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1. The Problems with Instinctive Decision Making - Factors which influence our natural decision making
- Quality problems with intuitive decision making processes
2. What is Reasoned Decision Making? - What are the barriers to reasoning well?
- What are the qualities of reasoned decision processes?
3. The Natural Barriers to Sound Reasoning - Emotional state
- Mental shortcuts
- Patterning
- Bias and assumptions
- Mind-set
- Need for explanations
- Narrow focus
- Stubbornness
4. An Introduction to Critical Thinking - Are you a critical thinker?
- What is critical thinking?
- Why do we need critical thinking?
- Developing as a critical thinker
- Second order thinking
5. The Structure of Reasoning - Purpose
- Point of view
- Assumptions
- Implications and consequences
- Data, facts, and experience
- Inferences
- Concepts
- Questions
6. Standards of Critical Thinking - Clarity
- Relevance
- Logic
- Accuracy
- Depth
- Significance
- Precision
- Breadth
- Fairness
- Ethics of critical thinkers
7. Problem Analysis and Decision Making - Best Practices - Slow down
- Think critically
- Impose creativity
- Clarify purpose
- Focus on major factors
- Actively focus in and out
- Structure the selection process
- Take a step back-does the decision make sense?
8. Imposing Creativity on the Choice of Solutions - Slow down!
- Suspend judgment
- Imagine courageously
- Think beyond conventional wisdom
- Question everything and everyone
- Imagine backwards from the ideal
- Restate the problem
- Dismantle the problem
9. Analytical Decision-Making Techniques - Sequencing
- Sorting
- Time lines
- Matrixes
- Decision trees
- Ranking
- Probability
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