Develop the skills to adapt to rapidly changing circumstances, anticipate the future and drive outcomes

Critical Thinking Professionals have the skills and frameworks to facilitate rapid decision making, successfully navigate uncertainty and drive success. Critical Thinking Professionals are versatile thinkers who can mobilise others to identify risk and pivot towards opportunities and develop dynamic strategies for a range of potential scenarios.

The Critical Thinking Professional Accreditation is currently *fee-free until 31st March 2021.

“Team-based critical thinking allows us to be both agile and robust in our decision making, drawing upon the brains trust of our organisation in uncertain times”

CEO, Energy Company

What You Will Learn

Critical Thinking Professionals apply their skills using the 7-step framework to:

Align a diverse group of stakeholders on complex issues with incomplete information
Generate new perspectives and unique insights within changing circumstances
Re-calibrate and re-orient strategy using real-time data
Work with cross-functional teams and at all levels of the organisation
Consider best and worst-case scenarios and develop dynamic plans to support them
Reach consensus on risks and opportunities across the enterprise
Consider ALL impact areas and identify immediate actions for now and later
Make informed decisions with incomplete or changing information
Develop contingency plans for a range of potential scenarios and outcomes

Critical Thinking Professionals are trained to use the 7-step framework either within a 1-hour timeframe in rapidly changing circumstances or over a 2-3 hour timeframe as a strategy and planning activity.

A Critical Thinking Professional is able to work in high intensity situations such as crisis events, war room activities and strategy re-calibration activities. Their expertise can also be implemented in project review activities and for recovery planning and design.

About the Master Facilitators

Ryan is a transformation and innovation lead with experience in service design and large organisational restructures. He uses a combination of Customer Centered Design, Lead Six Sigma and Critical Thinking to achieve key business objectives for complex client initiatives.

Ryan is a Critical Thinking Master Facilitator

Jamie is a strategic transformation and innovation leader. He leverages advanced problem solving techniques, an extensive strategy experience across a breadth and depth of industries with influencing, collaboration and stakeholder engagement expertise to drive measurable commercial value.

Jamie is a Critical Thinking Master Facilitator

Benefits of Critical Thinking Professional Accreditation

Individual

Uplift your critical thinking potential by using an intuitive 7-step process to improve decision making, align complex stakeholders, generate new perspectives and drive outcomes

Team

Accelerate your team-based decision making during times of change where there is incomplete or conflicting information, compressed timeframes and significant impacts

Organisation

Define clear strategy, lead focused teams, and generate rapid decision-making across the enterprise using a simple framework that can be applied to cross-functional teams

Accreditation Stages

The Accreditation program was developed to embed and uplift critical thinking skills for business. There are 3 levels available within the program:

Level 1 Critical Thinking Professional:

An individual with exceptional thinking skills who can apply critical thinking process to a range of problems whilst taking input from others.

Level 2 Critical Thinking Specialist:

A specialist who can lead teams through critical decision points, enable complex problem solving and drive outcomes.

Level 3 Critical Thinking Master Facilitator:

A facilitator who can lead or sponsor any team, from the executive to the project team, to enable team-based critical thinking and uplift capability across the whole organisation.

Program Structure

The Critical Thinking Professional Accreditation is completed through eLearning modules, virtual labs, scenario-based discussions, case-study examples and on-line assessments. The accreditation program offers a framework to enabling team-based decision making and provides practical skills and tools to uplift individual critical thinking capability.

Strong critical thinkers are defined by their ability to make decisions with incomplete or conflicting information, high levels of scrutiny, compressed timeframes and where they can successfully navigate through critical decision points. If you are considering up-skilling whilst in the current environment, the Critical Thinking Professional Accreditation will provide you with a framework to apply the critical thinking process to a range of problems whilst taking input from others.

The 7-Step process forms the foundation of the Critical Thinking Accreditation and is used by some of Australia’s brightest minds to analyse, synthesis and clarify on some of the nation’s most complex organisational issues. In order to obtain the accreditation, you must complete the required activities and any of the optional activities provided to an accumulated score of 100. Once you have completed and passed the final assessment, you will receive your Critical Thinking Professional Accreditation. There is a no allocated time-frame for this accreditation and can be managed on a personal basis. The estimated duration of the course is 10 Hours.

The following table outlines activities that can be undertaken to complete the accreditation process:

ACTIVITY	POINTS	REQUIRED
Complete eLearning Module	10 Points	Required
Attend Critical Thinking Virtual Lab	40 Points	Required
Complete and Pass Critical Thinking Accreditation Assessment	10 Points	Required

Participate in Navigating Critical Decisions Lab	40 Points	Optional
Co-facilitate War Room for your organisation with Janellis team	40 Points	Optional
Undertake an on-site activity with current organisation to solve a current problem	20 Points	Optional
Provide a written, visual or verbal brief on how the 7-Step process has been applied	20 Points	Optional
Facilitate a Critical Thinking Lab	40 Points	Optional

Course Overview

Organisations operating during times of ‘extreme change’ experience significantly more stress than during ‘business as-usual’.

The capacity to respond well to change is heavily dependent on adaptive decision-making and leaders are looking for individuals who are agile, able to learn new skills quickly, solve problems and make decisions with confidence.

To support individuals and organisations in responding to COVID-19, Janellis is offering the Critical Thinking Professional Accreditation fee-free until September 2020.

CRITICAL THINKING PROFESSIONAL
Provider:	Critical Thinking Hub/Janellis Australia
Accreditation:	Critical Thinking Professional
Cost:	Covid-19 fee-free
Mode:	Online
Sessions Available:	Fortnightly
Language:	English
Effort:	3-4 Hours per week
Duration:	10 Hours

Your Accreditation

Once you have completed the Critical Thinking Professional Accreditation, you will be presented with your certificate.

To demonstrate your Critical Thinking capability, we will register you as a Critical Thinking Professional and give you access to display this publicly on your LinkedIn profile.

As you progress through the Critical Thinking Accreditation, this accreditation can be upgraded to Critical Thinking Specialist, and Critical Thinking Master Facilitator.

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