Using Critical Thinking for Better Decision Making

1 Full Day  |  .6 CEUs

This one day course is an opportunity to enhance your decision making skills to attain better business results. You will build a working knowledge of frameworks and tools that you will be able to apply right now in your own work. You'll be working with decision making opportunities that exist in your organization today. You'll develop your own techniques for applying what you will learn. You'll be able to answer the question – is critical thinking the most critical skill for leaders?

Program Description

The need for the clearest of thinking with the most accurate, relevant information is a must. "Of course," you say. This course is the foundation for such if you are going to be at the top of your game. There is so much to account for if your decisions are going to be the best possible. Every framework and angle must be accounted for. Let's not forget about how essential critical thinking is for innovation, the lifeblood of organizations. Total gut or coin tossing won't work as well as they used to. This course will bring you to the point where you (Sherlock) will be able to say, "That is precisely correct, Dr. Watson."

Learning Outcomes

Here's what you will learn:

• Six ah-has about critical thinking; new accountabilities
• Two contrasting perspectives on mind working
• Seven skills that are used in critical-thinking
• How to test your perspectives
• The use of scenario analysis
• Seven assumptions for launching the decision process
• Four creative thinking abilities
• The evidence hierarchy
• Clearing the path for optimum results
• Six ways to determine credibility
• Deciding when there is no time to decide
• Ways to avoid poor decisions
• Seven characteristics of critical thinkers
• Roadblocks in critical thinking
• Seven internal variables that influence critical thinking
• Six questions to ask before moving forward
• To solve or not to solve? That is the question
• The answer will be found here

 

Audience

Professionals, supervisors, managers and leaders in business and government who need to make better decisions in today's weird world of organization success factors.

 

Delivery

Any of the executive education programs offered by the Hudson Center of Entrepreneurship and Executive Education (HCEEE) can be delivered to your organization at your location Please contact us for more information.