Critical Thinking Coach

Critical Thinking Coach works with clients, families, and teams, shown through 6 realistic tasks you can review. The tasks reveal common surprises, how the tools support work, and when to get help. Each one shows where we found it, and comes with an AI prompt you can copy and use straight away.

6evidenced tasks
6ready prompts
1tools of the trade
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The work, task by task

These are the real jobs-to-be-done, not a wish list. Each task shows where we found it, and the prompt underneath is written for that exact task.

Guide individuals through structured reasoning routines

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Guide Maya through a four-step reasoning routine for her hiring decision: state the claim, list supporting…
Guide Maya through a four-step reasoning routine for her hiring decision: state the claim, list supporting evidence and gaps, identify assumptions, and produce a one-paragraph tentative conclusion she can test with a shortlist of two candidates by Friday.
The tools that do the workChatGPTweb

Help analyze arguments and evaluate evidence step-by-step

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Walk Alex through analyzing Dr. Patel's argument about expanding clinics: extract each premise, evaluate the…
Walk Alex through analyzing Dr. Patel's argument about expanding clinics: extract each premise, evaluate the evidence quality, flag any logical leaps, and produce numbered follow-up questions Alex must ask before endorsing the proposal.
The tools that do the workChatGPTweb

Assist in identifying and challenging assumptions

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Help Sara identify and challenge the core assumptions behind her marketing plan: list every unstated premise,…
Help Sara identify and challenge the core assumptions behind her marketing plan: list every unstated premise, rate how risky each is, suggest ways to test the three riskiest assumptions in two-week experiments.
The tools that do the workChatGPTweb

Facilitate listing and comparing multiple alternatives

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Facilitate a session with the product team to list five viable alternatives to the roadmap item, compare…
Facilitate a session with the product team to list five viable alternatives to the roadmap item, compare likely impact, cost, and uncertainty for each, then recommend which two to prototype next quarter with brief rationales.
The tools that do the workChatGPTweb

Surface and examine underlying biases in reasoning

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Work with Daniel to surface cognitive and organizational biases affecting his quarterly forecast: identify at…
Work with Daniel to surface cognitive and organizational biases affecting his quarterly forecast: identify at least six bias signals in the assumptions, explain how each skews estimates, and give three concrete mitigation steps he can implement this month.
The tools that do the workChatGPTweb

Draft evidence-based test questions for decision validation

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Draft ten evidence-based test questions for Priya to validate the sales strategy, each tied to specific data…
Draft ten evidence-based test questions for Priya to validate the sales strategy, each tied to specific data to collect, the pass/fail criterion, and the minimal sample size needed to have confidence in the result.
The tools that do the workChatGPTweb

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