Critical Thinking
Course Objectives: Participants shall
- Understand the importance of perspectives
- Acknowledge thinking differently
- Gain skills to identify a problem statement.
- Learn the Four Layers of Analytical Thinking
- Descriptive analysis
- Diagnostic analysis
- Predictive analysis
- Prescriptive analysis
- Acquire skills to build credibility through innovation
- Learn core principles of the Design Thinking approach
- Learn 8 thinking elements:
- Context
- Input
- Futuristic
- Intellection
- Strategic
- Analytical
- Ideation
- Learner
Learning Outcomes: Participants will be able to
- Practice critical thinking tools:
- SWOT analysis
- Fore Field Analysis
- Lotus Blossom
- PESTEL Analysis (Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Environmental, Legal)
- OKR (Objective and Key Results)
- Decision Matrix
- Demonstrate multi-dimensional solutions to a problem statement
- Present an analysis through the StoryBoarding tool
- Idea
- Purpose
- Client
- Product / Service
- Resources
- Financial tolerance
- Success measure
- Case studies and simulations
