How to Develop Critical Thinking Skills

Why is critical thinking important?

Critical thinking ensures employees don’t make the wrong decisions that could waste time, money, or resources.

On this one-week course, you’ll develop your critical thinking skills to enable you to make decisions from a place of wisdom and clarity. With this knowledge, you’ll also be able to unlock the full potential of your team.

This CQ Original course from BoxPlay will arm you with essential critical thinking tools in a matter of hours, allowing you to confidently adapt to most issues in the workplace or your personal life.

Understand the benefits of critical thinking

With critical thinking, you’ll be able to correctly assess the information you receive and successfully present an argument. You’ll also be able to move beyond your prejudices and cognitive biases that can prevent you from dealing with difficult situations effectively.

You’ll learn how to apply the different steps of critical thinking including setting an intention, carrying out information analysis, and implementing a plan of action.

Promote management, collaboration, and communication skills in your team

You’ll learn about different thinking styles and how you can use critical thinking in your team to enhance management, communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.

Hone your critical thinking style and decision-making skills

Now that you understand critical thinking, you’ll be able to take a greater role in the decisions you make to reach clear and strategic conclusions.

Following along with engaging activities, you’ll finish the course with the confidence to make better decisions in your professional and personal life.

I found the course a very valuable introduction to critical leadership skills.

Julie McGee, Operations Business Partner Accenture

This course is designed for anyone who wants to improve their critical thinking skills in the workplace or in your personal life.

I have completed the active listening and the critical thinking courses. I thought they were really good – box media is an enjoyable way to learn with strong real-life scenarios and representative characters.

Sita Toolan, Accenture Senior Innovation Lead

This course is designed for anyone who wants to improve their critical thinking skills in the workplace or in your personal life.

I have completed the active listening and the critical thinking courses. I thought they were really good – box media is an enjoyable way to learn with strong real-life scenarios and representative characters.

Sita Toolan, Accenture Senior Innovation Lead

• Identify the key components and skills of CCCT.
• Identify the CCCT thinking types, including your own thinking type.
• Explore the initial steps of the critical thinking loop, which focus on identifying the task and gathering information.
• Produce a strategy that has been tested and evaluated, while cultivating accountability and awareness of bias.