thinkCULTURE PROGRAM
A STEP-BY-STEP METHOD FOR LEADING PRODUCTIVE DISCOURSE ON CAMPUS
PROGRAM MENU
thinkLEADERSHIP SKILLS COURSE
A three-hour online program for students, designed to be taken collaboratively with a peer.
Students gain a step-by-step method for leading dialogues in which opposing sides
identify hidden assumptions, practice charitable interpretation, and evaluate alternative views with care and precision.
COMING FALL 2025
thinkCULTURE WORKSHOPS
Interactive and customizable workshops for faculty, staff, and campus leadership.
With custom-built examples relevant to your institution, practice leading group dialogues with Systematic Empathy and Argument Mapping to find exact points of contention, as well as common ground.
OUR TOOLS
SYSTEMATIC EMPATHY
Habits of mind needed to slow down, listen, and ask questions for accuracy. Through Systematic Empathy, opponents understand the thinking behind each other's views.
ARGUMENT MAPPING
Visually illuminates the structure of reasoning. Through Argument Mapping, participants uncover logical errors, unstated assumptions, as well as points of connection.
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CONSULTS INCLUDE:
- A survey of thinkCULTURE workshop materials used at other institutions
- An overview of what a thinkCULTURE program roll-out might look like for you and your colleagues
- An exploration of further opportunities for implementation across teams and programs
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ABOUT US
thinkCULTURE is offered by ThinkerAnalytix, a non-profit organization spun out of the Harvard University Department of Philosophy. Why philosophy? For philosophers, disagreement is expected, even invited, to tackle seemingly intractable problems. History shows that progress happens through disagreement that is inquisitive, respectful, and fearless.
We leverage thousands of years of tools from philosophy and custom technology to offer a portfolio of programs that teach productive disagreement as an essential part of learning and working communities.
