What kind of person do the above realities suggest is needed in Adventist administration? As we approach the end of this century, the most crucial qualification is “critical thinking.” Critical thinking is the ability to analyze a wide range of options, including one’s own preferences, with dispassionate objectivity. Critical thinkers seek to avoid gullibility, self-protection games, and political influence peddling. Critical thinkers don’t think things are so because they have always