Practical Intelligence
The Art and Science of Common Sense
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Karl Albrecht's bestselling book Social Intelligenceshowed us how dealing with people and social situations candetermine success both at work and in life. Now, in thisgroundbreaking book Practical Intelligence, Albrecht takesthe next step and explains how practical intelligence (PI)qualifies as one of the key life skills and offers a conceptualstructure for defining and describing common sense.
Throughout Practical Intelligence, Albrecht explains thatpeople with practical intelligence can employ language skills, makebetter decisions, think in terms of options and possibilities,embrace ambiguity and complexity, articulate problems clearly andwork through to solutions, have original ideas, and influence theideas of others. Albrecht shows that everyone's PI skills canbe improved with proper education and training and challenges allof us--from parents and teachers to executives andmanagers--to upgrade our own skills and help others developtheir own PI abilities.
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Karl Albrecht
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"Albrecht's practical intelligence builds on the ideas of multiple intelligence, outlining a series of guidelines and exercises to promote better approaches to problem solving" (Financial Times, Thursday 19th July 2007)"What could be more important than helping people, at everyage and stage of life learn to use their minds more successfully?Karl Albrecht has given us a terrific resource for doing just that.His comprehensively four 'software upgrades' and four'mega-skills' provide a wonderfully comprehensiveframework for practical intelligence."--Dr. Sidney J. Parnes,co-developer with Alex Osborn of the Creative Education Foundation
"This brilliant, ebullient, and brainy book brings us newmeans to gray matter. At turns high-minded and hilarious,Practical Intelligence will remain the source book for manyyears of the best thinking about thinking well."--JeanHouston, author, The Possible Human
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