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Critical Thinking (SSK61)

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    Description

    Critical thinking is a vital skill that offers numerous benefits and value, both personally and professionally. Developing strong critical thinking abilities enhances decision-making, problem-solving, and overall cognitive skills.

    In this course participants will learn the foundations of critical thinking. The whole course is built around eight strategies for critical thinking, and for each strategy a distinct set of tools will be introduced and practised:

    1. Challenging all assumptions
    2. Looking for what others have missed
    3. The earnest consideration of possibilities and ideas without (always) accepting them
    4. Emphasising data over beliefs
    5. Suspending judgment
    6. Revising conclusions based on new evidence
    7. The never-ending testing ideas
    8. The perspective that mistakes are data

    Course Level: Foundation
    Duration: 3 days
    Instructor: Holger Selle

    Designed for you, if you are...

    • Interested in developing strong critical thinking abilities to enhance decision-making, problem-solving and overall cognitive skills

    How we build your confidence

    • Face-to-face or virtual delivery
    • Socratic dialogue
    • Case studies
    • Games
    • Role plays

    The benefits from attending

    By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:

    • Identifying and applying the individual best critical thinking process
    • Applying strategic thinking tools successfully to a given situation
    • Participating meaningfully in strategic thinking activities
    • Exploring new routes to strategic thinking in your organisation

    Topics

    • Understanding Critical Thinking
    • Understanding the logical structures of the primary classes of arguments used in everyday contexts of life
    • Analysing arguments within these classes for their strengths and weaknesses
    • Recognising common mistakes in reasoning, including reasoning involving determining probabilities
    • Choose the right techniques to recognise assumptions and draw conclusions
    • Reflecting on your own thinking practices
    • Listening to the arguments of others without prejudging these arguments in advance

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    Customer Feedback

    "The course was covering all required information to enhance our way of thinking and the instructor was excellent in all aspects." - WTP Leader at Oxy

    "The tools and exercises are great." - Reliability Specialist at Oxy

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