Critical Thinking Training
Course Outline
In this Critical Thinking Training course, you will learn how to leverage critical thinking and creative problem-solving techniques to solve organizational issues in a corporate environment. You will learn about:
- Left and right-brain thinking
- Spur creativity
- Outcome-based thinking
Critical Thinking Training Benefits
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In this leadership course, you will:
- Learn to make better decisions through critical thinking and creative problem-solving.
- Enhance your personal creativity through proven tools and techniques.
- Apply critical processes to assess work issues and problems.
- Transform your creativity into practical business solutions.
- Continue learning and face new challenges with after-course one-on-one instructor coaching.
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Prequisites
None.
Critical Thinking Training Outline
Module 1: Critical Thinking and Creative Problem-Solving Essentials
In this module, you will learn how to:
- Apply creative problem solving in the workplace
- Differentiate between creativity and innovation
- Apply the steps of critical thinking and understand the connections between ideas and facts
- Analyze and evaluate data and establish significance
- Identify various conclusions, weigh strengths, and limitations of all possible outcomes
Module 2: Leveraging Personal Thinking Styles
In this module, you will learn how to:
- Identify your own natural brain dominance with the Triune Brain Theory
- Assess your preferred approach to thinking, along with your strengths and opportunities
- Leverage your left- or right-brain dominance
- Enhance your whole-brain thinking
- Recognize and adapt to others’ preferred thinking styles
Module 3: Unleashing Your Creativity
In this module, you will learn how to:
- Explore your own creativity
- Utilize tools and techniques to become more creative
- Identify elements that stimulate creativity
- Eliminate barriers to innovation
- Avoid groupthink, which can lead to poor outcomes
- Unscramble the iterative mind
- Move between the left and right brain
- Value non-dominant preferences
- Deploy divergent and convergent thinking
Module 4: Solving Problems Using Analysis and Prioritization Tools
In this module, you will learn how to:
- Apply analysis models for problem solving
- Set priorities for taking action to solve a problem
- Evaluate problems around people, process and technology
- Deconstruct problems using the stair-step technique, which focuses on solving a problem step-by-step
- Create a satisfaction scale to help you choose the best solution
Module 5: Translating Creativity and Analysis into Practical Application
In this module, you will learn how to:
- Overcome the "It won't work here" mentality
- Analyze for outcomes, not solutions
- Clearly express analysis results
Module 6: Putting It All Together
In this module, you will learn how to:
- Reinforce your newly developed creative thinking skills
- Construct a blueprint for your action plan
- Educate others with creative tools
- Practice creative and critical thinking skills
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