Critical and Strategic Thinking Skills

The goal of the webinar is to equip participants with the tools and techniques to enable critical and strategic thinking in relation to both the simple and more complex problems encountered in their careers and lives. Participants should understand both how to use the tools provided and source help when needed. 

This session is structured around the five parts essential to critical and strategic thinking:

• Sense
• Think
• Act
• Report
• 6 Habits

Learning outcomes

Upon satisfactory completion of this activity you will be able to: 

• Distinguish between critical and strategic thinking and decision making
• Recognise patterns, assess the reality of situations and source reliable information on which to make decisions
• Use a range of critical and strategic thinking techniques to enable you to cope with uncertainty, think innovatively and make decisions under pressure
• Understand the behaviours needed to implement and maintain habits of critical and strategic thinking skills for a lifetime
• Apply effective methods of communicating critical and strategic thinking opportunities and ideas. 

Benefits

Have you ever thought or been told to improve your critical or strategic thinking skills? These thinking skills are essential to the progression of your career and help you see new solutions to old problems and to constantly reinvent yourself and your points of view in a way that is unique and benefits the purpose of your organisation.