2020 Business X-Change - 8/11 ZOOM Presentation

Description

BUSINESS X-CHANGE ZOOM PRESENTATION – Tuesday, August 11, 2020 
 
Business X-Change meets regularly throughout the year. Our August program will be held via Zoom. Business X-Change allows business owners and their employees the opportunity to discuss pertinent topics, learn from local industry leaders and, most importantly, learn from each other. 
 
There is no cost to attend. 

7:30-8:30AM.
 
After registering, a confirmation email with a link to the Business X-Change Zoom presentation will be provided to you. 
 
Topic: “Critical Thinking in the Workplace” 
 
Presented by:

Dona Warren, Ph.D
Critical Thinking Center Director
Professor of Philosophy
The College of Letters and Science, UW-Stevens Point
              
About the Program: Businesses value employees who can think critically, but explaining what critical thinking is, identifying the specific critical thinking skills and dispositions that are most relevant to the workplace, and intentionally encouraging the practice and development of these skills and dispositions is a genuine challenge. It's the conviction of the Critical Thinking Center at the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point that no single organization or educational institution should be expected to meet this challenge on its own.

In this X-Change, you'll be introduced to an overarching model that can help you get a firmer grasp on the otherwise dauntingly broad concept of critical thinking. You'll be encouraged to use this model to identify the areas of critical thinking that are most relevant to your organization. And finally, because problem solving is frequently identified as an area of critical thinking particularly essential to the workplace, we will discuss the difference between tame and wicked problems, explore approaches appropriate to each, and note some common thinking errors that it's important to avoid as we seek the best solutions.

At the end of this Business X-Change, participants will be able to:
1.    Utilize a comprehensive model of critical thinking to identify opportunities for development within their organization.
2.    Distinguish between tame and wicked problems and the approaches appropriate to each.
3.    Identify and avoid common thinking errors.
 
About our Speaker: Dona Warren is the Director of the Center for Critical Thinking at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. She has her Ph.D in philosophy and has taught critical thinking for over two decades. She has also facilitated numerous professional development workshops in critical thinking pedagogy. 

To date, most of her training workshops have been delivered to educators at the K-12, technical college, and university levels. All of these workshops have focused upon ways for instructors to help learners develop a highly practical set of critical thinking skills. With the institution of the Critical Thinking Center she looks forward to extending this work to the business community, partnering with local employers to better understand their training needs and finding ways that the Critical Thinking Center can add value to their organization.

What is Business X-Change? Business X-Change allows business owners and their employees the opportunity to discuss pertinent topics, learn from local industry leaders and, most importantly, learn from each other.  Business X-Change meets regularly throughout the year from 7:30 - 8:30am.
 
Special thanks to the Critical Thinking Center/University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point for their sponsorship of this program.