The world has changed. The way you make decisions hasn't. It's time to fix that.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

You already know the world has become more volatile, more uncertain, and more complex than anything you were trained for. What you may not know is that your own brain is working against you.

Decades of research in cognitive science has proven that human beings are not the rational decision-makers we believe ourselves to be. We are wired with cognitive biases that distort our thinking, blind us to threats, and lead us toward comfortable answers instead of correct ones. Add groupthink, internal politics, and the natural tendency to avoid conflict, and you have a recipe for strategic failure — no matter how smart or experienced you are.

The World Economic Forum has identified critical thinking, problem-solving, and the ability to deal with complexity and ambiguity as among the most desperately needed skills in the workforce today. But studies show they are also the hardest to find. That gap means those who possess these skills are increasingly valued and sought after.

Red Team Thinking® was built to close this gap.

Red Team Thinking will equip you with the cognitive skills you need to think more critically and lead more effectively. You'll walk away with practical tools you can put to work immediately — the very skills that are most in demand by employers today.

Developed by Bryce G. Hoffman — the only civilian to graduate the U.S. Army's elite Red Team Leader course— Red Team Thinking is a cognitive capability that is both a mindset and a set of tools. These aren't abstract theories. They're battle-tested and boardroom-proven methods used by Fortune 100 executives, government agencies, and military leaders around the world to make better decisions when the stakes are high and the answers aren't obvious.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

Why Your Best Thinking Isn't Good Enough You'll discover how cognitive biases and organizational dysfunction quietly undermine every decision you. This isn't abstract psychology. It's the science behind why smart leaders make bad calls, why teams converge on the wrong answer, and why the most dangerous words in business are "we've always done it this way." Understanding this is the first step toward overcoming it.

Think-Write-Share This powerful technique replaces traditional brainstorming with a structured process that produces better ideas and gives every voice on your team equal weight. You'll learn how to use it to unlock the knowledge and wisdom that already exists in your organization but rarely makes it to the surface — boosting both decision quality and employee engagement in the process.

The Six Strategic Questions™ This tool creates the kind of clarity that most planning processes never achieve. It ensures you understand not just what you're doing, but why. It also reveals the second- and third-order effects that cause unintended consequences and "collateral damage." You'll learn how to use this framework to stress-test your strategies, build genuine alignment across your team, and move forward with the confidence that comes from knowing you've looked at the problem from every angle.

WHY THIS MATTERS

The World Economic Forum, McKinsey, and Training Industry all agree: applied critical thinking and complex problem-solving are among the most desperately needed leadership capabilities today. Yet almost no one teaches leaders how to actually do it.

Red Team Thinking does. It develops what we call the Three Cs — Clarity about what you're really facing, Capability to think through complexity with discipline, and Culture that invites honest input instead of comfortable agreement. Together, these produce the one thing you need most: Confidence — the confidence to make the tough choices necessary to succeed.

The best leaders don't just trust their gut. They build systems that make their gut smarter. That's what Red Team Thinking gives you.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

• 90-minute live course led by Bryce Hoffman.
• Complete workbook and tool templates ready for immediate use
• Access to the global Red Team Thinking Community
• Eligibility to continue your training and earn your Red Team Practitioner™ certification

WHO THIS IS FOR

This course is for leaders and aspiring leaders who want to:

• Make better, more confident decisions in a volatile and uncertain world
• Overcome the cognitive biases and groupthink that silently sabotage their strategies
• Tap into the collective knowledge and wisdom of their teams — improving both decision quality and engagement
• Develop a disciplined approach to critical thinking they can apply to any challenge
• Build the leadership credibility that comes from being the person in the room who asks the questions no one else is willing to ask

ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Bryce Hoffman is a bestselling business author, top-rated leadership speaker, and the founder of Red Team Thinking^®. A recovering journalist who spent over two decades covering business and technology, Bryce is the author of American Icon(a Wall Street Journal bestseller) and Red Teaming (translated into more than five languages). Inc. magazine named Bryce one of the top-100 leadership speakers in the world. He and his team have trained thousands of leaders around the world at companies like JPMorganChase and Bristol Myers Squibb, government agencies like the British Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office and World Bank, and military organizations as diverse as NATO and the Indian Army. He also has trained thousands of coaches and facilitators who are using his revolutionary methodology right now to help their clients think more critically and lead more effectively.

READY TO LEAD DIFFERENTLY?

The challenges you're facing aren't going to get simpler. The uncertainty isn't going to lift. But you can become the kind of leader who thrives in that environment — one who makes tough calls with confidence, draws out the best thinking from every person on the team, and sees what others miss.

It starts here.

Enroll in Introduction to Red Team Thinking® today.

Introduction to Red Team Thinking® is a prerequisite for the Certified Red Team Practitioner™ Course.

Presented by Red Team Thinking®

20 April 2026

• 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM PDT

• 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM EDT

• 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM BST

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