CRITICAL THINKING TRAINING
Training outline
Introduction
Critical thinking is arguably one of the most important mental skills we need to cultivate in the modern world, in concert with empathy and the discipline to avoid the infinite variety of mind-numbing addictions the economy has to offer.
Actively training critical thinking helps us put the information we perceive into a context, make better decisions and filter out meaningful information from the increasingly chaotic noise. It facilitates clarity and guided action, but at the same time the state of constant openness to different points of view, collaboration and awareness of the limitations of our own beliefs.
Location
Online or in-person (based in Central Slovenia, but organization of trainings is possible across Europe)
Target Audience
Organizations and businesses engaged in solving real-world problems, looking to upskill and empower their teams to better understand them, develop solutions in a collaborative way and improve their organizational systems and teamwork.
Individuals wanting to improve their capacity for understanding complex situations both within them and in the outside world, and finding leverage for addressing them.
Time and Duration
Trainings for organizations are organized on demand - contact us for inquiries. Each of the modules described below lasts 3 hours.
For individuals, we occasionally organize open training sessions. Check for upcoming events to see if there is a session coming up.
Price
For organizations, the list price is €690 per module, with discounts possible per agreement. Even though the modules are connected, they can be chosen independently. For open sessions for individuals, the price depends on the session and is published there.
Modules
Questioning Assumptions
We learn through exercises that underpinning every action or point of view is a set of assumptions - some we are aware of and some we're not - and those assumptions represent the constraints of our thinking and solution-finding.
We apply methods to surface assumptions - both in our own thinking and in group decision making.
We learn the collaborative process of questioning assumptions in order to expand our field of possibilities.
Incentives & Bias
The Method of Opposites
Through exercises, we experience how our cognitive biases such as confirmation bias or survivorship bias can lead to huge distortions of truth.
We recognize that most reasoning is conditioned by incentives - either direct interests or incentives to minimize emotional and cognitive discomfort.
We learn methods to cultivate awareness of biases and incentives, and to take them into account when reasoning or problem solving.
This method is very simple, yet powerful. It involves reframing the problem or looking at a situation from the exact opposite side - e.g. asking how to make the problem worse instead of solving it, or looking for information that contradicts your opinion instead of confirming it.
The method helps us reason better, get comfortable with contradictions and foster mutual understanding.
In the module, we learn the method and put it into practice.
Book the training
Contact us if you have an inquiry related to the Critical Thinking Training.
Phone
+386 51 283 888
get@bright3r.com
"When your mind is full of assumptions, conclusions, and beliefs, it has no penetration, it just repeats past impressions."
- Sadhguru