Critical Thinking for Better Judgment and Decision-Making

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Free Online Course: Critical Thinking for Better Judgment and Decision-Making provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for Less than 1 hour of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. Critical Thinking for Better Judgment and Decision-Making is taught by Becki Saltzman.

Overview
  • Teach your team how to think critically. Learn how to use critical thinking to avoid fallacies, spot biases, craft better arguments, hone judgment, and improve decision-making.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Upgrading critical thinking
    • Avoiding five critical-thinking killers
    1. The Critical Thinking Difference
    • Critical versus strategic thinking
    • Seven ways to think about thinking
    • Conditions to think beneath the surface
    2. Minimizing Bad Judgment
    • A Nobel Prize-winning way to think about thinking
    • Can you spot these cognitive biases?
    3. Improving Decision Quality
    • The REF method: Your intuition referee
    • Using counterfactual thinking
    • Overcoming dangers of loss aversion
    4. Critical Thinking Fallacies
    • Most common logical fallacies at work
    • Avoiding the planning fallacy
    • Using framing to your advantage
    5. Creating the Critical Thinking Culture of Curiosity
    • Questions that fuel curiosity
    • Organizing a critical thinking workshop
    Conclusion
    • Bonus tip