Brilliant Thinking made easy (2-day version)
Overview
Drawing on the structured thinking ideas used by great speakers, leading strategy firms, high profile research organisations and famous business writers, this course helps you:
- make more powerful contributions in meetings by thinking faster on your feet
- write better reports and proposals in a sharper, more persuasive style
- create memorable presentations that are compelling for your audience
- build relationships and negotiate more successfully.
Who is the course for?
The course is for anyone in business who needs to build their confidence and capability in helping and influencing others with their questions, insights and ideas.
- Learning objectives
- Exploring the four skills of brilliant thinking
- Finding and sticking to the right questions
- Using the pyramid principle to structure your arguments
- Reflecting how people differ in the way you structure your thinking
- Drawing powerful conclusions through deductive, inductive and abductive reasoning
- Generating fresh ideas by using the complete range of thinking styles
- ‘Telling the story’ using horizontal and vertical narrative
- Getting your message across with compelling communication.
Style
The course is very interactive. There are opportunities to learn individually and with others. We focus on the practical situations that you find yourselves in at work. There is a chance to apply the learning immediately to specific issues that you are currently working on.
Maximum number of delegates
12 people
Pre-work
A questionnaire is sent out before the course to understand the skills you have, the type of work you’re involved with and what you hope to gain from the course.
Follow-up
You will be sent an email version of all the slides in the workpack and also any materials/outputs generated during the two-days. Idenk coaches are available to answer any follow-up questions by email or phone. A survey 8-10 weeks after the programme will get your feedback on how you’ve been able to put the learning into practice.
