Chris Croft Training

Decision Making: Complete Guide Specialization

Chris Croft Training

Decision Making: Complete Guide Specialization

Decision Making Mastery.

Master the complete decision-making process - generate ideas, evaluate evidence, & choose a solution

Keith Thomson
Chris Croft

Instructors: Keith Thomson

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Beginner level

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4 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Apply practical frameworks to analyse problems, generate creative solutions, evaluate evidence and make confident decisions.

  • Recognise cognitive biases, use measurement effectively and balance data, judgement and creativity to improve decision quality.

  • Use decision trees, risk analysis, rating charts and performance measures to make objective, evidence-based decisions.

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July 2026

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Specialization - 4 course series

What you'll learn

  • Apply practical decision-making tools, including decision trees, risk analysis, stakeholder analysis, and rating charts to make better choices.

  • Recognise cognitive biases, evaluate options objectively, balance logic with intuition, and make confident decisions in complex situations.

Cognitive Bias at Work: Make Better Decisions

Cognitive Bias at Work: Make Better Decisions

Course 2, 2 hours

What you'll learn

  • Spot common cognitive biases and understand how they affect workplace decisions, risk, performance, and teamwork.

  • Use practical debiasing tools to improve meetings, reduce groupthink, and make better, more ethical decisions.

What you'll learn

  • Apply practical creativity techniques to generate innovative ideas and solve problems more effectively at work and in everyday life.

  • Use proven methods such as brainstorming, mind maps, lateral thinking, and AI to develop, evaluate, and implement creative solutions.

What you'll learn

  • Define critical success factors, translate into coherent KPIs, & build measurement systems to support trust, learning, and long‑term performance.

  • Design practical metrics, use weighted rating charts and impact‑versus‑difficulty analysis to manage your team effectively long term.

  • Learn practical, non-technical frameworks for using measurement to understand, control, and improve performance across the business.

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Keith Thomson
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