CRITICAL JUDGMENT & DESIGN THINKING

Summary:

Critical thinking is the general term given to a wide range of cognitive and intellectual skills needed to effectively identify, analyze and evaluate arguments, discover and overcome personal prejudices and biases, also to formulate and present convincing reasons in support of conclusions and of course to make reasonable, intelligent decisions about what to believe and what to do.

Creative thinking is the thinking we do when we generate ideas, whereas critical thinking is the thinking we do when we judge ideas.

This workshop enhances the thinking process leading to critical judgment merged with design thinking to ultimately mold participants’ mind in to thinking in a manner that keeps their organization excelling through innovative strategies to solve problems, make critical decisions and conduct themselves and teams utilizing best practices in critical aspects in an innovative systematic way.

This workshop equips participants with the science of critical thinking, critical judgment and design thinking in order for them to apply their knowledge at work where and when needed.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

1. Focus
2. Analyze arguments to the extent possible
3. Ask and answer questions of clarification/challenge
4. Judge credibility
5. Deduce and judge deduction
6. Induce and judge induction
7. Make and judge value judgments
8. Consider and reason
9. Understand the stages of design thinking and apply them with practice

Topics Covered:

1. Reasoning
2. Deductive reasoning
3. Analytic reasoning
4. Synthetic reasoning
5. Inductive reasoning
6. Evaluating
7. Using the 5Ws and H

1. Problem Solving
2. Proper identification of problem
3. Defining the problem
4. Examining options
5. Acting on plans
6. Assessing consequences
7. Decision Making
8. Identifying the decision
9. Gathering the information
10. Identifying alternatives
11. Weighing the evidence
12. Choosing among alternatives
13. Taking action
14. Reviewing your decision
15. Analyzing
16. Initial reactions
17. Analysis and interpretation
18. Consideration of cultural context
19. Expression of aesthetic judgment
20. Ongoing reflection
21. The cycle in play
22. Repeat and Refine
23. Application
24. Design Thinking
25. Empathetic Approach
26. Defining context and details
27. Ideating
28. Prototyping
29. Testing
30. Bringing it all together
31. Judging Different Scenarios
32. Roleplaying entire context with live coaching

Duration: 12 hours