Strategical & Critical Thinking Training Course
This course is designed to enhance your ability to think strategically, equipping you with the skills to approach complex situations, avoid biases, and make well-informed decisions swiftly and accurately. Through a structured exploration of various thinking styles and the common pitfalls in strategic thinking, you will develop a comprehensive understanding of how to apply strategic thinking in your professional activities.
This course is available as onsite live training in Nepal or online live training.Course Outline
Course schedule:
- What is strategic thinking
- The role of strategic thinking in activity
- The advantages of strategic thinking
- Critical thinking versus creative thinking
- Development of types of thinking
- Errors in strategic thinking
- Ways of developing strategic thinking
What you will learn:
- It will help you to have a complex approach to the situations you face;
- It will help to identify and avoid biases in thinking;
- To operate correctly with very different information in terms of content;
- To make choices as accurate and fast as possible.
Skills developed:
- Resolute mental mobility
- Evaluation of reasonings
- Avoiding cognitive errors
- Critical thinking
- Analysis and synthesis, abstraction and generalization.
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Testimonials (3)
Provided and explained very clearly a lot of foundational concepts, which fit well with the team's level of learning. The exercises were very engaging and I believe my team were comfortable and participated very well. Coordinating with the trainer as well was very seamless.
Christlan Tolentino - Canadian Blood Services
Course - Critical Thinking
The references on the material, and everything else that was provided during the training. However, I would recommend advertising this training so more people can attend.
Freddie Martinez - City of Spruce Grove
Course - Balanced Scorecard
I liked the alistair's knowledge and presentation style.
yvette pranger
Course - Strategic Planning in Practice
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