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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
- Practical tools to upgrade your critical thinking
- Avoiding five critical-thinking killers
- Critical versus strategic thinking
- Seven ways to think about thinking
- Conditions to think beneath the surface
- A Nobel Prize-winning way to think about thinking
- Can you spot these cognitive biases?
- The REF method: Your intuition referee
- Using counterfactual thinking
- Overcoming dangers of loss aversion
- Most common logical fallacies at work
- Avoiding the planning fallacy
- Using framing to your advantage
- Questions that fuel curiosity
- Organizing a critical thinking workshop
- Bonus tip
Taught by
Becki Saltzman
Reviews
4.5 rating, based on 13 Class Central reviews
4.6 rating at LinkedIn Learning based on 24798 ratings
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Concise and informative. It was very precise in terms of the objective goals to be tackled in the course, the points were touched well.
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This course was quite informative, interesting and brilliant. It changes ones way of thinking in many ways.
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good as always got many things to learn anad explore and it was worth the time looking forward for more cpurses like this truly appreciate this website for bringing such things for students and professionals thanks alot
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Clear, practical, and engaging. This course breaks down critical-thinking tools into quick, actionable steps that immediately improve everyday decisions. Great mix of real-world examples and concise explanations
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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.
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I love the way she explained the critical thinking and giving examples. This was amazing
I love it
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I think this course hrlp me a lot. As my mother language is Chinese, I don't feel hard to understand teacher says. Also the exam was not that difficult. It's a freshmen-friendly course.
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O curso está gratuito, no entanto é só uma pre visualização do curso. Solicita pagamento e as aulas não muda o idioma, somente os textos.
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Really interesting and well explained.
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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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This course offers a clear, structured approach to improving judgment and decision-making through critical thinking. I appreciated how it broke down complex concepts like cognitive biases, mental models, and framing effects into digestible lessons with practical examples. The exercises were engaging and helped reinforce the material. Highly recommended for anyone looking to sharpen their reasoning skills in both personal and professional contexts.
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O curso é interessante e nos leva a refletir sobre como obter o pensamento crítico diante das situações.
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Course is informative and lots of learning. Definitely, course training completed will be cascaded to downline for better team composition.