Program Overview

Program Overview

The Critical Thinking program is designed for all staff who wish to improve their critical thinking and logical reasoning skills for better analysis, evaluation, and communication in workplace situations. The program develops the critical and analytical thinking skills needed to correctly decipher information and influence competent thinking into practical application.

Program Objectives

By the end of this course, learners will:

• Understand critical thinking, its purpose and presentation, and the difference between critical thinking and AI
• Be able to critically assess heuristics and biases when analyzing information
• Use Socratic questioning to understand the core and scope of any situation
• Produce clear, structured argument mapping in support of their ideas
• Develop quick thinking on their feet to 'thrive under pressure'

Course Details

• The course duration is 3.5 hours
• Topics covered include:
  • Using clear reasoning: Making sense of goals
  • Using the 'Tree Diagram' technique to produce clear, structured arguments
  • Learning different styles and structure of argument to produce powerful rational persuasion
  • Overcoming False Reasoning: Using cool logic in hot situations
  • Learning to deal with false reasoning in meetings and discussions
  • Heuristics: shortcut thinking
  • Introduction to Socratic questioning

Post-Session Resources

Following the session, participants will be provided with resources to further engage in the topic, including suggested reading and other materials to continue their development.