Analytical thinking & creative problem solving
Overview
Mastering critical thinking and problem-solving skills can help you make better decisions or recommendations – an essential competency in today’s knowledge workplaces. Analytical / critical thinking helps you to examine and improve thought processes, ask the right questions, challenge assumptions and consider varying viewpoints. Effective problem-solving helps you to properly identify and systematically work through a problem in a comprehensive manner, ensuring clarity when it comes time to make decisions or recommendations.
Learning Outcomes
- Define critical thinking and identify your critical thinking styles
- Work through the critical thinking process to build, analyze and evaluate varying viewpoints
- Analyze context and information to clearly understand and identify a problem
- Analyze problems and find factual data to support decisions
- Distinguish, evaluate and summarize relevant information
- Generate a broader and more unique range of solutions
- Arrive at objective and well-reasoned decisions consistent with the available information
Targeted Group
Management Level
Focus Areas
- Analytical / critical thinking behaviours & processes
- Structuring data and assessing data patterns
- Problem solving models and techniques
Delivery Methodology
Media Mix- Experiential discovery-based learning activities
- Videos
- Group discussions
- Case studies & analysis
- Templates to facilitate structured conversations and action planning