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Too Bad To Be True: Red Flags for Critical Thinking Part 2

Andrew Badham - 2023-05-09 10:39:45

We’re continuing our series on Critical Thinking Red Flags, where we look at ways you can more easily spot dodgy content. In Part, we looked at people who make something seem too good to be true, so – fittingly, we’re going to dive into things that seem too bad to be true. Fearmongering Making something appear too bad to be true can be summed up by a single word, fearmongering. The speaker is trying to create as much fear in her audience as possible to get as much attention... Read more

Critical Thinking Red Flags Part 1: Too Good to Be True

Andrew Badham - 2023-05-02 15:47:42

One of the simplest but most underrated skills in critical thinking is knowing when to switch on your scepticism. When we hear information that sounds false or misleading, our scepticism kicks into gear and we question what we’re hearing. That way, we can check to see whether this information is credible. The trouble is, our scepticism doesn’t always switch on when it needs to and we can’t have it running all the time; that’s just too tiring and inefficient. What we nee... Read more

Power BI for HR: How Power BI's Real-Time Analysis Can Transform Your HR Department

Lawrence Maoka - 2023-04-26 15:38:42

I’ve been teaching Power BI for several years now and I’ve had a variety of different people from different departments come for training. Many of them are the ones you’d expect, Finance, management etc. but, one that surprised me was HR. Initially, I was a little nervous preparing for the course, I just wasn’t sure what HR would need from Power BI. But the more I dug into it the more opportunity I saw. That’s when my nervousness turned into excitement to share th... Read more

Powering HR Operations: How Power BI's Real-Time Analysis, Recruitment Optimization, Demographic Insights, and Employee Experience Enhancements Can Transform Your HR Department.

Lawrence Maoka - 2023-04-26 15:37:56

I’ve been teaching Power BI for several years now and I’ve had a variety of different people from different departments come for training. Many of them are the ones you’d expect, Finance, management etc. but, one that surprised me was HR. Initially, I was a little nervous preparing for the course, I just wasn’t sure what HR would need from Power BI. But the more I dug into it the more opportunity I saw. That’s when my nervousness turned into excitement to share th... Read more

Interpersonal Skills: What are they and why do you need them

Andrew Badham - 2023-04-19 15:32:41

When it comes to leadership, collaboration or just getting along with other humans, we need a whole bunch of skills. Some of those skills relate to ourselves and how we manage our lives and responses to the world around us. The rest are about how we interact with everyone else. These are called Interpersonal Skills. Interpersonal skills are the tools we use to build relationships, communicate effectively, and work collaboratively with others. Interpersonal skills can be broken down into... Read more

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