International Scientific Journals
of Scientific Technical Union of Mechanical Engineering "Industry 4.0"

The text focuses on selected aspects of critical thinking in the context of leadership in a modern security environment, from the point of view of selecting and preparing professionals and leaders. It discusses, in particular, the changes in the professional quality requirements related to the development of industry and society 4.0 as well as selected situational and systemic contexts in which the critical thinking applies in the process of cognition, decision making, and action of professional leaders.