The seminar can be held online on the official International Business Academy platform. On completion of the training you will be given a link to the recording, which will be available for one month.
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Critical thinking as a strategic skill of the leader and the expert
Why it matters today
In conditions of high uncertainty, information overload and pressure for business results, the ability to think critically is a competitive advantage. Companies lose millions on wrong decisions, assumptions and unfounded conclusions. Critical thinking is a skill that protects the business from subjectivity, distortions and managerial «short circuits».
This training is for companies that want to:
— Improve the quality of management decisions at all levels
— Develop employees' analytical resilience and fact-checking skills
— Strengthen a culture of reasoned thinking rather than intuitive reaction
— Build teams capable of discussing, arguing and persuading rationally
At the training participants will learn to:
— Quickly and clearly separate facts from interpretations
— Identify logical errors, cognitive biases and manipulation
— Structure information and argue decisions
— Conduct a balanced assessment of risks and proposals
— Make decisions without distorting reality
Training format:
— Intensive practice: business cases, modelling real situations, debates
— Can be adapted to the industry: finance, audit, oil and gas, HR, IT
Goal: To develop participants' skill of systematic, analytical, reasoned thinking under information overload, emotional pressure and digital manipulation.
Day 1REBOOTING YOUR THINKING
Module 1. What stops us thinking critically?
Tool: a map of cognitive biases + case work (analysing news, slogans, adverts)
Module 2. Information hygiene: filtering out the noise
Tool: a learning fake challenge — participants are given a mix of fakes and truth
Modern approach: lateral reading (cross-checking, Mike Caulfield's method)
Module 3. Argumentation beyond Toulmin
Tool: a visual argument map (mind+logic map)
Module 4. Emotions versus reason: how not to get caught
Exercise: participants analyse emotional messages and reconstruct them in neutral form
Day 2CRITICAL THINKING IN ACTION
Module 5. Business decisions under the lens of logic
Tool: critical analysis of a business case
Module 6. Thinking in the era of digital threats
Exercise: investigating a fake case
Module 7. Critical listening and reading
Tool: debriefing TED Talks/ expert interviews
Module 8. Developing critical thinking as a habit
