Course Description
You've probably experienced what happens when coworkers have challenges that they can’t seem to resolve. In these cases, managers sometimes encourage employees to work together so they can leverage their different perspectives to find a solution. They accomplish this by understanding cognitive diversity, and this course is designed to help you promote it within your team or organization. As you find opportunities to encourage diverse thought, you’ll experience the well-researched benefits, such as enhanced creativity and innovation.
This course will teach you how to promote cognitive diversity in your team or organization in a way that is productive and beneficial. You will also learn how to utilize mental models and maps to help your team collaborate more effectively. You’ll also learn why cross-departmental collaboration can promote diversity of thought. We’ll talk about mental models and maps, as well as how they can combat cognitive dissonance in the workplace. You’ll be better able to assign roles based on your employees’ thinking patterns.
What You'll Learn
- Identify the challenges of promoting cognitive diversity within a team or organization
- Create a workplace environment that supports and encourages diverse thought
- Apply mental models and maps to promote cognitive diversity and combat cognitive dissonance
- Differentiate and assign roles according to employees' cognitive styles and thinking patterns
- Leverage cross-departmental collaboration to promote diversity of thought
Key Takeaways
- Understanding cognitive diversity helps managers encourage employees to leverage different perspectives to resolve challenges.
- Promoting cognitive diversity can deliver well-researched benefits such as enhanced creativity and innovation.
- Mental models and maps help teams collaborate more effectively and can combat cognitive dissonance in the workplace.
- Cross-departmental collaboration can promote diversity of thought.
- Assigning roles based on employees' thinking patterns supports a workplace that celebrates diversity.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is this course for?
It is designed for managers and team or organization leaders who want to promote cognitive diversity within their team or organization in a productive and beneficial way.
What will I learn in this course?
You will learn how to promote cognitive diversity, use mental models and maps to help teams collaborate more effectively, understand why cross-departmental collaboration promotes diversity of thought, and assign roles based on employees' thinking patterns.
What topics does the course cover?
The course covers cognitive diversity and collaboration, using mental models and maps, and assigning roles that celebrate diversity, along with an introduction and a knowledge test.
What skills will I gain?
You will gain skills in cognitive maps, cognitive models, diversity strategies, diversity training, mind mapping, and workplace diversity.
How is the course structured?
The course is organized into lessons: Introduction, Cognitive Diversity and Collaboration, Using Mental Models and Maps, Assigning Roles That Celebrate Diversity, and Test Your Knowledge.
Professional Certifications and Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
Professional Development Units (PDUs): 0.25
KnowledgeCity has been reviewed and approved by the PMI® Authorized Training Partner Program. Users can maintain your PMI credentials by earning PDUs from KnowledgeCity qualified courses in Project Management, Business Management, Leadership and many others.
Professional Development Credits (PDCs): 0.25
KnowledgeCity is approved by SHRM as a Recertification General Provider to offer SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP professional development credits (PDCs). By taking the courses approved by SHRM, KnowledgeCity can award SHRM Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for HR knowledge and competency programs related to the SHRM Body of Applied Skills and Knowledge™ (the SHRM BASK™).
