B STATE Workshop
Critical Thinking
for Business Results
Building the Skill That Drives Better Decisions
The lack of Critical Thinking is the single biggest contributor to breakdowns, unresolved problems, miscommunication, and poor decisions in organizations today.
The Cost to Your Organization
Why Critical Thinking for
Business Results
Poor Critical Thinking results in losing money, low quality standards, preventable injuries, wasting resources, and low performance. It erodes the core values that define your culture and creates a compounding cycle of unresolved problems.
● Why It Matters
It is a growing challenge because Critical Thinking is rarely taught as part of standard curriculum in public or higher education, leaving organizations to absorb the cost. Every breakdown, missed deadline, and misaligned decision carries a price that compounds over time.
Every person has Critical Thinking strengths and weaknesses. Awareness of your competencies is the first step toward measurable improvement.
● The Challenge
When people lack Critical Thinking, they solve problems based on emotional biases, faulty assumptions, and flawed conclusions that lead them to resolve one issue while creating three more unintended problems.
With the increased use of AI, many people are relying on technology to do their thinking for them. This is an error in approach. AI actually requires enhanced Critical Thinking to properly evaluate and discern the options it presents.
GOOD NEWS
Critical Thinking is a skill that can be taught and a discipline that can be improved. Like any important skill, it requires effort to master. The impact of improving Critical Thinking competency benefits people at work, in their personal lives, and even in their relationships with others.
The impact is immediate and demonstrable when applied to a problem or project currently in motion.
DEFINITION
"The ability to ask questions that lead to root cause solutions, optimizing benefits while minimizing unintended negative consequences."
Comprehensive Critical Thinking requires six distinct analysis skills. Each skill targets a different dimension of how we process information and arrive at decisions. Most people are naturally stronger in some areas than others, and that awareness alone creates an immediate opportunity for growth.
WORKSHOP DEEP DIVE
The Six Analysis Skills & Workshop Outcomes
Watch how the Six Analysis Lenses work together to uncover root causes and drive breakthrough results.
01
Objective Analysis
A neutral and open-minded response to diverse opinions and perspectives, with the ability to analyze and sort conflicting information without bias.
02
Global Analysis
Understanding the big picture, strategic, and long-term implications from information and alternative solutions presented.
03
Detail Analysis
Viewing and responding to detailed information and data to better understand fact from opinion, unintended consequences, and solution efficacy.
04
Perspective Analysis
Accurately representing the diverse responses and reactions from each different person or group impacted by a situation, solution, or change.
05
Symptom-Source Analysis
Differentiating multiple symptoms to uncover the root causes of a situation and create a roadmap for optimizing impact.
06
Integration Analysis
The ability to synthesize all Critical Thinking analysis skills to develop alternative solutions and pathways for successful results.
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
Highly Interactive and Application-Oriented
This workshop starts with a deep understanding and individual assessment of each of the six Critical Thinking Analysis Skills. Participants then practice and apply their enhanced questioning skills to a real problem or project.
Together, the group assesses the true costs of poor Critical Thinking in their organization, and coaches one another through a guided curiosity and discovery process.
1 Full Day
In-Person or Virtual
All Levels
Application-Based
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
Learning Objectives
Learn the depths of all six Critical Thinking Analysis Skills.
Gain awareness of relative Critical Thinking strengths and weaknesses through a series of solo and group problem-solving activities.
Receive a complete set of Critical Thinking Questions for all six Analysis Skill Areas, applicable across every phase of problem solving and decision making:
>Identify Issue or Project Scope
>Gather Information to Analyze Situation
>Identify Solutions and Path Forward
>Implement Solutions or Project
>Evaluate Effectiveness and Modify
Apply Critical Thinking Questions to improve the analysis of an existing problem being solved or project being implemented.
Coach one another to enhance Critical Thinking Analysis of a real problem or project through a guided curiosity and discovery process.
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