Critical Thinking Workshop, PMI, June 11

Critical Thinking Workshop, PMI

When: Tuesday, June 11, 2013, 8:30am – 4:30pm

Where: Mercer Island Community Center, 8236 SE 24th St, Mercer Island

What: The value you bring to any organization, any project, and any effort is the value of the impact of your decisions.

In an age of immense volumes of information, increased pressure of urgent needs, your ability to make sound decisions and be capable of evaluating and acting on information is what sets you apart and establishes your personal and professional value. Emotional intelligence is one of the ways that you accept and process even more information.

Critical thinking as a practical tool does not require, but can sometimes benefit from, hours and hours of discussion or reflection. Practical use of critical thinking does require a process and a commitment to using the approach. In this workshop there will also be consideration of the tool that experts believe is the difference between leaders and good leaders. Like any mental discipline, critical thinking with emotional intelligence is the tool that you can use or disregard – it’s all up to you.

In this session you will:

• Learn about basic critical thinking techniques and how you can overlay emotional intelligence to gain the benefit of even more multi-dimensional information.
• Receive information and tools (including a stakeholder analysis matrix) to apply several of these techniques in your own environment
• Practice the use of critical thinking techniques in pre-set scenarios with colleagues in a team discussion.
  • The first round of practices will be focused strictly on use of the critical thinking processes.
  • The second round of practices will be focused strictly on the use of emotional intelligence.
  • The third round will be the first time you will be consciously blending the two approaches.

Finally – because PMI is committed to supporting your success in your professional development they offer an opportunity to earn an additional PDU by working with an accountability partner and developing an action plan for future use of these important decision making tools.

Who: Kimi Hirotsu Ziemski (click here for bio).

How Much: $279

How: Register online.