3 Steps to Exceptional Critical Thinking

In just a few hours, we can help you gain a working definition of Critical Thinking and enable you to better reframe and evaluate problems and take action to generate better results. You’ll gain insight into your current thinking style, learn how to leverage it, and discover new ways to approach situations.

What You Will Cover:

• Question assumptions to differentiate fact from opinion
• Draw better conclusions when evaluating data from multiple sources
• Identify psychological factors that can cloud your judgment, including belief bias, confirmation bias, and gambler’s fallacy
• Counter weak arguments by exposing circular reasoning, ad hoc assumptions, and red herrings
• Uncover hidden agendas that interfere with clear, objective thinking
• Learn about the 7 Thinking Styles and how they can be developed and applied to more effectively approach business challenges and reinforce your ability to interpret information
• Solve problems creatively by exploring multiple perspectives
• Get a competitive edge by gaining awareness of the habits and behaviors that promote critical thinking

Outline
Overall Learning Objectives

After completing this program, you will be better able to:

• Leverage your thinking styles
• Articulate a working definition of critical thinking
• Use critical thinking skills to reframe a presenting issue as an actionable problem
• Apply critical thinking skills to develop solutions

Module 1

Recognize How You Think

• Recognize the mindset of effective critical thinkers
• Understand the brain functions involved with critical thinking
• Determine how your thinking styles relate to your approach to critical thinking

Module 2

Correctly Frame Problems

• Identify the ways emotions and persuasion techniques affect problem framing
• Recognize cognitive biases that interfere with objectively assessing data
• Translate presenting issues into actionable problems

Module 3

Find the Right Solutions

• Practice using diagrams to assess data, check for gaps, and communicate solutions to others
• Understand techniques used to determine the best solution for a problem
• Apply these techniques to real-life situations