Do you know how to unscramble a bunch of conflicting ideas?
     In your own head or in a room full of people?

     We do!

At Austhink we use our skills in software, game design and visual animation to make our customers’ business and educational applications more fun – and much more effective.

  • Rationale 2 helps students and educators at all levels improve logical thinking for better writing and presentation
  • bCisive 2 helps professional influencers, facilitators and decision-makers to lead collaboration for faster results
  • bCisive Online puts our style of visual thinking fully online, with shared real-time access for virtual meetings, Skype integration, and much more.

Based on internationally acknowledged cognitive science research, our software taps into human beings’ extraordinary visual and spatial intelligence to improve critical thinking, shared reasoning, and conflict resolution. Our products and methods help individuals and groups to analyze and solve complex and strategic problems.

We can work with you to build customized applications to fit your organisation’s specific needs. Please contact us for further information.

“I’ve been looking for an effective way to teach critical thinking for 10 years – Rationale is far and away the most promising option I’ve ever seen.”
—Steve Crowley, Boise State University


Latest news

jan 2012: Our development team has started the making of Rationale Webbased. Expected release: September 2012.

Sept 2011: Critical Thinking Skills B.V., a Dutch company & foundation, has taken over and will continue the activities of Austhink Software.

About us

Austhink is a trademark of Critical Thinking Skills B.V. (CTS), a company based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. CTS/Austhink’s mission is to develop the tools to improve reasoning and decision-making skills.