Course overview

What separates the effective from the less effective professional is often the ability to think critically. A person who can think fast and well has far more mental resources for better performance than his peers who lack good thinking skills. When you are armed with critical thinking tools, many benefits inevitably follow. You are able to identify thinking flaws, differentiate between good and bad suggestions, communicate persuasively, manage difficult people and circumstances, and more.

Learning Outcome

Good thinking skills can help managers to improve their top- and bottom-line outcomes. This is because managers with good thinking skills are generally better at problem solving, decision making, strategic planning, and more. The reason? Critical thinking skills helps one to overcome thinking inefficiencies and override thinking flaws, thereby making one more efficient and competent.

• Understand the difference: default vs. critical thinking modes

• Know how to identify and overcome common thinking biases and errors

• Know how to apply critical thinking skills and frameworks to problem solving, decision making, people-management, leadership, and more

Course Outline

• Introducing critical thinking: what is critical thinking all about?

• Compare: Critical thinking vs. rationality vs. practical outcomes

• Understand how most managers think

• Thinking biases and errors: What most managers are not aware of

• Thinking in business contexts: Why and how it often fails

• Business scenarios: How to think with maximum efficiency

• 3 major frameworks of critical thinking

• Common and subtle fallacies and illusions

• Effective thinking: DO’s and DON’Ts that every manager should know

• Know how to apply critical thinking skills and frameworks to problem solving, decision making, leadership, and more

• New paradigm of thought: Thinking differently for better results

Who Should Attend

• Individuals who are interested to understand what critical thinking is really all about and acquire a few critical thinking tricks and treats.

• Organizations who are keen to train their people to be more critical and savvy in their thinking.