What delivery formats are available?

The course is offered live online instructor-led sessions, self-paced on-demand Anytime eLearning™, or onsite team training.

How long is the course and what is the workload?

The course runs for two full days (16 hours total), corresponding to a workload of approximately 16 hours.

What materials and tools are provided?

Participants receive a digital badge of completion, personalized certificate, ACCET CEUs, IIBA PDUs, an electronic comprehensive PDF course manual, case study materials, and supplemental course materials.

Who should attend this course?

This course is designed for Business Analysts, Systems Analysts, Business Strategists, Project Managers, Team Leaders, Supervisors, Operations, IT and Finance professionals, and anyone who regularly solves problems or makes recommendations.

Will I receive certification or continuing education credits?

Yes. Graduates earn a Certificate of Completion along with ACCET CEUs and IIBA PDUs to support ongoing professional development.

How do I register or arrange team training?

Individual registration is available via the 'Register Now' panel on the course page. For team training or customized programs, contact info@inteqgroup.com or call 800-719-4627.

Can the course be customized for my organization?

Yes. We offer customized 3-, 4-, and 5-day hybrid and bootcamp-style team training programs tailored to your organization’s specific critical thinking objectives.

Critical thinking is now a strategic capability.
Organizations that neglect it risk poor decisions and rework.

CRITICAL THINKING TRAINING

Business Readiness
Critical Thinking Focus

Critical thinking is no longer optional - it’s operational.

Organizations that rely on assumptions, opinions, or unchecked analysis risk slow decisions, misalignment, and avoidable rework.

Business Readiness Signals

✅ Teams struggle to separate facts from opinions and “noise”
✅ Meetings create activity - but not clear, defensible decisions
✅ Recommendations vary widely because reasoning isn’t consistent
✅ Important decisions are made without testing assumptions
✅ AI outputs are accepted without critical evaluation or accountability

Organizations use structured critical thinking methods to improve decision quality, strengthen analysis, and create consistent reasoning across teams.

Explore team-based training options to the right.

Team Training
Onsite or Live Virtual

Establish a common critical thinking framework and equip your team with consistent practices to analyze information, evaluate assumptions, and make better decisions across the organization.

✅ Instructor-led | Live virtual or onsite
✅ Customizable training agenda
✅ Ideal for a shared training experience
✅ Accelerate business readiness
✅ Course Manual + Case Study + Frameworks + Templates
✅ Turn training into organizational transformation

Leverage team training to accelerate current and upcoming projects.

Ready to discuss your team’s
specific training initiatives?

Let’s Start a Conversation

Let's discuss how Inteq can target your team's specific training goals and objectives..

300,000+

Professionals trained

PDUs / CDUs

4.8★

Average participant rating

Fortune 500

Trusted by global brands

Curriculum at a glance

Section 1 — Framework and Key Concepts

Introduces critical thinking fundamentals, distinguishing it from logical reasoning, outlining core components, and explaining why disciplined thinking is essential for effective analysis and decision-making.

Section 2 — Foundational Critical Thinking Skills

Builds essential skills using first-principles reasoning, logic, fallacy identification, assumption testing, evidence evaluation, and structured argument analysis.

Section 3 — Inquiry and Analysis

Develops advanced inquiry skills through effective questioning, perspective-taking, bias awareness, inference, and conceptual clarity to strengthen analytical conclusions.

Section 4 — Contextual Understanding

Emphasizes contextual awareness, reflective thinking, healthy skepticism, and credibility assessment to ensure conclusions are grounded, reliable, and appropriate to the situation.

Section 5 — Critical Thinking Case Study

Participants apply critical thinking techniques to complex business scenarios, creating a practical template for improving business analysis, business cases, and decision-making.

Section 6 — Domain-Specific Application

Demonstrates how critical thinking applies across business systems requirements, process improvement, business cases, strategy execution, and artificial intelligence initiatives.

Section 7 — Enterprise Application

Explores the role of critical thinking in enterprise-level decision-making, problem solving, innovation, and creative solution development.

Section 8 — Practical Guidance

Provides actionable guidance on sourcing business knowledge, engaging stakeholders and SMEs, applying a critical thinking framework, and confidently getting started.

Inteq's Critical Thinking Training Course empowers professionals with the skills to assess information objectively, engage in rational discussion, conduct objective analysis and make sound, evidence-based decisions, at all levels of the organization.

This course is ideal for navigating complex problems and making informed recommendations in fast-paced business environments. Critical thinking is invaluable, where decisions have significant financial, operational, and reputational consequences.

Inteq’s Critical Thinking training course is essential to ensure that process improvement and supporting IT solutions are aligned with strategic objectives to optimize customer and business value.

Join over 300,000 business and IT professionals trained by Inteq worldwide.

TEAM TRAINING Live High-Impact Shared Training Experience

How Organizations Use This Training

Strengthening decision quality where it matters most

Organizations deploy critical thinking training to improve judgment, reduce decision risk, and increase clarity in complex, high-stakes environments.

✅ Improve the quality and consistency of business decisions
✅ Reduce rework caused by assumptions, bias, or incomplete analysis
✅ Strengthen problem-solving across teams and functions
✅ Equip leaders and teams to challenge thinking constructively
✅ Build repeatable thinking discipline - not ad-hoc judgment

When critical thinking is shared and systematic, organizations make better decisions - faster and with greater confidence.

Strategic Engagement

Ready to strengthen decision-making across your organization?

We’ll work with you to understand where decision breakdowns occur, how teams currently approach problems, and how critical thinking training can be embedded into real work.

Conversations typically focus on decision environments, participant roles, delivery approach, and how to reinforce thinking discipline beyond the classroom.

Let’s Start a Strategic Conversation

We’ll help you determine scope, delivery approach, and next steps.

Results our learners report

Trusted by professionals and teams at leading organizations

“Clearer thinking under pressure”

I started using the questioning and reasoning frameworks immediately. Our team reduced rework and escalations because we caught weak assumptions early and made decisions with confidence.

★★★★★

Jordan M.

Program Manager, Technology

“Faster alignment, better decisions”

This training gave our leaders a shared way to evaluate options and challenge reasoning without friction. Meetings became shorter, priorities became clearer, and decisions improved.

★★★★★

Samantha R.

Director, Business Operations, Healthcare

“Stronger analysis, fewer blind spots”

The tools for identifying assumptions, bias, and incomplete evidence changed how we evaluate risk. We now pressure-test recommendations before execution—and outcomes are noticeably stronger.

★★★★★

Devin K.

Continuous Improvement Lead, Manufacturing

FAQ

Is there a prerequisite? ▾

No. Inteq’s Critical Thinking training course provides a comprehensive and cohesive approach to applying critical thinking concepts and techniques regardless of background and level of experience.

What key concepts will I learn?

Apply structured thinking to assess data, assumptions, and arguments
Distinguish facts from opinions and spot logical fallacies
Strengthen decision-making under pressure and ambiguity
Use frameworks for problem analysis and scenario evaluation
Communicate reasoning and recommendations with confidence
Integrate critical thinking into daily business practices

Who Should Attend? ▾

Business Analysts, Systems Analysts, and Business Strategists
Project Managers and Decision Makers
Team Leaders, Supervisors and Managers
Operations, IT, and Finance Professionals
Anyone who regularly solves problems or makes recommendations

What are the key benefits? ▾

Improve clarity and accuracy in decision-making
Reduce errors and biases in problem solving
Increase influence by presenting sound arguments and solutions
Navigate complexity and uncertainty with greater confidence
Develop habits that support strategic thinking and analysis

What’s In the “Box”? ▾

14 CEUs, 1.4 IIBA PDUs
Personalized Digital Badge
Certificate of Completion
Comprehensive Course Manual PDF
Templates, Models, and Frameworks

What Sets This Course Apart? ▾

Designed and led by industry expert James Proctor
This course delivers real-world relevance through practical exercises, decision-making simulations, and structured frameworks
Inteq’s approach balances intellectual rigor with actionable techniques, enabling professionals to apply critical thinking immediately in high-stakes scenarios
Transformation - this is not just a training course but a transformational experience that prepares you and your team to become trusted advisors in your organization

What organizations achieve with Critical Thinking training

Organizations use this training to build consistent decision-quality across teams - especially when stakes are high, time is short, and information is incomplete.

✅ Improve decision speed and clarity without sacrificing rigor
✅ Reduce rework by strengthening problem framing and assumptions
✅ Create a shared approach to evaluating evidence and tradeoffs
✅ Strengthen risk recognition and prevent avoidable missteps
✅ Build repeatable thinking habits that scale across roles

The greatest impact occurs when critical thinking is embedded into daily decisions - not treated as a one-time workshop.

Ready to explore how this fits your organization?

Let’s discuss your goals, decision environments, and target audiences to determine the most effective way to deploy Critical Thinking training across your team.

What happens next:

✅ Clarify your objectives and current decision challenges
✅ Review delivery options and scope (virtual or onsite)
✅ Define next steps - no obligation

Let’s Start a Conversation

We’ll help define scope, delivery approach, and next steps.

CRITICAL THINKING TRAINING

Critical thinking is no longer optional - it’s operational.

Ready to discuss your team’s
specific training initiatives?

Curriculum at a glance

Strengthening decision quality where it matters most

Ready to strengthen decision-making across your organization?

Results our learners report

What organizations achieve with Critical Thinking training

Ready to explore how this fits your organization?

Some of Our Clients

GSA and DOD Schedules

CONTACT INFO

CRITICAL THINKING TRAINING

Critical thinking is no longer optional - it’s operational.

Ready to discuss your team’sspecific training initiatives?

Curriculum at a glance

Strengthening decision quality where it matters most

Ready to strengthen decision-making across your organization?

Results our learners report

What organizations achieve with Critical Thinking training

Ready to explore how this fits your organization?

Some of Our Clients

GSA and DOD Schedules

CONTACT INFO

Ready to discuss your team’s
specific training initiatives?