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Master your Decision Making and Critical Thinking Skills (Udemy.com)

Research Based Critical Thinking, Decision-Making, and Problem Solving Strategies, for Leaders, Managers, and everyone !

Created by: Sivakami S

Last updated January 2026

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What you will learn

  • Improve the Quality of all your big decisions, and improve their ROI (Return on Investment) significantly !
  • Know how your brain works, and how you think and make decisions
  • Understand Cognitive Biases and Logical Fallacies, and how they affect your judgements and decisions
  • Learn how to minimise the effects of these Biases and Fallacies, with De-Biasing techniques and strategies !
  • Learn about Decision Noise, and how you can minimize it in your Decision Making
  • Learn a few Creative Problem Solving Techniques

How it compares

Against the other 1,107 rated Udemy courses in Personal Development on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 34% of them
  • Reviews23,769#13 of 1,108 by number of reviews
  • Length5.3 hourslonger than 77% of them
  • Last updatedJanuary 2026more recently than 64% of them

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Course Description

Maximize the ROI of every important Decision you make, with Critical Thinking.

Mastering Critical Thinking, Decision-Making, and Problem-Solving is essential for Leaders, Managers, and anyone who wants to succeed in today's world.

Whether you're a Business Manager, a Leadership or Management Student, or simply someone who wants to become a sharper, more effective Decision-Maker, this course was built for you.

Dive deep into the latest research and breakthroughs in Psychology, Cognitive Science, Behavioral Science, and Behavioral Economics, to significantly improve your Decision-Making skills. Embrace Rationality, not just because it's beneficial, but because it is a key driver of Business Success.

Learn about Decision Noise, and how to minimize it to acceptable levels. We'll also explore the Evolutionary roots of Decision-Making, uncovering Heuristics and Biases, Logical Fallacies, and the tangible costs of Irrationality. Recalibrate your ancient brain for the modern world, enhancing your Decision-Making capabilities.

Equip yourself with powerful techniques to counteract Bias and Irrationality in your Judgements and Decisions. Discover Innovative and Creative Problem-Solving Strategies that will give you an edge.

This course is ideal for Business Managers, Leaders, Leadership and Management Students, and anyone keen on becoming a more informed, influential, and effective Decision-Maker. Packed with practical examples and research lessons, this course offers a comprehensive understanding of all facets of Decision Making, and Critical Thinking.

Elevate your Leadership and Management Skills to new heights !

AI tools were used only for minor language edits, for sourcing research papers, and for Udemy's Roleplay feature.

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Instructor Details

Sivakami S

Sivakami (pronounced She-vuh-kaa-me) is a Business Leader turned Online Educator, specializing in Leadership Psychology.

She moved from the Corporate World into teaching in 2015.

Since then, she has coached university students, business leaders, and managers around the world. She is a bestselling Udemy instructor, and a Udemy Instructor Partner, a title held by less than 1% of Udemy Business instructors. More than 165,000 students, from 181 countries, have taken her courses.

All her Courses draw on research from Cognitive and Social Psychology, Neuroscience, and Behavioral Economics. She turns that research into practical strategies that today's leaders and managers can actually use.

Before teaching, Sivakami spent almost two decades in leadership roles at large multinational companies. She led global teams, drove major initiatives, and helped shape corporate policy, while working toward demanding business goals.
Along the way, she coached and mentored many young leaders and managers, and experienced first hand both the joys and the challenges of leadership.

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Reviews

4.5

23,769 ratings on Udemy

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By Jones Beke Kime on 9/15/2026

The course gave me practical tools to recognize bias, frame problems better, and make more rational decisions in both field work and planning. Very useful and I’ll apply the debiasing checklist in my work and future projects. Thank you!

By Mataeli Liphoto on 8/19/2026

I learned how to make better decisions by using critical thinking, analyzing information objectively, identifying biases, evaluating different options, and choosing the most effective solution. The course also improved my problem-solving and decision-making skills, which will help me make sound judgments and handle challenges more effectively in the workplace.

By Malum Sitorus on 8/1/2026

Saya masih belum mendapatkan sesuatu yang dapat diambil untuk diterapkan dalam dunia pekerjaan maupun sehari-hari, mungkin saya perlu melanjutkan pelatihan ini hingga selesai.

By Hannalong Thongsouk on 7/8/2026

Great course with practical insights into how cognitive biases and logical fallacies can influence our thinking and how to recognize them. The downloadable resources are great to revisit as reference.

By Alicia Robinson-Brown on 6/17/2026

The terms themselves are complex and a little confusing, but the explanations and examples demonstrate how they impact our decision making every day, extending outside of the workplace. Very useful, helpful, and informative!

By Stella Diamenu on 4/22/2026

its been a great journey and i have learned a lot on how our minds work and how there's need to always slow down when i need to take a major decision because rush only leads to disaster. thank you for putting this together. i sure will do a repeat of this training to get more insights. Thanks

By SERGIO CEDDIA on 3/10/2026

The biases explained are useful and explained a lot of types of behaviours. In addition I think that we need also a little understanding of new type of bias. There are new research about new types of bias?

By Alejandro Aguirre Hernandez on 3/8/2026

Me gustaría que el curso pudiera ser en mi idioma (españo) o bien que en la parte de cuestionarios y preguntas hubiera una opción para traducirlas y asi no perder tanto tiempo.

By Michele Dillon on 3/6/2026

This course is very well put together and is presented in a super easy to understand way. I enjoyed the use of Role Playing opportunities and the resources provided are super helpful. Thank you for your time and effort putting this together!

By Anonymized User on 2/21/2026

The course provided clear frameworks for research-based decision-making. It improved critical thinking and problem-solving skills through practical strategies. I now feel more confident applying these tools as a leader or manager.

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