What is critical thinking?
Critical thinking is purposeful, self-regulated judgment that interprets and evaluates information before drawing and revising conclusions.
See how deliberately you frame questions, evaluate evidence, examine assumptions, and update conclusions.
Answer as you are today
Choose the answer that best describes your recent behaviour at work. No email required.
What does critical thinking mean?
Critical thinking is purposeful, self-regulated judgment that interprets and evaluates information before drawing and revising conclusions.
Why it matters at work
Leaders make decisions with incomplete evidence and competing explanations. Critical thinking does not mean constant negativity; it means making reasoning visible enough to test and improve.
What this assessment measures
Question framing
Defining the decision and separating facts, assumptions, and unknowns.
Evidence evaluation
Testing source quality, relevance, alternatives, and uncertainty.
Conclusion & revision
Making proportionate judgments and updating them when evidence changes.
How to interpret your score
Your overall result is normalised to a 0–100 scale. Use it to choose a practice area, not to compare your worth with somebody else.
Build your critical thinking foundation
Your answers point to recurring situations where a simple routine could make this skill more reliable.
A useful critical thinking base
You already show this skill in some situations. The opportunity is to make it more dependable under pressure or ambiguity.
A strong critical thinking pattern
Your answers suggest a reliable pattern. Keep testing it in harder situations and focus on the dimension that trails the others.
Designed for reflection, not diagnosis
The ten behaviour-based statements cover 3 practical dimensions. Responses run from “Never” to “Almost always”; negatively worded items are reverse-scored. Overall and dimension results are converted to a 0–100 scale. The assessment is educational and has not been psychometrically validated.
Read the full assessment methodology and editorial standards.
Research that informed this page
Peter A. Facione (1990), “Critical Thinking: A Statement of Expert Consensus for Purposes of Educational Assessment and Instruction”, The Delphi Report.