Course Details
Critical Thinking and Decision Making is the pace of change and volume of information we encounter in daily life make it hard to think through decisions. Instead, people often rely on biases and rules of thumb, which trap them into drawing faulty conclusions. The most successful teams use critical thinking—objective and rational analysis—to illuminate the wisest conclusions. This course prepares leaders to hone the critical thinking skills of their entire organization. Learn how to upgrade critical thinking to avoid deceiving fallacies, spot misleading cognitive biases, craft better arguments, hone judgment, and improve decision-making. Instructor Becki Saltzman teaches skills that will improve how your company or team innovates, tackles challenges, and responds to change.
Introduction to Critical Thinking and Decision-Making
The rapid pace of change and unprecedented access to information, information that’s not always entirely reliable, makes critical thinking more important than ever. As you progress as a leader, increasingly you’ll need to rely on critical thinking to separate fact from fiction, transfer knowledge from one context to another, ask the right questions, and challenge assumptions. In this course, you’ll apply specific techniques for you and your team to upgrade critical thinking skills to avoid deceiving fallacies, spot misleading cognitive biases, craft better arguments, hone your judgment, and improve your decision making. The test of becoming a better critical thinker isn’t whether you’re learned a new fact, but whether you can identify times you’re using critical thinking skills versus other skills to make better judgments and decisions. The biggest bonus is that as you work on this skill it travels with you, improving your judgments and decisions in every aspect of your life.
Earn a sharable certificate
Share what you’ve learned in this Critical Thinking and Decision-Making course, and be a standout professional in your desired industry with a certificate showcasing your knowledge gained from the course.
