Why You Should Invest in Your Critical Thinking Skills

Critical thinking is one of today's most important skills

The World Economic Forum, Forbes, Indeed, Monster Jobs, and others place critical thinking and its supporting skills (problem-solving, creative thinking) in the top 10 most needed skills. According to online employment marketplace, ZipRecruiter, the percent of jobs requiring critical thinking skills grew by 70% from 2017 to 2018.

Yet most professionals lack advanced critical thinking skills

60% of managers say critical thinking skills is the #1 skill recent graduates are lacking.

84% of senior managers believe their organization suffered a loss due to an absence of critical thinking in their workforce.

The course is based on research-based Critical Thinking Roadmap

We used 3 research-based models – Halpern Critical Thinking Assessment, Pearson’s RED Critical Thinking Model, and Bloom’s Taxonomy – to develop the Critical Thinking Roadmap, which we published in  Harvard Business Review.

How Work Will Be Different After This Course

Here's what you’ll be able to do after the course:

• Deliver high-quality work on time
• Take ownership for their work even if it’s uninteresting
• Distinguish between what is important and what is not
• Make sense of a lot of information quickly
• Develop sound, compelling recommendations
• Make good decisions using a methodical evaluation approach
• Solve complex problems
• Generate creative solutions to intractable challenges
• Develop breakthrough strategies