In time-limited contexts of risk and uncertainty, leadership decision making must be highly adaptive to changing conditions. The leader and the team must be both willing and to identify and evaluate options quickly and accurately. Training and simulation build readiness, experience reflected upon and used to gain greater sophistication builds expertise. But for leaders neither training nor experience can substitute for a lack of core thinking skills and the personal readiness to use them.

Insight Assessment thinking skills tests are used with enlisted personnel and officers up to the Staff & Command and War College levels to evaluate the entry level and exit level thinking skills of groups and individuals. They are used by the military academies for the evaluation of students and applicants. And they can be used with enlisted personnel to gather information about the job readiness of individuals providing business services and logistical support. Click here to learn more about using these tools to determine if your organization's people are willing and able to think.