Structured and Critical Thinking

A practical toolkit for effective thinking

The structured and critical thinking course provides a tool kit for tackling challenging situations systematically, thinking them through and swiftly considering all options. The structured and critical thinking techniques will provide fresh insights and a better understanding of problems or challenges, making you better equipped to deal with them more effectively.

Benefits of the course

• Tools and techniques that improve thinking skills.
• Enhance problem solving skills.
• Active learning, lots of opportunity to apply techniques and strengthen understanding.

Who should attend?

Anyone whose job involves problem solving, ideas generation and wider thinking. It provides an essential toolkit for anyone looking for fresh insights and approaches for tackling challenges and problems.

The importance of structured  and critical thinking

• Gain absolute clarity on what structured thinking is and why it’s important.
• Challenge habitual thinking patterns.
• Develop new patterns of thinking.

Understanding a challenge

• Identify a problem and understand its root causes.
• Explore the problem fully using visual thinking tools which address any questions that arise and help to search for answers.

Multi-perspective thinking
Consider the challenge from the different perspectives where:

• All stakeholders’ positions are considered.
• The entire environment within which a business operates is considered.

Using questions to search for answers
Questioning techniques that will:

• Help to broaden thinking.
• Find solutions to a challenge.

 
Application
Delegates will:

• Explore the application of the tools and techniques.
• Bring the learning to life and make it practical.
• Enhance the confidence to use the learning back in the work place.