Practical Intelligence: The Art and Science of Common Sense [Hardcover]

Karl Albrechts 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 everyones PI skills can be improved with proper education and training and challenges all of usfrom parents and teachers to executives and managersto upgrade our own skills and help others develop their own PI abilities.

Preface.

1. A Problem and an Opportunity.

Accidental Intelligence: The Terminal Assumption.

The Widening Smart Gap .

The Dumbing of America and the Culture of Amusement.

Knows and Know-Nots: The New Social Divide.

Who Cares? Who Needs to Care?

2. Multiple Intelligences: The Possible Human.

IQ Doesn't Tell the Whole Story.

There Are at Least Six Kinds of Smart .

Building Out: Applying Theory to Everyday Life.

Build-Out 1: Emotional Intelligence.

Build-Out 2: Social Intelligence.

The Next Build-Out: Practical Intelligence.

3. What Is Practical Intelligence?

Thinking Is a Bodily Function.

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