MBA SKILLS FOR THINKING RATIONALLY, FORMULATING INTELLIGENT INFERENCES AND IMPROVING DECISIONS More than at anytime in the past, leaders today face additional challenges that require exceptional critical thinking capabilities. Critical thinking is a valuable skill for all aspects of your life. It benefits problem-solving, creativity, and teamwork resulting in faster decisions, more creative and innovative solutions, and higher quality deliverables. Mastering the skills of critical thinking can bring about an immense and profound impact on virtually every aspect of your life. In today’s competitive environment, the ability to think logically and make decisions rationally and intelligently is no longer an option – it’s an imperative! At this remarkable live virtual seminar, piloted by Paul Douglas, MBA, CMC, Ph.D., author of Critical Thinking and Influential Leadership, you will develop MBA skills for thinking rationally, formulating intelligent inferences and improving decision-making by identifying faulty arguments while refuting logical fallacies, biases and bullshit! KEY BENEFITS : • Utilize critical thinking skills to improve your decision-making • Evaluate your tendency to think uncritically • Recognize the vital role of formal logic in rational thinking • The Argument – What it is and how to recognize it • What Michael Palin can teach us about the argument • The power and beauty of Socrates’s categorical syllogism • Solve problems based on credible evidence • Detect inconsistencies and common mistakes in reasoning • Identify inconsistencies, faulty reasoning and logical fallacies • Understand your assumptions and cognitive biases • Appraise and evaluate arguments more effectively • identify the 7 barriers to effective thinking • Evaluate ideas and adjust assumptions • Develop intellectual self-defense • How to think clearly, identify fallacies and construct effective arguments • Distinguish between automatic and manual thinking • Realize how cognitive biases can make your team prone to errors in judgement • Avoid drone mentality and groupthink