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LinkedIn Learning

Critical Thinking for Better Judgment and Decision-Making

via LinkedIn Learning

Overview

Teach your team how to think critically. Learn how to use critical thinking to avoid fallacies, spot biases, craft better arguments, hone judgment, and improve decision-making.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Upgrading critical thinking
  • Avoiding five critical-thinking killers
1. The Critical Thinking Difference
  • Critical versus strategic thinking
  • Seven ways to think about thinking
  • Conditions to think beneath the surface
2. Minimizing Bad Judgment
  • A Nobel Prize-winning way to think about thinking
  • Can you spot these cognitive biases?
3. Improving Decision Quality
  • The REF method: Your intuition referee
  • Using counterfactual thinking
  • Overcoming dangers of loss aversion
4. Critical Thinking Fallacies
  • Most common logical fallacies at work
  • Avoiding the planning fallacy
  • Using framing to your advantage
5. Creating the Critical Thinking Culture of Curiosity
  • Questions that fuel curiosity
  • Organizing a critical thinking workshop
Conclusion
  • Bonus tip

Taught by

Becki Saltzman

Reviews

4.5 rating, based on 4 Class Central reviews

4.6 rating at LinkedIn Learning based on 21354 ratings

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  • Anonymous
    such insights, not just at work but in every day life.. I could only wish the quiz and activity were a bit longer, to make it more engaging. But either way the course is very much helpful. Thank you very much.
  • José Fabiano De Sousa Frota
    O curso é interessante e nos leva a refletir sobre como obter o pensamento crítico diante das situações.
  • Carlo Albert Quinto
    Course is informative and lots of learning. Definitely, course training completed will be cascaded to downline for better team composition.
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    Budi Putra Jaya
    Thanks for the amazing course! The insightful content and engaging delivery made the learning process enjoyable and impactful. I've gained valuable knowledge and skills that I'm eager to apply in real-world situations. Highly recommend this course to anyone looking to enhance their expertise!

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