PROthinker®: Intelligence Analysis, Critical Thinking +OSINT (Udemy.com)
Special Operations Intel Community's Perspective on Critical Thinking, Working with Your Mind, Data & Information
Created by: Thunderwood X Academy
Last updated December 2022
What you will learn
- Think critically in a professional manner, using simple tools and methods used by special operations and intelligence community
- Work effectively with all types of information in a volatile and ambigious informational environment
- Solve strategic and operational problem using proven team-based techniques, proven to give positve results in special operations community
- Analyze data and information using simple yet effective tools used by international intelligence community
- How to communicate with your team the way that special operations intelligence communicates
- Visualize critical information using tools used by special operations intelligence for better effectiveness of your work
- Use your intellect more consciously and deliberately when working with information
- Discover the unknown unknowns
- The history and development of the human intellect and critical thinking
How it compares
Against the other 1,107 rated Udemy courses in Personal Development on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.6 out of 5higher than 54% of them
- Reviews73#939 of 1,108 by number of reviews
- Length6.8 hourslonger than 84% of them
- Last updatedDecember 2022earlier than 69% of them
Course Description
The PROthinker® course is a unique compilation of key information and practical tools regarding a comprehensive work with all types of data/information - in the professional world and in personal life. In addition to solid knowledge about the human mind, cognitive processes and ways to work effectively in a complex informational environment, the PROthinker® course also presents practical critical thinking tools used by elite special operations units and intelligence services around the world, as well as current standards and techniques for working with information. Since November 27th 2022, this course also features a bonus part 6 "OSINT: a PRO's guide on basic tools and recommended starting points".
With this course:
FIRST: You will get to know your most valuable professional tool: your mind. You will learn what evolutionary processes and events have shaped your mind and how. You will find out what cognitive processes take place in your mind, when, under what circumstances and is it good or bad? You will learn the most important thing: SO WHAT? What does this mean for you and what to do about it, if you want to use your mind most effectively for working with information.
SECOND: You will learn true, professional critical thinking – you will acquire the knowledge and up-to-date theoretical principles, but what is equally important: you will get real, practical tools, i.e. HOW IT IS DONE IN SPECIAL OPERATIONS PRACTICE. How problems are worked through, how solutions are worked out, how new directions of action are set.
THIRD: You will learn and understand multiple current standards and methods of intellectual work, used in elite special units and intelligence services - not covered by the confidentiality clause; You will learn how to analyze the source of information, how information itself is checked on quality and how to decide which information should be dealt with at all.
WHAT YOU GET:
· You will be a more valuable member of any team and a keen observer;
· You will know how to mitigate cognitive biases;
· If you are a business leader - you will have more time for problems waiting around the next corner, and your people will be calmer, more creative and autonomous in solving problems and coming up with effective concepts;
· You will gain an intellectual advantage over others in almost every meeting;
· You will be able to better evaluate and analyze information - and more importantly - on this basis, take BETTER ACTION and achieve BETTER RESULTS;
· You will become more effective in solving problems;
· You will make better decisions than before - and you will have PEACE OF MIND that you did everything to make sure it was the best possible decision. And peace of mind is important for any leader or entrepreneur. We know how much responsibility weighs.;
· You will be more resistant to fake news.
Our policy: zero bs
/OVER & OUT/
Instructor Details
- 4.6 Rating
73 Reviews
Thunderwood X Academy
The Instructor, with almost 10 years of experience in informational support of special operations, is a practitioner of professional work with information, a practitioner of critical thinking and an enthusiast of intelligence analysis. Now, Instructor's mission is to show the World how simple, proven (and unclassified) methods of elite special units and intelligence services can help in the professional world of information and everyday life, coping with informational overload, decision-making and team-based critical thinking.
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Reviews
By Oleg_Stachnik on 7/5/2024
It is a perfect course for a beginner in Intelligence Analysis. Thanks to this I have realized how much time I was wasting when trying to fact check specific information. Thank you for this course!
By R M on 11/17/2023
Until now I find it interesting and their is information made clear, even if I knew it, it is structured and well summarized.
By Manivannen Samikannu on 10/13/2023
Definitely learnt new things. I found the discussion on how we could make decisions for eg, with heuristics affecting outcomes, very useful.
By T. Brown on 9/27/2023
I like how the instructor is laying a thorough foundation so that I can understand his perspective and the perspective of the industry he supports. Course goes a lot in depth so that the viewer can understand the topic well. It has changed my perspective on psychology and critical thinking.
By Cody Deupree on 9/25/2023
Lot's of interesting discussions on how the mind works and how to better utilize critical thinking skills. Good practical techniques to use for analyzing information.
By Sharmaine Lee-Jendili on 5/24/2023
The course was very informative and as an intelligence analyst I have been able to learn new skills and practices that will be very beneficial for my career.
By Neville Hodges on 5/7/2023
Some very useful tools for critical thinking were delivered on this course. Although I am reasonably familiar with the academic topics covered, I found additional information, and as the presenter states, do not overlook these topics! I was very satisfied with the course, thank you.
By Maxim Dobrosselskiy on 1/16/2023
Pozdrowienia mój drogi przyjacielu i przynajmniej napisz moją pierwszą recenzję (am not from Poland, it is just google) For the wonderful course, I sincerely appreciate it. I would like to point out that it broadened one's perspective on critical thinking and altered one's state of mind. I appreciate how easily the information is presented and how relevant and entertaining I find the material to be for daily living.
By Piotr Safronczyk on 11/22/2022
Great knowledge, completely applicable not only for intelligence-related work but for everyday life. I gained specific tools for judgement of reality, that I definitely will implement in my analytical habits. It's crazy you can find so professional knowledge on the internet, basically for free. Truly recommend for everyone.
By Daria Wrażeń on 11/18/2022
Very good introduction to the field. Had some very good useful tips in real life applications. The class was broken down just right, and properly informed you of the sections being covered. I found this course very valuable. I learned a lot.
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Overall Score : 92 / 100






