Logical Thinking & Critical Reasoning

Course Overview

In complex organizational environments, decisions are often shaped by flawed reasoning, unchecked assumptions, and persuasive but unsound arguments. This course equips professionals with practical critical thinking tools to recognize faulty reasoning, challenge it constructively, and make better decisions under pressure. Designed for corporate and public sector contexts, the program focuses on real-world communication, leadership, and policy challenges.

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Key Learning Outcomes

Participants will learn how to:

• Recognize flawed reasoning before it leads to poor decisions

• Evaluate arguments and recommendations with greater clarity and confidence

• Identify persuasive tactics that distort logic in meetings, reports, and public communication

• Ask better questions that expose weak reasoning without confrontation

• Strengthen their own arguments using clear, evidence-based thinking

• Reduce the influence of cognitive blind spots in judgment and decision-making

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Course Objectives

At the end of this program, participants will be able to:

1. Identify, understand and avoid logical fallacies.

2. Evaluate arguments and recommendations more rigorously before accepting or acting on them.

3. Recognize flawed reasoning patterns that commonly undermine decisions in organizational and public-sector contexts.

4. Distinguish evidence-based reasoning from persuasive rhetoric in meetings, reports, and public communications.

5. Identify hidden assumptions and gaps in logic that affect judgment and policy outcomes.

6. Challenge weak reasoning constructively and professionally, without escalating conflict.

7. Strengthen the clarity and defensibility of their own arguments when presenting recommendations or decisions.

8. Reduce the influence of cognitive blind spots in individual and group decision-making.

9. Apply critical thinking tools to improve leadership judgment, governance, and accountability.

Course Structure

Day 1: Foundations of Sound Reasoning

• Understanding how arguments are formed and evaluated

• Distinguishing strong reasoning from persuasive rhetoric

• Identifying common patterns of flawed thinking in professional settings

• Recognizing hidden assumptions and incomplete logic

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Day 2: Application in Organizational Decision-Making

• How flawed reasoning affects leadership, risk, and policy outcomes

• Recognizing emotionally driven and psychologically persuasive arguments

• Responding to faulty reasoning constructively and professionally

• Building clear, defensible arguments for decisions and recommendations

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Who Should Attend

• Managers and team leaders

• Policy and strategy professionals

• Compliance, risk, and audit teams

• Communications and public affairs professionals

• Anyone involved in analysis, recommendations, or decision-making

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Why This Course Works

• Designed specifically for corporate and public sector environments

• Focuses on practical application, not academic theory

• Emphasizes professional dialogue, not confrontation

• Highly relevant to leadership, governance, and accountability

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Delivery Mode:

• Onsite/Workplace Learning

• On-line & Tech enabled Learning 

• ​Offsite Learning (Venue:Hotel)