Critical thinking team session

Before the session

Read Days 12, 13 and 17 (about five minutes each), or Module 2 on the cheat sheet.

The 30 minutes

1. 0–5 minOpen

   Quick round: one thing you believed at work that turned out to be wrong.

2. 5–15 minDiscuss three days
   • Day 12: Every claim needs a receipt.Which claims do we act on without asking how we know, and whose voice tends to settle the argument?
   • Day 13: Your brain takes shortcuts.Which bias from Day 13 has cost us most recently: confirmation, anchoring, sunk cost or availability?
   • Day 17: Attack your plan before reality does.Which of our current plans would we least like someone to attack, and what might they find?
3. 15–25 minExercise: Pre-mortem a live plan

   Pick one real plan the team is about to commit to and imagine it failed six months from now. Everyone writes the reasons alone for three minutes, then share and group them. Pick the top two risks and name who checks each.

4. 25–30 minAction for the week

   Each person takes one claim they meet in a meeting or document this week, asks how we know, and brings back what they found.

   Agree the team rule: “Every claim needs a receipt.”