Length6h 48m
About this audiobook
What if higher-level thinking is not about intelligence, education, or experience, but about how much of the picture we are willing to see?
We all begin at Ground Zero, naturally asking, “How does this affect me?” But as our thinking expands, we begin to see more: our team, department, organization, community, nation, and the larger world around us.
Through the story of Silas, this book explores how better questions can change the way we understand problems, decisions, and people. Silas learns to challenge assumptions, look for missing information, consider consequences, listen to other perspectives, and remain open to changing his mind.
Higher-level thinking does not mean ignoring yourself or automatically agreeing with others. It means learning to see more of the picture.
The goal of this book is not to tell you what to think. It is to help you examine how you think.
Sometimes the first answer is not wrong. It is simply incomplete.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.2 (22)
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Business and Economics
Length6 hrs 48 mins
Narrated byRecorded Track
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateSep 24, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Opening Credits
2About the Author — Learning to Question the Labels
3Part One — Ground Zero: Chapter 1 — Ground Zero: What Does This Mean for Me?
4Chapter 2 — The Question That Changes the View
5Part Two — The Team Zone: Chapter 3 — We Are More Connected Than We Think
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6Chapter 4 — When “Us” Becomes the Problem
7Part Three — The Department Zone: Chapter 5 — The Work We Pass Downstream
8Chapter 6 — The Department Is a System
9Part Four — The Organizational Zone: Chapter 7 — Seeing the Whole Organization
10Chapter 8 — When “What’s Best for the Organization” Is Not Enough
11Part Five — The Community Zone: Chapter 9 — The Organization Is Not an Island
12Chapter 10 — Listening Is a Form of Thinking
13Part Six — The National Zone: Chapter 11 — When the Consequences Are Far Away
14Chapter 12 — Integrity When No One Is Watching
15Part Seven — The Global Zone: Chapter 13 — A World of Interconnections
16Chapter 14 — Spaceship Earth
17Chapter 15 — Looking Outward Without Forgetting the Center
18Conclusion — Higher-Level Thinking Is Something We Achieve as We Learn
19Back Matter
20Closing Credits
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