Week 2: Biodiversity & Ecological Sustainability
  Thinking Styles - Communication
Thinking Styles
Five Approaches
Synthesists
Enjoy conflict resolution
Bring diverse viewpoints into discussion
Challenge popular ideas
Can be argumentative
Good at brainstorming; innovative
Idealists
Incorporate values and ideals into decisions
Sensitive to the viewpoints of others
Care about people and their needs
Can delay in making decisions
Excellent at bringing human issues into discussion
Pragmatists
Like to get things done (shortest way possible)
Any method will do; just use one
Inventive, when necessary
May act rashly, without due consideration
May overreact in the face of delays
Good contributors to problem solving
Analysts
Likes to analyze numbers, facts
Good at organization and efficiency
May spend too long in collecting and reviewing information
Excellent at considering detailed information
Realists
Like to get the job done well
Value technical expertise and seek it out
Willing to make decisions based on valid information
May appear to be too commanding
Good skills in overseeing projects
SUMMARY
Synthesist, Idealist, Pragmatist,
Analyst, Realist

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