Zoom Option 1: Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

Presented by: 
Russel Horwitz
Tuesday, May 9, 2023 - 9:00am
Zoom Meeting Platform
Focus Area: Workplace Skills

Portrait of facilitator Russel Horwitz

Program Summary

They say that “all of today’s problems were caused by yesterday’s solutions”. The modern business environment is characterized by rapid change and adaption, requiring effective problem-solving at all levels. However, deficiencies in the problem-solving process can produce varying results, from “fixes” that have little effect to others that generate even bigger problems down the road or flounder though lack of stakeholder buy-in. Fortunately, there are best practices that if learned and used by key decision makers, will improve your organization for the long term.

In addition to providing the tools and locking them in through extensive exercises, the workshop is made relevant to each participant by having them use what they have learned to analyse and solve existing business problems in their own part of the organization.

Learning Outcomes

  • Greater ability to think broadly about problems
  • More effective stakeholder involvement to balance decision quality, speed, and level of consensus required for the situation
  • Greater creativity in developing ideas
  • Fixes that are more likely to work and less likely to create other problems

Audience

This course is applicable to leaders at all levels and other people that wrestle with complex problems as part of their job.

Participant Expectations

  • Actively engage in the material, tools, discussions, and exercises (if you don't want to engage we are making a recorded version of this session)
  • Please use your video and audio throughout the session, particularly in the breakout rooms
  • We will be using breakout rooms, share-screen tools
  • Be adaptable to the content and presentation style, even if it's not what you expected
  • Support an atmosphere of learning for your colleagues
  • Maintain respect, diplomacy, and dignity for all participants
  • Maintain confidentiality of all participants and the information they choose to share
  • Practise inclusivity
  • Zoom auto-captions will be turned on

Contact AAPS

If you have any questions about the content, facilitator, audience, please contact aaps.pd@ubc.ca. If you have any food allergies or accessibility requirements that we need to know about, please email sarah.muff@ubc.ca directly.

About Your Facilitator

Russel is one of Kwela’s two founders and his expertise includes leadership development, team development, executive coaching, and training on a wide variety of topics. He has worked extensively as a leadership consultant / trainer since 2004 across a wide variety of sectors, including government, publicly-held, private and non-profit.  Russel’s experience also includes 14 years in the high technology/engineering sector, where he held management roles in product development, marketing, customer service and training. When not working, he can usually be found outside hiking, biking, kayak fishing and growing vegetables.  He also has a keen interest in playing Brazilian music.

Russel holds a Masters degree in Engineering from the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

You can learn more about Kwela Leadership and their programs on their website.

Registration

Before registering for this session please keep in mind that it is 3 hours long, and you are expected to participate in the full session. Please be considerate of your fellow AAPS members.  If this is not possible with your schedule, please sign up for the recording instead. We understand that last minute emergencies do happen, but late cancellations and no-shows impact other members' ability to participate.

Please let us know if you are not able to actively participate in the session.

You will be sent a session confirmation from aaps.pd@ubc.ca for the in-persons sessions and a Zoom confirmation for the virtual sessions. If you do not receive a confirmation within a couple of days, please let us know.

In-Person Sessions

1. Point Grey Campus: Option 1: Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, Wednesday, May 3, 2023, 9am-12pm

2. Point Grey Campus: Option 2: Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, Wednesday, May 3, 2023, 1pm-4pm

3. Okanagan Campus: Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, Wednesday, May 17, 9am-12pm

Virtual Sessions

1. Live Zoom Meeting Platform Option 1: Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, Tuesday, May 9, 2023, 9am-12pm

2. Live Zoom Meeting Platform Option 2: Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, Wednesday, May 10, 2023, 9am-12pm

Recorded Version of Critical Thinking and Problem Solving (available after May 12, 2023)