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    Practical Intelligence: The Art and Science of Common Sense
    Practical Intelligence: The Art and Science of Common Sense
    Practical Intelligence: The Art and Science of Common Sense
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    Practical Intelligence: The Art and Science of Common Sense

    By Karl Albrecht

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    Karl Albrecht’s bestselling book Social Intelligence showed us how dealing with people and social situations can determine success both at work and in life. Now, in this groundbreaking book Practical Intelligence, Albrecht takes the next step and explains how practical intelligence (PI) qualifies as one of the key life skills and offers a conceptual structure for defining and describing common sense.

    Throughout Practical Intelligence, Albrecht explains that people with practical intelligence can employ language skills, make better decisions, think in terms of options and possibilities, embrace ambiguity and complexity, articulate problems clearly and work through to solutions, have original ideas, and influence the ideas of others. Albrecht shows that everyone’s PI skills can be improved with proper education and training and challenges all of us—from parents and teachers to executives and managers—to upgrade our own skills and help others develop their own PI abilities.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWiley
    Release dateMay 4, 2007
    ISBN9780787997052
    Practical Intelligence: The Art and Science of Common Sense
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    Karl Albrecht

    Karl Albrecht is a respected management consultant and executive adviser, strategic thinker, futurist, author, dynamic speaker, and an innovator whose contributions seem to defy labels, categories, and pigeonholes. He is the author of more than twenty books and many articles on professional achievement, organizational performance, and business strategy. His writings include Social Intelligence: the New Science of Success; Practical Intelligence: the Art and Science of Common Sense; the Mindex Thinking Style Profile; and The Social Intelligence Profile.

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