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In this episode of Bridging the Gap, Matt sits down with John Lenker, Founder and Chief Vision Officer of LENKER, Owner of Wood + Metal Fabrications LLC, and Author, and Kevin deLaplante, Ph.D., Partner and Chief Knowledge Officer at LENKER, Founder of the Critical Thinker Academy, and Founder of the Argument Ninja Dojo. From personal branding to marketing strategies, John and Kevin share their insights and experiences in building successful businesses and cultivating their own unique brands. They discuss the importance of understanding how people learn in marketing, developing authenticity, and crafting a compelling value proposition. With practical advice and impactful stories, this episode offers knowledge on building a personal brand, staying focused in business, and creating lasting success in the competitive world of marketing.John and Kevin explore the "Do Be Have" concept as a pathway to success, stressing the importance of being the right kind of person and putting in the required effort. They also touch upon the fragility of one's reputation in the business world and stress the ongoing importance of maintaining authenticity, even as one reaches higher levels of success. Additionally, they shed light on the key elements of a brand: reach, reputation, and relationships. Furthermore, they share strategies for expanding brand reach and the importance of intentional influence and crafting a strong reputation over time.Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur, marketing professional, or simply interested in the dynamic world of business, this episode offers practical tips and inspiring stories to help you bridge the gap between academia and the professional world, and carve your own path to success.More Content For Financial Advisors and Wealth Management FirmsYouTubeTwitterLinkedIn

Dr. Kevin deLaplante is the creator of The Critical Thinker Academy, Argument Ninja Dojo, and Argument Ninja Podcast, dedicated to improving people's critical thinking, communication, and persuasion skills. As a longtime professor of critical thinking, ethics, logic, scientific reasoning, among other things, he had a hunger to spread these skills outside of the classroom. With upwards of 50k students served through online courses, over 40k youtube subscribers, and even a video with over a million views, it's clear that this move was fruitful. In this episode, we'll get you thinking psychologically & philosophically about the human realities that lie at the core of persuasion and influence. Kevin has some of the best-selling and most popular Humanities courses on Udemy. See his courses on critical thinking, cognitive biases, and essay writing here. Learn more about Kevin's community membership site and podcast at www.argumentninja.com Want to go even deeper? Find more courses at www.criticalthinkeracademy.com and click here to find a recommended sequence of courses. Kevin's YouTube channel

Listen to the EdSurge On Air podcast? We want to hear from you! Fill out this five-minute survey, and you can enter to win a $100 Amazon gift card. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/edsurgepodcast What’s life like after quitting a tenured job as a professor to become a freelance educator, making video courses and podcasts for a living? That’s one question we had for Kevin deLaplante, who did just that when he left Iowa State University in 2015 to focus on running his Argument Ninja Podcast and teaching courses on his online Critical Thinker Academy, both aimed at bringing concepts from his scholarship to a popular audience. One area he’s exploring these days is the rise of tribalism in U.S. politics and culture, and how it’s leading to polarization that is making it hard for us to talk to each other. He’s arguing for a new kind of “tribal literacy,” so we can better understand how humans are hard-wired to be drawn to certain tribal behaviors that, in too large a dose, can lead to trouble for societies. He says that, perhaps surprisingly, he has more time now and can explore the topic more broadly than when he was a traditional scholar. He made the move during a rush of enthusiasm for so-called MOOCs, Massive Open Online Courses, that big-name colleges were starting to offer low-cost higher education to a wider audience. It looked like there was going to be a big realignment. But the big shiny revolution didn’t exactly happen. So we also asked deLaplante what he thinks about the broader landscape of online education that he’s part of.

On this episode of the Argument Ninja podcast I talk about the three new videos I recently produced on Cognitive Biases, Tribalism and Politics, and I give an update on what's been keeping me busy this fall.  Timestamps: Intro 00:00 What have I been up to? 01:24 Creating new videos 01:53 Keynote presenting at a conference in November 02:11 Consulting work 02:54 New tribalism videos 07:55 Inspiration for the videos 08:52 Findings of the "Hidden Tribes" report 09:48 The overall argument of the videos 12:43 Lessons learned from producing content in different formats for different platforms 20:54 Creating a new video course based on the tribalism and critical thinking videos 24:03 Audio versions of the Critical Thinker Academy courses available through Patreon 24:44 Links: Show notes for this episode on kevindelaplante.com Show notes and links to the "Cognitive Biases, Tribalism and Politics" videos Direct links to the videos on YouTube: Part 1 - https://youtu.be/2NjOzvM41zM Part 2 - https://youtu.be/M4x4p3kmWQc Part 3 - https://youtu.be/PIAJxU5DO7s Kevin's Patreon page The Critical Thinker Academy  

On this episode I talk about the genesis of my new video course, "The Vocabulary of Science: First Steps to Science Literacy", and my decision to start producing the Argument Ninja podcast in both audio and video formats. Next episode will be an "Ask Me Anything" episode. You can submit questions at this URL: https://kevindelaplante.com/ama Listeners can access the video course at the Critical Thinker Academy or on Udemy. Follow the links below: At the Critical Thinker Academy (included in the site-wide subscription for as low as $3/month): https://criticalthinkeracademy.com/p/the-vocabulary-of-science On Udemy (this link will give you a HUGE discount on the retail price): https://kevindelaplante.com/vocabulary-of-science-udemy Supporting members on Patreon also get access to all of the content at the Critical Thinker Academy, including this new course: https://patreon.com/kevindelaplante The video version of this episode! https://youtu.be/NrwfY6YYRVk Show notes for this episode: https://kevindelaplante.com/30-behind-the-scenes-of-my-new-video-course/ In This Episode: (0:00 - 0:45) Introductory remarks - new course, and this podcast has both audio and video versions (0:45 - 1:10) Next episode is an "Ask Me Anything" episode (1:10 - 4:00) Introduction to my new Vocabulary of Science video course. Play the promo video for the course. (4:00 - 5:15) How to access the course. (5:15 - 8:40) The history of this course: science education; producing a "critical thinking about science" podcast; designing a curriculum that teaches genuine science literacy. (8:40 - 10:00) Pivoting toward the Argument Ninja concept. (10:00 -  11:34)  The decision to create new courses for Udemy and the Critical Thinker Academy. (11:34 - 12:10) Why this topic rather than some other topic?; teaching philosophy of science at Carleton University. (12:10 - 13:30) The perfect student assignment for this course; video critique exercise. (13:30 -  14:55) The new video format for producing courses and the podcast. (14:55 - 16:15) Wrapping up; reminder, AMA questions for next episode.

On this episode of the Argument Ninja podcast I talk about the importance of critical thinking education for kids and teens, and what parents can do to help their kids become better critical thinkers. *** In This Episode: (0:00 - 4:57) Introduction (4:57 - 8:51) Critical Thinking Values (8:51 - 12:58) Why This Matters Even More to Young People (12:58 - 15:27) The Light Side and the Dark Side (15:27 - 16:25) The Martial Context of Critical Thinking (16:25 - 19:00) Social Media, Commercial Digital Culture and the Martial Context of Critical Thinking (19:00 - 22:42) Polarization and Critical Thinking: The One Ring to Rule Them All (22:42 - 24:45) Summing Up (24:45 - 27:47) Recommendation 1: Prioritize Role Modeling (27:47 - 32:19) Recommendation 2: Role-Model Intellectual Virtues (32:19 - 38:56) Recommendation 3: Depolarize Your Home (38:56 - 42:04) Recommendation 4: Be Critical of Social Media (42:04 - 48:00) Recommendation 5: Develop the Right Background Knowledge (48:00 - 52:37) Wrapping Up *** You can find show notes with links and supporting resources at: https://kevindelaplante.com/029-how-to-raise-a-critical-thinker Learn how you can support Kevin's work on Patreon: https://patreon.com/kevindelaplante Anyone who signs up on Patreon gets access to all of the video tutorial courses at the Critical Thinker Academy website: https://criticalthinkeracademy.com Follow Kevin's updates on Facebook: https://facebook.com/criticalthinkeracademy  

On this episode I've got an interview lined up for you that I did with Bob Froehlich, who hosts the Thinking Clearly radio program and podcast over at KMUD community radio in Redway, California. Our topic was critical thinking and tribalism, very much in the vein of what I've been talking about in my recent sketchbook video series titled, appropriately, "Critical Thinking and Tribalism". (To see the first three videos in this series, follow the links in the show notes below). If you've been following my work a certain amount of this will be familiar, but in this interview we covered some new topics relating to tribalism and polarization that I haven't discussed before; for example, the distinction between ideological polarization and social polarization; evidence that social polarization along political lines has increased dramatically in recent years, especially in the US; and some discussion of the causes of this increase in polarization. We also answer a couple of live call-ins from listeners! We hear a lot of talk about the "rediscovery of tribal psychology "in recent years, but my view is that it's misguided to think of tribal psychology per se as the problem. The problem facing us today is how our tribal psychology operates when polarization becomes extreme. So the more pressing issue is to understand the psychological and social factors that increase or decrease polarization. *** In This Episode: (0:00 - 4:25) Introductory remarks from Kevin (4:25 - 1:50) Introductory remarks from Bob Froelich (5:56 - 6:34) What is a tribe? (6:34 - 7:00) What is tribalism? (7:40 - 9:15) What prompted me to engage with this issue of tribalism? How is it relevant to critical thinking? (9:30 - 13:16) What is "tribal psychology"? (13:16 - 15:47) Examples of group identities that can become tribal (15:47 - 19:50) Tribal psychology as an evolutionary adaptation for human survival (20:00 - 21:13) In-group solidarity and out-group antipathy/hostility (21:13 -  22:27) Good news: tribal identification may be hardwired, but tribal categories are flexible (22:27 - 26:15) The importance of signaling to demonstrate membership in and solidarity with tribal groups; the rationality of tribal solidarity; signaling as unconscious cognitive bias (26:15 - 29:35) The distinction between tribalism and polarization, and why the problem is polarization, not tribalism (30:23 - 34:50) Ideological polarization versus social polarization; evidence for increasing social polarization; shout-out to Lillian Mason (34:50 -  35:30) Social sorting and segregation as a cause of increased social polarization (35:30 - 37:05) Loss of viewpoint diversity as an obstacle to critical thinking (38:05 - 40:25)  What can be done to foster more productive relationships between in-groups that have become more polarized? (40:25 -  42:30) What's ahead for me, what I'm working on right now (43:27 - 47:45 ) Caller 1 - concerns with using the word "tribe" and "tribal" in this context when Native Americans and First Nations Peoples use that term to identify their political and social groups  (48:37 - 50:40) Caller 2 - wants me to write a book! (50:55 - 52:12) Wrapping up: there's a broader story to be told about the forces that are exacerbating the problems discussed on this show *** References and Links: Thinking Clearly Radio Program Podcast: https://thinkingclearly.libsyn.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThinkingClearlyRadio/ Videos in my Critical Thinking and Tribalism series: 1. "The Dangers of Tribalism" 2. "Our Tribal Intelligence" 3."In Our Tribe We Trust" Lilliana Mason's homepage, and her book, Uncivil Agreement: How Politics Became Our Identity My Patreon support page Critical Thinker Academy (criticalthinkeracademy.com)

For this episode I'm going to share an interview I did for Thinking Clearly, a radio show about critical thinking hosted by Bob Froelich and Julia Minton. On this live broadcast I answered questions about - my particular take on what critical thinking is and why it's important - why I decided to leave my tenured academic job and go solo - what video courses I offer at the Critical Thinker Academy - what is wrong with traditional approaches to critical thinking education - what's different about what I'm trying to do with the Argument Ninja program - and more We even answered a couple of questions from live callers!

This episode goes in depth about critical thinking with guest Dr. Kevin deLaplante, creator of the Critical Thinker Academy and Argument Ninja Academy and focuses on new developments in critical thinking, the importance of thinking critically and resources for further skill development.

Bob answers a listener's email questions, including how to find the path to have a meaningful discussion from both sides when discussing differences of opinion. He also reviews arguments, premises and conclusions, and - guided by a clip from Dr. Kevin DeLaplante, Lead Instructor of the Critical Thinker Academy -discusses the relationship between critical thinking and living in a democracy. This show aired live on KMUD radio on Aug. 4, 2016.

Today's question comes to us from Kevin deLaplante, creator of the Critical Thinker Academy and host of the Argument Ninja Podcast. Can you tell me about the 1915 Armenian Genocide and why today's political leaders (such as Barack Obama) are hesitant to describe it as such? TO HELP OUT THE SHOW Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher

Kevin deLaplante (https://kevindelaplante.com/) worked for twenty years as an academic philosopher, earning tenure and eventually becoming Chair of the Department of Philosophy & Religious Studies at Iowa State University. He left academia in 2015 to work full time as an independent educator, speaker and consultant specializing in critical thinking skills. Dr. deLaplante has an undergraduate degree in physics from Carleton University and a PhD in philosophy from Western University. Over the course of his academic career he taught a wide variety of courses in logic and scientific reasoning, critical thinking, the philosophy of science and ethics. Dr. deLaplante is the creator of the Critical Thinker Academy (criticalthinkeracademy.com), a tutorial site that hosts video courses on critical thinking, logic and argumentation, fallacies, probability, cognitive biases, and argumentative writing and communication. He is also the host of the Argument Ninja podcast (argumentninja.com), where he explores new approaches to critical thinking education.   StoryHinge http://storyhinge.com Where we amplify personal stories to consider more possibility and realize more potential and happiness in life.

In this episode I talk about how the program I'm developing for the Argument Ninja Academy will differ from the Critical Thinker Academy, and outline my instructional design goals for the new program. I also describe the kinds of personality types, or "avatars", that are most strongly attracted to this kind of material. I've named these avatars the Scientist, the Philosopher, the Persuader, the Analyst, and the Butterfly. In This Episode: - The difference between what I'm currently offering at the Critical Thinker Academy and what I plan to offer at the Argument Ninja Academy - Brainstorming the design of an online teaching and learning experience - My objectives for the Argument Ninja program: -- solving the central problem that plagues critical thinking education today -- providing a resource for critical thinking educators support for professional training as well as independent consumer training -- adaptive learning -- gamification and progression features modeled on martial arts...

In this episode I talk about the relationship between critical thinking and rational persuasion, and why, even though I identify as a critical thinking educator, and I have a website called The Critical Thinker Academy, the focus of this podcast is rational persuasion, rather than critical thinking more broadly. In this episode I push the martial arts theme a little further, and give some reasons to think of rational persuasion as a martial art. And finally, I give an example that illustrates the distinction I want to draw between rational argumentation and rational persuasion.

In this episode, I talk with Dr. Kevin deLaplante, a Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy & Religious Studies at Iowa State University. We’ll discuss his work online at The Critical Thinker Academy, an educational resource that teaches critical thinking.  And Kevin breaks down five elements of critical thinking; logic, argumentation, rhetoric, background […]