Thinking Mastery

Unlock Your Potential to Analyze, Decide, and Lead with Clarity!

From Insight to Foresight: Make Better Decisions, Build Better Plans

In a world overloaded with information and complex challenges, the ability to think clearly, analyze deeply, and plan effectively is no longer a soft skill—it's a critical professional advantage. This course is designed to transform your thinking from reactive to proactive, equipping you with the frameworks and tools to navigate ambiguity and drive results.

Venue: Uncommon Highbury Co-working Space

Course language: English

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Who should attend?

Managers & Team Leaders making key decisions that affect their team's direction.

Project Managers & Consultants tasked with solving complex team&client problems.

Entrepreneurs & Business Owners developing long-term strategies for their ventures.

Aspiring Leaders who want to stand out by demonstrating superior problem-solving skills.

Civil servants, diplomats, and volunteers in charity organizations,

Any Professional looking to sharpen their analytical abilities and advance their career.

Entry requirements

Qualification/s or experience in your subject area
Applicants are expected to have a good command of both written and spoken English

Certification

Description

This training is 100% applied training. We use behavioral applied sciences through experiential learning methods, interactive training sessions, and practical application workshops. During the training, the participants simulate real situations that a leader must deal with, thus helping them identify the best solutions for the problems they will face in their real life or at their job. The graduates will receive 15 credits of CPD Certificate of Attendance in Thinking Mastery.

What's Included:

On-Demand Learning Modules** downloadable workbooks, and practical exercises.

Real-World Case Studies from tech, business, and public policy.

Interactive Tools & Templates to apply immediately to your own challenges.

Course topics

Defining critical vs. strategic thinking.

The role of cognitive biases (confirmation, anchoring, etc.) and how to overcome them.

The "5 Whys" technique for root cause analysis.

Argumenting and Reasoning

Logic and logical fallacies.

Building and evaluating arguments.

Working with data: interpretation vs. misinterpretation.

Ambiguity: Types of ambiguity

Eliminating irrelevancies

Suppressed premises

Deductive and inductive arguments

First-Principles Thinking: Breaking down problems to their fundamental truths.

Scenarios Planning: Preparing for multiple possible futures.

Systems Thinking: Understanding interconnections and unintended consequences.

Decision-Making in Uncertainty

Using Decision Matrices and Cost-Benefit Analysis.

Objectives

Deconstruct Complexity: Break down complex problems into manageable components to identify root causes, not just symptoms.

Evaluate Information Critically: Identify biases, assess the credibility of sources, and distinguish strong arguments from weak ones.

Apply Structured Frameworks: Utilize proven models (e.g., First-Principles Thinking, Decision Trees) to analyze situations systematically.

Generate Innovative Solutions: Move beyond conventional thinking to develop creative and effective strategic options.

Make Data-Informed Decisions: Balance analytical rigor with intuitive judgment to make confident, defensible choices.

Formulate Robust Strategy: Translate analysis into a clear, actionable, and adaptive strategic plan.

Anticipate and Mitigate Risk: Proactively identify potential pitfalls and develop contingency plans.

Demonstrate decision-making skills

Course agenda

Day 1
09:00-09:30 – Introductory Session
09:30-10:00 – Critical Thinking vs. Creative Thinking
10:00-11:00 – The Role of Cognitive Biases (Confirmation, Anchoring, etc.).
11:00-11:20 – Coffee break
11:20-13:00 – Argument and reasoning
13:00-13:40 – Lunch break
13:40-15:00 – Strategic analysis techniques
15:00-15:20 – Coffee break
15:20-16:00 – VUKA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity)

Day 2
09:00-10:00 – Strategic planning
10:00-11:00 – Design thinking - Double Diamond Method
11:00-11:20 – Coffee break
11:20-13:00 – Decision making, decision tree
13:00-14:00 – Lunch break
14:00-16:00 – Decision making in crises