THE POWER OF THOUGHT: Critical Thinking for Today’s Complex World
Overview
In today’s fast-paced digital world, instant access to information has made critical thinking a lost art. Employees often rely on quick answers rather than deep analysis, leading to poor decision-making and business inefficiencies. Professionals must learn to blend human intelligence with AI-driven insights to assess information accurately, challenge assumptions, and make data-driven decisions. AI-powered analytics, predictive models, and cognitive computing tools are redefining how we analyse, evaluate, and solve complex problems.
This 5-day training course equips participants with the skills and mindset to become strong critical thinkers. It challenges assumptions, enhances reasoning skills, and provides frameworks for effective problem-solving. Using self-assessments, interactive discussions, games, case studies, and real-world application exercises, participants will hone their ability to think critically in complex business environments.
Price: $4,500.00
5-Day Training Program (4 Hours per Day)
Delivery Methods
🔹 Self-Assessments & Reflection – Self-discovery exercises for deeper insights
🔹 Games-Based Learning – Interactive challenges that reinforce thinking skills
🔹 Facilitator-Led Discussions – Engaging conversations with real-world applications
🔹 Case Studies & Business Scenarios – Exploring successes and failures
🔹 Group Problem-Solving & Debates – Encouraging diverse perspectives
🔹 Experiential Learning & Hands-on Activities – Bringing concepts to life
Objectives:
At the end of this training, participants will be able to:
✅ Define critical thinking and identify its core components
✅ Leverage AI-powered cognitive analysis tools – Use AI-driven platforms to evaluate reasoning, biases, and decision accuracy.
✅ Recognize biases and cognitive distortions that hinder decision-making
✅ Use AI to detect cognitive biases – Explore how AI-driven tools identify biases in thinking and suggest corrective insights.
✅ Apply Bloom’s Taxonomy to enhance thinking skills
✅ Utilize problem-solving frameworks such as Root Cause Analysis, SWOT, and PEST
✅ Develop strategies to question assumptions and evaluate evidence effectively
✅ Apply critical thinking in decision-making, risk assessment, and strategic planning
✅ Strengthen their ability to analyse, evaluate, and create innovative solutions
Programme Outline
Day 1: Foundations of Critical Thinking
Session 1: What is Critical Thinking?
🔹 Activity: Self-assessment – How Critical a Thinker Are You?
🔹 Discussion: What defines great critical thinkers?
🔹 Exploration: The 6 key characteristics of critical thinkers
🔹 Game: The Illusion of Knowledge – Why do we think we know more than we do?
🔹 Reflection Exercise: What happens when we don’t think critically?
🔹 AI in Cognitive Analysis: How AI-powered tools evaluate critical thinking patterns and suggest improvement strategies.
Session 2: What Gets in the Way of Critical Thinking?
🔹 Facilitator-led discussion: The neuroscience of cognitive biases
🔹 Case study: When assumptions go wrong – real-world business failures
🔹 Game-based learning: Spot the fallacy – Identifying flawed reasoning
🔹 Group exercise: How biases shape decision-making in business
🔹 AI-Powered Bias Detection: How AI-driven insights identify unconscious biases in decision-making.
Day 2: The Thinking Framework – Bloom’s Taxonomy
Session 3: Bloom’s Taxonomy – The Levels of Thinking
🔹 Facilitator-led discussion: The six levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy
🔹 Activity: Where are you on the thinking scale? Self-discovery exercise
🔹 Case study: Applying Bloom’s Taxonomy to workplace challenges
Session 4: Remembering & Understanding – The Foundation of Thinking
🔹 Game-based learning: Memory under pressure – The power (and limits) of recall
🔹 Exercise: Active listening and retention challenge
🔹 Group exploration: How different perspectives influence understanding
Day 3: Application & Analysis in Critical Thinking
Session 5: Applying What We Know
🔹 Facilitator-led discussion: Why applying knowledge matters
🔹 Exercise: Reverse Engineering Thinking – Deconstructing solutions
🔹 Case study: Companies that failed due to lack of application
Session 6: Taking a Closer Look – Root Cause Analysis
🔹 Interactive workshop: The 5 Whys – Getting to the real problem
🔹 Group challenge: Diagnosing business problems using RCA
🔹 AI for Problem-Solving & Pattern Recognition: How AI-powered analytics detect trends and propose data-backed solutions.
🔹 AI-Enhanced Root Cause Analysis: How AI-driven reasoning helps break down complex business challenges.
🔹 Practical exercise: Applying critical thinking to real-world business dilemmas
Day 4: Evaluation & Decision-Making
Session 7: Evaluating What We Know
🔹 Activity: SWOT & PEST analysis – Evaluating risks and opportunities
🔹 AI-Powered Risk Assessment & Scenario Analysis: How AI-driven risk modelling helps assess decision outcomes before implementation.
🔹 Case study: How leaders use critical thinking to assess business environments
🔹 Group exploration: Evaluating strategies for solving workplace conflicts
Session 8: The Decision-Making Process
🔹 Facilitator-led discussion: Making sound decisions under pressure
🔹 Simulation game: Decision-making under uncertainty
🔹 Debate challenge: Testing different decision-making models
Day 5: Innovation & Mastery – Creating Solutions
Session 9: Let’s Create a Masterpiece!
🔹 Experiential exercise: Solving complex business problems with critical thinking
🔹 AI for Creative Thinking & Innovation: How AI-powered ideation tools enhance creative problem-solving and brainstorming.
🔹 Activity: The Innovation Challenge – Designing solutions from scratch
🔹 Reflection: Lessons learned and personal action plans
Session 10: Bringing Critical Thinking into the Workplace
🔹 Facilitator-led discussion: How to sustain critical thinking habits
🔹 Practical exercise: Building a Critical Thinking Culture in Teams
🔹 Commitment plan: Personal roadmap for continuous improvement
At the end of this 5-day course, participants will leave with a sharpened ability to analyse, evaluate, and innovate—making them stronger decision-makers, problem solvers, and strategic thinkers in any professional setting.