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You Need To Understand This

Find out what you don't know, and check it

Find the Answer

Almost every problem you will meet at work is one you have not seen before. The people who cope are not the ones who know more. They are the ones who can find out, and who can tell the difference between an answer and a guess. This module builds that, in order: search properly, judge what you find, break a question into answerable pieces, and hold your nerve when good sources disagree.

5 lessons3 labs1 projects1 hr 44 min

Easier if you have done: Digital Foundation

Lessons

  1. 01

    Search like you mean it

    Turn a vague question into a query that finds the actual answer instead of ten pages of noise.

    You keep: Can narrow a search from thousands of irrelevant results down to the few that answer the question.

    18 min
  2. 02

    Who is telling you this?

    Judge whether a source deserves your trust before you repeat what it said to someone who matters.

    You keep: Can tell the difference between a source that knows and a source that is confident.

    20 min
  3. 03

    Break the question down

    Turn one big unanswerable question into small questions that each have a findable answer.

    You keep: Can split a vague question into parts that can actually be researched one at a time.

    22 min
  4. 04

    When sources disagree

    Two credible sources say opposite things. Work out why, and reach a conclusion you can defend.

    You keep: Can resolve a genuine evidence conflict instead of picking the convenient side.

    24 min
  5. 05

    Reading things you were not meant to enjoy

    Get what you need out of a contract, policy or fifty-page report without reading all of it.

    You keep: Can extract the parts of a long formal document that actually affect you.

    20 min

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