Analytical thinking
Is a problem too big or too messy to tackle? Learn to dissect it and then bring it back together.
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Cognitive skills
Your team has to solve complex problems, justify choices and find new ideas. In our cognitive skills training courses you learn to analyse, look critically, search creatively and choose strategically, in exercises using situations from your own work. Choose a training course below or request a tailored programme.
Where does your team get stuck?
The meeting has been going on for an hour. There are three proposals on the table, everyone is right from their own perspective, and yet no decision is made. Next week the same item will be on the agenda again.
Perhaps you also recognise it in smaller moments: a report where you are not sure if you can trust the figures, a problem that seemed solved last year, an idea that dies before it is properly on the table.
Why does thinking sometimes feel so heavy?
Work has become more complex. You receive more information than ever, the connections between departments are less visible and every choice has consequences further down the line. Anyone who tries to oversee this without guidance falls back on habits and gut feeling.
That is human, but it comes at a cost. Discussions go round in circles, the same problems return and good ideas do not get a chance. Your team tries hard, and yet it feels like you are working harder instead of smarter.
It does not have to stay this way. Clear thinking is not a talent that some people happen to have.
How do you learn to think more clearly?
Analysing, looking critically, searching creatively and choosing strategically are skills with their own techniques. You can learn them, just like you learn a conversation technique.
Our coaches guide you as an expert, coach and facilitator. They provide thinking models, help you apply them to your own files and ensure that the group learns from each other. This is experiential: you practise with real issues, not with abstract examples.
Choose the skill below that fits where your team is now, or let us put together a tailored programme.
Which skill suits you?
Critical thinking
Do you doubt what you read or hear? Learn to test information before you decide.
Creative thinking
Is your team stuck in the same solutions? Learn to find and develop new ideas.
Problem-solving thinking
Do you keep solving the same problems? Learn an approach that also works next time.
Systems thinking
Does a problem just shift to another department? Learn to see connections and patterns.
Strategic thinking
Do you lose yourself in the daily grind? Learn to make choices that also make sense in the long term.
All cognitive skills training courses
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Analytical thinking
Learn to break down problems and combine ideas into new solutions. In-company training Analytical thinking in four half-days for 6 to 12 participants.
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Creative thinking
Come up with creative solutions and facilitate brainstorming sessions. In-company training in 4 half-days for 6 to 12 participants, in Dutch or English.
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Critical thinking
Learn to recognise thinking errors and make better decisions. In-company training of 4 half-days for 6 to 12 people, in Dutch or English.
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Problem-solving thinking
Learn to track down the core of a problem and solve it sustainably. In-company training of 4 half-days for 6 to 12 participants, in Dutch or English.
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Strategic thinking
Learn to develop strategies that everyone understands and supports. In-company training of 8 half-days (4 full days) for 6 to 12 participants, in Dutch or English.
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Systems thinking
Learn to tackle complex issues with systems thinking, from the iceberg model to archetypes. In-company training in eight half-days for 6 to 12 participants.