Critical Thinking for New Intelligence Community Managers examines how to develop strong critical thinking skills and effectively apply them to and incorporate them with proven, IC-specific management concepts. It explores the fundamentals of critical thinking, examining its utility and demonstrating how it can be used in the context of structured management decision-making.  The course also considers cognitive traps often encountered in managers’ decision-making, and provides an in-depth examination of the problem solving process, to show how critical thinking can mitigate these errors.

Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, participants will be better prepared to:

• Recognize mindsets and biases, how they affect the analytic process, and how to mitigate them
• Use critical thinking skills to make a more objective assessment of a situation or issue, and generate more effective management solutions
• Foster stronger analytic and operational performance through critical thinking
• Provide more objective and resourceful advice/mentoring to junior colleagues/subordinates
• Provide more thoughtful and objective input/advice to superiors 

Who Should Attend: New Intelligence Community managers
Length of Course: One (1) day
Instructor: Hon. Randy Deitering, former Executive Director, PFIAB

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