Critical Thinking Masterclass
2.00 Credits
Member Price $89
Non-Member Price $109
Overview
Ready to make radical leaps in your critical thinking? In a world of rapid change and unreliable information, we need the ability to separate fact from fiction, recognize flawed assumptions, and have clarity under pressure. This course will teach you how to audit your thinking and build effective reasoning strategies for all types of situations. You will achieve dramatic improvements in judgement, problem solving, memory, and learning. This course will make you more flexible, adaptable, creative and resilient, and provide a cognitive toolkit you can carry for life. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.
Highlights
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:
- Cognitive bias
- Conducting a “thinking audit”
- Metathinking
- Professional skepticism
- Decision mapping
- Habit replacement
- Emotional intelligence
- Memory enhancement
Prerequisites
None
Designed For
CPAs who want to learn to audit their thinking
Objectives
After attending this presentation you will be able to...
- Identify three techniques to enhance memory
- Identify two strategies for solving problems when you are "stuck"
- Identify three habit replacement strategies
- Define Metathinking
- Identify two approaches of decision-mapping
Preparation
None
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Toby Groves, Owner, Groves Research and Consulting
Toby Groves is a cognitive scientist and speaker on expert judgment and critical thinking, known for delivering unconventional talks that engage audiences in dramatic, live experiments. He teaches professionals how to tap hidden networks that maximixe their powers of sound reasoning. A popular speaker amongst government, academics and private organizations, Groves serves professionals that provide society’s most critical services including audit, intelligence, investigative, medical, financial and legal communities.
Trained in a unique combination of forensic psychology and forensic accounting, Groves is a doctoral level researcher in cognitive psychology. His commentary and stories have been featured on media outlets such as NPR, numerous professional journals, and is studied by leading researchers and business schools around the world.
Non-Member Price $109
Member Price $89