16 Critical Thinking Workplace Case Study: Vennu (part 2)
Learning Objectives
- Examine critical thinking and problem solving through an entrepreneurial perspective
- Analyse communication with critical thinking
- Using critical thinking for informed decisions
- Solve enterprise problems with critical thinking
Using critical thinking for problem solving
This chapter builds on the workplace critical thinking skills examined in the previous chapter and takes them to a new level for dealing with problems and decisions in an SME organisation.
In this video we hear from Vennu CEO and founder Suzanne Campbell talking about the problems she faced as an entrepreneur and how taking calculated risks helped overcome these challenges. From this entrepreneurial lens we learn that critical thinking for problem solving is about communicating and collaborating with diverse perspectives and how you can make the best most informed decisions in the workplace. In a complex world of emotion we need to be driven by the facts and by using critical thinking we will best achieve our goals as students and graduates.
Critical thinking for problem solving in the workplace. Try these questions yourself or collaboratively in groups in class:
Critical questions and barriers:
When faced with a complex question, should emotion or facts influence your decision?
What activity did Western Sydney University students do with Vennu to assist in it’s ability to take calculated risks in growing the business?
Try these two quick quiz questions from the video
