The Critical Thinking Toolkit

#33: Giving Problems a Why’d Berth

Overview:	After being presented with an example, participants will apply the Five-Why technique to a current workplace problem and then to a situation involving recent news events.
Objective:	To afford practice with the Five-Why technique.
Supplies:	Copies of a recent news article, one per participant
Time:	About 20 minutes
AdvancePreparation:	Make copies of a recent news report that invites in-depth analysis. If you can, arrange seating so table groups of five or six can work together.
Participants/Application:	Any number of participants can work on this exercise, which works best as a mid-session or end-of-session skill-builder. By the halfway point in the course (or by the end), enough provocative ...