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Effective decision makers are those rare individuals who are able to consistently identify and choose the best option among multiple alternatives. Their decisions are imaginative, reasoned, and defensible.
In this course, you will be provided with the training and tools necessary to become an inventive, logical decision maker. You'll explore a structured way to approach and dismantle problems, and you'll learn to clarify problems in terms of objectives and issues, with a view toward optimum outcomes.
Applying the techniques of critical thinking allows you to dismantle complex problems and to understand the inputs and implications of your thought processes. This training allows you to develop positions on issues that are logical and explicable to others. After completing the course, you'll understand why most decisions are of poor quality and you will be able to impose quality controls on your decisions and the decisions of others.
What You'll Learn:
Quality control in decision making
Why intuitive decision making is not effective
How thinking and reasoning processes operate
Natural barriers to sound reasoning
Where to look for bias and assumptions in problem analysis
Analytical techniques for comparing alternative solutions
Structure, standards, and ethics of critical thinking
Inputs and implications of thought processes
How to control and evaluate your thought processes
How to reason effectively and consistently
Problem analysis best practices - using your decision time most effectively
Understand problems from multiple perspectives
Techniques for structuring the comparison of alternatives
Formulating creative solutions
Analytical decision analysis techniques such as sequencing, sorting, time lines, and matrixes
Hands-On Exercises
Evaluate the strategic thinking of others
Assess the reasoning of others
Dismantle reasoning into the elements of reason
Judge the elements of reason based on standards
Problem solving by starting with restatement of the issues
Problem solving from a number of different perspectives
Identify decision-making factors
Quality control in recommendations
Creativity and the decision-making process
Apply sorting techniques to the decision-making process
Structure the analytical process with a matrix
Analyze decision options using decision trees
Evaluate decision options using probabilities
Compare options using paired ranking
Dates and LocationsMay 8 - May 9: Boston, MAMay 15 - May 16: Toronto, ONMay 22 - May 23: Washington, DCJune 5 - June 6: Chicago (Schaumburg), ILJune 26 - June 27: Dallas, TXJuly 10 - July 11: San Jose, CAJuly 17 - July 18: New York, NYJuly 17 - July 18: Ottawa, ONJuly 24 - July 25: Atlanta, GAJuly 31 - August 1: Los Angeles, CAAugust 14 - August 15: Morristown, NJAugust 14 - August 15: Toronto, ONAugust 21 - August 22: Houston, TXSeptember 11 - September 12: Chicago (Schaumburg), ILSeptember 18 - September 19: Columbus, OHSeptember 25 - September 26: Washington, DCOctober 2 - October 3: Philadelphia, PAOctober 9 - October 10: Denver, COOctober 16 - October 17: Raleigh, NCOctober 23 - October 24: Dallas, TXOctober 30 - October 31: Ottawa, ONOctober 30 - October 31: San Jose, CANovember 6 - November 7: Boston, MANovember 6 - November 7: New York, NYNovember 13 - November 14: Sacramento, CANovember 13 - November 14: Toronto, ONNovember 20 - November 21: Atlanta, GADecember 11 - December 12: Chicago (Schaumburg), IL