COURSES
Black Belt in Thinking Program
You can complete the courses below in any order, but we recommend starting with our Critical Thinking course.
Critical Thinking
Highly recommended starting course
This introductory course introduces the practical skills that enable you to think critically to filter fact from noise.
This introductory course introduces the practical skills that enable you to think critically yet quickly — allowing you to develop innovative solutions to even the most intractable problems.
You will learn how to think about situations in a structured way to help separate important ‘facts’ from ‘noise’ and build a critical thinking skill set to increase your performance in almost every other area of life.
Key takeaways
- See situations clearly by distilling the relevant information from the noise that surrounds and obscures the issue.
- Uncover how unconscious biases drive our behaviour when we simply treat something as given.
- Understand how other people can see the same situation differently and why their understanding differs.
- Learn to map cause and effect logic in simple logical diagrams to verify that arguments make logical sense.
Problem Solving
Critical Thinking Injections
Learn how to challenge assumptions and test their validity even in high-stress and high-value situations.
This introductory course introduces the practical skills that enable you to think critically yet quickly — allowing you to develop innovative solutions to even the most intractable problems.
You will learn how to think about situations in a structured way to help separate important ‘facts’ from ‘noise’ and build a critical thinking skill set to increase your performance in almost every other area of life.
Key takeaways
- See situations clearly by distilling the relevant information from the noise that surrounds and obscures the issue.
- Uncover how unconscious biases drive our behaviour when we simply treat something as given.
- Understand how other people can see the same situation differently and why their understanding differs.
- Learn to map cause and effect logic in simple logical diagrams to verify that arguments make logical sense.
Problem Analysis
Druids
Learn how to analyse your own and others’ logic to identify false assumptions and gaps.
This introductory course introduces the practical skills that enable you to think critically yet quickly — allowing you to develop innovative solutions to even the most intractable problems.
You will learn how to think about situations in a structured way to help separate important ‘facts’ from ‘noise’ and build a critical thinking skill set to increase your performance in almost every other area of life.
Key takeaways
- See situations clearly by distilling the relevant information from the noise that surrounds and obscures the issue.
- Uncover how unconscious biases drive our behaviour when we simply treat something as given.
- Understand how other people can see the same situation differently and why their understanding differs.
- Learn to map cause and effect logic in simple logical diagrams to verify that arguments make logical sense.
Decision Making / Conflict Resolution
Clouds
Learn how to hone in on other people’s wants to come up with win/win solutions to conflicts.
This introductory course introduces the practical skills that enable you to think critically yet quickly — allowing you to develop innovative solutions to even the most intractable problems.
You will learn how to think about situations in a structured way to help separate important ‘facts’ from ‘noise’ and build a critical thinking skill set to increase your performance in almost every other area of life.
Key takeaways
- See situations clearly by distilling the relevant information from the noise that surrounds and obscures the issue.
- Uncover how unconscious biases drive our behaviour when we simply treat something as given.
- Understand how other people can see the same situation differently and why their understanding differs.
- Learn to map cause and effect logic in simple logical diagrams to verify that arguments make logical sense.
Effective Delegation
Transition Logic
Learn the psychology and skills for effect-based delegation to get the most out of others.
This introductory course introduces the practical skills that enable you to think critically yet quickly — allowing you to develop innovative solutions to even the most intractable problems.
You will learn how to think about situations in a structured way to help separate important ‘facts’ from ‘noise’ and build a critical thinking skill set to increase your performance in almost every other area of life.
Key takeaways
- See situations clearly by distilling the relevant information from the noise that surrounds and obscures the issue.
- Uncover how unconscious biases drive our behaviour when we simply treat something as given.
- Understand how other people can see the same situation differently and why their understanding differs.
- Learn to map cause and effect logic in simple logical diagrams to verify that arguments make logical sense.
Risk Mitigation
Negative Branch
Learn cause-and-effect logic tools to identify and shield yourself from negativity.
This introductory course introduces the practical skills that enable you to think critically yet quickly — allowing you to develop innovative solutions to even the most intractable problems.
You will learn how to think about situations in a structured way to help separate important ‘facts’ from ‘noise’ and build a critical thinking skill set to increase your performance in almost every other area of life.
Key takeaways
- See situations clearly by distilling the relevant information from the noise that surrounds and obscures the issue.
- Uncover how unconscious biases drive our behaviour when we simply treat something as given.
- Understand how other people can see the same situation differently and why their understanding differs.
- Learn to map cause and effect logic in simple logical diagrams to verify that arguments make logical sense.
Overcoming Obstacles
PRT
Learn how to break down a goal into a series of rapidly achievable objectives.
This introductory course introduces the practical skills that enable you to think critically yet quickly — allowing you to develop innovative solutions to even the most intractable problems.
You will learn how to think about situations in a structured way to help separate important ‘facts’ from ‘noise’ and build a critical thinking skill set to increase your performance in almost every other area of life.
Key takeaways
- See situations clearly by distilling the relevant information from the noise that surrounds and obscures the issue.
- Uncover how unconscious biases drive our behaviour when we simply treat something as given.
- Understand how other people can see the same situation differently and why their understanding differs.
- Learn to map cause and effect logic in simple logical diagrams to verify that arguments make logical sense.
Planning
NCN
Discover a proven planning approach that scales from small and simple to large and complex.
This introductory course introduces the practical skills that enable you to think critically yet quickly — allowing you to develop innovative solutions to even the most intractable problems.
You will learn how to think about situations in a structured way to help separate important ‘facts’ from ‘noise’ and build a critical thinking skill set to increase your performance in almost every other area of life.
Key takeaways
- See situations clearly by distilling the relevant information from the noise that surrounds and obscures the issue.
- Uncover how unconscious biases drive our behaviour when we simply treat something as given.
- Understand how other people can see the same situation differently and why their understanding differs.
- Learn to map cause and effect logic in simple logical diagrams to verify that arguments make logical sense.
Motivation
Behavior Change
Learn how to identify the root cause driving specific behaviour, and how to change it.
This introductory course introduces the practical skills that enable you to think critically yet quickly — allowing you to develop innovative solutions to even the most intractable problems.
You will learn how to think about situations in a structured way to help separate important ‘facts’ from ‘noise’ and build a critical thinking skill set to increase your performance in almost every other area of life.
Key takeaways
- See situations clearly by distilling the relevant information from the noise that surrounds and obscures the issue.
- Uncover how unconscious biases drive our behaviour when we simply treat something as given.
- Understand how other people can see the same situation differently and why their understanding differs.
- Learn to map cause and effect logic in simple logical diagrams to verify that arguments make logical sense.
Root Cause Analysis
Current Reality Tree
Discover the drivers causing problems, and the remedial steps you can take.
This introductory course introduces the practical skills that enable you to think critically yet quickly — allowing you to develop innovative solutions to even the most intractable problems.
You will learn how to think about situations in a structured way to help separate important ‘facts’ from ‘noise’ and build a critical thinking skill set to increase your performance in almost every other area of life.
Key takeaways
- See situations clearly by distilling the relevant information from the noise that surrounds and obscures the issue.
- Uncover how unconscious biases drive our behaviour when we simply treat something as given.
- Understand how other people can see the same situation differently and why their understanding differs.
- Learn to map cause and effect logic in simple logical diagrams to verify that arguments make logical sense.
Solution Checking
Future Reality Tree
Develop tools needed to assess whether your great idea truly stacks up.
This introductory course introduces the practical skills that enable you to think critically yet quickly — allowing you to develop innovative solutions to even the most intractable problems.
You will learn how to think about situations in a structured way to help separate important ‘facts’ from ‘noise’ and build a critical thinking skill set to increase your performance in almost every other area of life.
Key takeaways
- See situations clearly by distilling the relevant information from the noise that surrounds and obscures the issue.
- Uncover how unconscious biases drive our behaviour when we simply treat something as given.
- Understand how other people can see the same situation differently and why their understanding differs.
- Learn to map cause and effect logic in simple logical diagrams to verify that arguments make logical sense.