Essentially Human - Thinking Skills For Work And Life

Harness good thinking habits for everyday problem solving, creativity, collaboration, teamwork, leadership and change

What you'll learn

Think better and quicker for work and life

Have a thinking toolkit to support you to be more self-aware and reflective, curious and creative, compassionate and collaborative, and action-oriented

Visualise thinking to reflect, learn and collaborate effectively with others

Harness good thinking habits for meaningful action to support focus, problem solving, decision making, teamwork, innovation and leadership

Requirements

No prior experience required, just curiosity and a willingness to think and learn.

Description

Extend and flex your thinking, your cognitive muscles, to think better and quicker.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.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 learnThink better and quicker for work and lifeHave a thinking toolkit to support you to be more self-aware and reflective, curious and creative, compassionate and collaborative, and action-orientedVisualise thinking to reflect, learn and collaborate effectively with othersHarness good thinking habits for meaningful action to support focus, problem solving, decision making, teamwork, innovation and leadershipAre there any course requirements or prerequisites?No prior experience required, just curiosity and a willingness to think and learn.Who this course is for:Leaders and managers who want research-informed strategies to be more effective thinkers for purposeful and meaningful actionUndergraduates and graduates who want to think with greater clarity and self-awarenessChange agents who want tools to think creatively and to collaborate with othersTeam members who are curious about how they can think, learn and work effectively with othersPeople curious about systems thinking approaches

Overview

Section 1: Self-awareness and reflection

Lecture 1 Section 1 introduction

Lecture 2 1.1 Framing thinking - our mental models

Lecture 3 1.2 Building blocks for better thinking

Lecture 4 1.3 Visualising thinking

Lecture 5 1.4 Getting started: set a thinking goal

Section 2: Curiosity and creativity

Lecture 6 Section 2 introduction

Lecture 7 2.1 Curiouser and curiouser

Lecture 8 2.2 Imagination

Lecture 9 2.3 Getting creative

Lecture 10 2.4 Weaving new ideas

Section 3: Compassion and collaboration

Lecture 11 Section 3 introduction

Lecture 12 3.1 Connections

Lecture 13 3.2 Compassion

Lecture 14 3.3 Collaboration

Lecture 15 3.4 Perspectives

Section 4: Action-oriented

Lecture 16 Section 4 introduction

Lecture 17 4.1 Building your thinking skills toolkit

Lecture 18 4.2 Thinking, learning, action

Leaders and managers who want research-informed strategies to be more effective thinkers for purposeful and meaningful action,Undergraduates and graduates who want to think with greater clarity and self-awareness,Change agents who want tools to think creatively and to collaborate with others,Team members who are curious about how they can think, learn and work effectively with others,People curious about systems thinking approaches