Critical thinking helps you step back, examine your thought processes and make them more effective. You’ll ask the right questions, challenge assumptions and see others’ viewpoints with clarity. Business leaders agree it’s the only way to think at work —because it helps you get the best possible results.
In this course, you’ll get hands-on experience with a battery of practical tools to help you make critical thinking an indispensable part of your skill set. You’ll find out things you didn’t know about yourself and make discoveries that can literally change your life. You’ll then ready to benefit from your new skills immediately when you return to your job.
How you will benefit
- Learn to examine deeply about your own and the others’ thinking processes, establish critical thinking awareness
- Master the process and skills of critical thinking, strengthen the logicality and precision in personal thinking
- Consciously avoid common traps in critical thinking to remain calm and sober
- Learn how to apply critical thinking skills when making business decisions, in order to enhance the effectiveness
- Increase the precision of thinking and communication, to enhance personal professional image
What you will cover
Recognizing the value of using critical thinking in business
- Definition of critical thinking
- Relationship between critical thinking and creative thinking, strategic thinking and systematic thinking
- Application of critical thinking in business environment
- Common characteristics of effective critical thinkers
Understanding the process and skills of critical thinking (RED Model)
- Recognize Structures
Identify hidden assumptions
Clarify argument structures
- Evaluate Arguments
Study authenticity
Evaluate sufficiency and necessity
- Diversify Perspectives
Compare different arguments
Avoiding Common Traps in critical thinking
- Persuasion techniques
- Bias
- Strong emotions
Applying critical thinking in business situations
- Practicing critical thinking skills in a real business scenario