Critical Thinking Skills Training
Course Description
This course provides you with tips, techniques, and thought exercises that help to develop critical thinking skills. It¡s not about criticizing others¢ it¡s about understanding the problem, evaluating the evidence, and making logical and thoughtful decisions. It¡s a skill that can help your organization find smart solutions to tricky problems, avoid emotional thinking and mistakes, and work together more efficiently.
Highlights
- Define critical thinking
- Identify and adopt the characteristics of critical thinking
- Recognize and avoid critical thinking mistakes
- Identify assumptions
- Evaluate information accurately and thoroughly
- Distinguish between fact and opinion
- Implement the critical thinking process in business situations
Target Audience
Business professionals who want to enhance their thinking processes to achieve better results in business.
Course Outline
Lesson 1: Understanding Critical vs. Noncritical Thinking
- The Case for Critical Thinking
- Recognize Deceptive Reasoning
- Detect Emotional Manipulation
- Styles of Noncritical Thinking
- Critical Thinking Styles
- Become a Critical Thinker
- Part Summary
Lesson 2: Recognizing and Evaluating Arguments
- Define Arguments
- Step 1: Pinpoint Issues
- Step 2: Identify Arguments
- Step 3: Seek Clarity
- Step 4: Understand Context
- Step 5: Find Credibility
- Step 6: Look for Consistency
- Step 7: Judge Arguments
- Present Ideas Powerfully
- Part Summary
Lesson 3: Developing and Evaluating Explanations
- Explanations vs. Arguments
- Formulate Explanations
- Element 1: Gather Information
- Element 2: Process Information
- Element 3: Develop Hypotheses
- Element 4: Test Hypotheses
- Ask Discovery Questions
- Challenge Assumptions
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