Critical Thinking at Work: Yes it's a Superpower

One business problem (for people) is what will be left for us employees to really do when AI automates so many functions. The other business problem is that a lot of decisions are poorly thought out and fail.  An answer to both problems is people who are practiced and confident at thinking critically and making good judgements. While we can’t turn people into critical thinking superheroes in forty minutes, we can offer an overarching framework for good thinking and good decisions,  as well as tips and tricks that people can use starting tomorrow and for the rest of their careers 

• Six point checklist for making a good decision 
• Five key tools to use when wrestling with an argument
• Four intellectual values to install to use in every decision
• Three cognitive biases to overcome
• Two calamitous thinking fallacies to avoid
• One attitude to stay in front of AI the whole time

3 Key Learnings

1. A framework for good decision making
2. Surfacing some deeply installed cognitive biases that they can get on top of
3. Thinking tools to sharpen their thinking about issues that come up at work

About Michael

Michael Parker is the Headmaster of Newington College and the Chair of its Critical Thinking Centre. He received Arts and Law degrees from the University of Sydney.  He and Fiona Morrison have just published Thinking For Yourself – How to Sharpen Your Ideas, Decisions, Arguments and Views with Ventura Press. His ten previous books, here and in the US, with Penguin, Walker Books, Ventura Press, Harper Collins and University of Cambridge Press have included ‘Talk With Your Kids About Things that Matter’ and ‘Masters in Pieces’.