping, and testing as a means to understand and address user needs
Scientific thinking
formulating hypotheses
conducting experiments
drawing conclusion based on empirical evidence It emphasizes objectivity, skepticism, and the scientific method
Creative thinking Creative thinking involves generating new ideas, perspectives, and solutions. It often requires breaking away from conventional thought patterns and exploring unconventional approaches
In our daily life, problem-solving and making decisions happen frequently, we must have some efficient thinking framework to formulate our habits and actions, therefore it can increase our success rate. But it’s just theoretical, sometimes we should also break out of box and not follow any conventions. In that way you could get a surprise.