Critical Thinking Process: Critical & Creative Thought Systems

Introduction

In today’s business world, many people experience information overload. We are bombarded with messages to believe various ideas, best practices in planning, the best approach to manage the account, best strategic position marketing and so on. How do you know what to believe? How do you separate the truth from the myths?

The answer lies in critical thinking skills. The ability to clearly reason through problems and to present arguments in a logical, compelling way has become a key skill for survival in today’s business. This intensive one-day program will give you two practical tools and hands-on experience with critical thinking and problem solving.

How Will You Benefit

Upon completion of this program, the participants will be able to:

• Identify your critical thinking style(s), including areas of strength and improvement
• Work through the critical thinking process to build or analyze arguments
• Develop and evaluate explanations

Who Should Attend

This program is a must buy-in for all levels of employees

Methodology

This program applies the Whole-Brain Thinking Model and Reasoning techniques to avoid falling into illogical traps, Critical Skill-set assessment, as well as Practice Exercises

Module

UNDERSTANDING CRITICAL THINKING

• Let’s Look At What Critical Thinking Is
• Characteristics Of Critical Thinkers
• Common Critical Thinking Styles: The Investigator, The Pilot, The Pioneer, The Learner, The Soldier

PITFALLS TO REASONED DECISION MAKING

• Barriers To Good Decision Making
  Explore How To Get Around Them

THE CRITICAL THINKING PROCESS

• The Critical Thinking Model
• Standards Of Critical Thinking
• Identifying The Issues
• Identifying The Arguments
• Clarifying The Issues And Arguments
• Establishing Context
• Checking The Credibility And Consistency
• Evaluating Arguments
• Case Study