Essentially human: thinking skills for work and life

About this course

Extend and flex your thinking, your cognitive muscles, to think better and quicker, and add value in an AI-influenced world.On this research-informed course, you will gain a better understanding of how your thinking influences everything you know and do. It focuses on essentially human skills – thinking skills for work and life - needed to thrive in an AI-influenced world. By the end of the course you will be able to access your toolkit of thinking skills to become more self-aware, reflective, curious, creative, compassionate and collaborative, and action-focused, including ideas for visualising your thinking to support your learning and work with others, to be more productive and have greater impact.You will use your thinking skills to make what you do, for example, getting focused, problem solving, communicating, decision making, being innovative, leading or being an effective team member, more effective, whatever your goals are.The course weaves approaches from systems thinking, powerful knowledge, leadership and change management theory, to offer practical, everyday thinking habits and tools for you to implement.There are over 3.5 hours of lectures, demonstrations and real-life practical examples, together with quizzes to support you to reflect on your thinking, questioning routines and suggested activities. You will learn how:- your mental models - how you think - shape what you know and do- simple thinking building blocks can be used effectively to understand even complex problems- to visualise your thinking to think deeper, learn and work with others- to set a thinking goal that is action- focused- to increase your curiosity and creativity to support future-oriented thinking, innovation and change- to use your thinking skills to be more self-aware and build better interpersonal skillsWhat you’ll learnUnderstand that how we frame our thinking influences relationships and leadership appr

Course objectives

• develop everyday thinking habits for personal and professional effectiveness
• learn practical tools for decision making and problem-solving
• promote reflective thinking and continuous improvement in work contexts