Thinking is a Skill

Skills, like playing the piano, develop through practise. Doing something once, even done well that one time, does not mean you are skilled at it.

Demonstrating skill needs some proof or facts, some data or tangible outcomes, and, evidence of more than one example. 

It’s hard to measure the value of knowledge worker efforts, especially when “thinking” is the precursor to the “value”.    Using the black box analogy: successful business and individuals capture, and more importantly, value what goes on in that black box between input and output.

If thinking is a skill, it requires practise. And it requires time.