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 Delivery Methods
Critical Thinking Training Benefits
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
Critical Thinking Training Outline
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
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
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
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
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
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
