3 Steps to Exceptional Critical Thinking

In a relatively short timeframe, this course teaches you a three-step process that significantly enhances your capacity to analyze problems and reach stronger conclusions. You will gain awareness of your current thinking tendencies, learn to build upon your existing strengths, and develop new strategies for addressing various situations. Using the RED framework, which stands for Recognize assumptions, Evaluate arguments, and Draw conclusions, you will develop greater confidence in making decisions and articulating your viewpoints.

Additional Resource:

Participants receive complimentary access to the "My Thinking Styles" assessment tool, which provides a personalized analysis of their preferred thinking approaches.

Course Learning Outcomes:

In this course, you will develop the ability to:

• Question underlying assumptions to separate factual information from opinion and interpretation
• Reach more sound conclusions when analyzing information from various sources
• Recognize cognitive biases and psychological factors that can affect judgment, including belief bias, confirmation bias, and gambler's fallacy
• Develop counterarguments to weak claims by identifying circular reasoning, ad hoc assumptions, and irrelevant distractions
• Detect concealed motivations that obstruct objective analysis
• Prevent the three most frequent mistakes in drawing conclusions from evidence
• Understand the seven distinct thinking styles and how they can be cultivated and used to address business challenges more effectively and strengthen the interpretation of complex information
• Approach difficult problems creatively by examining multiple viewpoints and perspectives
• Gain a competitive advantage through awareness of the routines and practices that enable critical thinking and better decision-making

The RED model and My Thinking Styles are trademarks of Pearson Education, Inc.