LinkedIn Learning: Critical Thinking

What's the recommended strategy for dealing with a complex problem that has no obvious solution?

• Throw in the towel and go out for a double latte.

• Break the problem down into smaller, more solvable pieces.

• List out the consequences, then analyze the cause for each one.

• Assign the parts of the problem to each person on you team.

Why do people tend to rush off and start solving the problem without understanding causes and consequences first?

• They can avoid getting get tasked with solving additional problems.

• They know that causes and consqequences get fihured out at the end.

• It makes them feel like they're being responsive to stakeholders.

• It allows them to reverse engineer the causes.

During the critical thinking process what's the first thing you should consider?

• schedule

• causes

• stakeholder goals

• consequences

Causality involves digging down to uncover root causes as well as considering the _____ of potential solutions.

• timing

• costs

• scope

• consequences

Looking at prior efforts on a problem can help you understand previous limitations and gain _____ that can be applied the next time around.

• root causes

• budget dollars

• stakeholder support

• institutional knowledge

Focusing questions help you _____ a problem space.

• share

• solve

• avoid

• bound

Defining a clear problem statement can help you avoid this common pitfall.

• jumping to answer too quickly

• not thinking of future consequences

• focusing on the unimportant

• generating weak hypotheses

When you change _____ you typically look at the problem from a different functional perspective.

• context

• reality

• point of view

• jobs