Thinking With Critical Insight using A.I.

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Course Overview

AI can accelerate thinking, but it cannot replace critical judgment.

In a world where artificial intelligence accelerates information, analysis, communication, and decision-making, the ability to think critically is more essential than ever. AI can help leaders generate ideas, summarize information, and explore possibilities quickly, but it cannot determine what is accurate, ethical, relevant, or wise. This workshop helps participants use critical insight to validate AI-assisted output, challenge assumptions, reduce bias, and apply sound human judgment to leadership decisions.

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Thinking With Critical Insight using A.I. Course Overview

Learning Objectives

Apply the four major steps of critical thinking to AI-supported decisions and workflows
Recognize the COACHES characteristics of successful critical thinkers and apply them to responsible AI use
Explain sources of human and AI-enabled bias and how to minimize them through objectivity, validation, and open-mindedness
Evaluate, identify, and distinguish between relevant, irrelevant, unsupported, and AI-generated information
Use curiosity and stronger questions to improve AI prompts, human reasoning, and final judgment
Understand how to apply critical thinking best practices in daily leadership work when using AI tools and outputs

COURSE AGENDA

In this workshop, participants learn to use AI as a thinking partner while keeping critical thinking at the center of the process. Using the same four-section flow as Thinking with Critical Insight, participants explore how open-mindedness, analysis, COACHES characteristics, LAB, fallacies, evaluation, and SWOT can be applied to AI-supported work. The course emphasizes practical leadership habits: ask better questions, organize information, test outputs, reduce bias where possible, and decide responsibly.

Personal Leadership

Self Development

The Challenges of Modern Thinking When AI Accelerates Information
Why Critical Thinking Becomes More Important, Not Less Important
Becoming Rational Thinkers in an AI-Supported Workplace
Distinguishing Thinking, Critical Thinking, and AI-Assisted Thinking
Open-Mindedness, Multiple Perspectives, and Prompted Perspectives
Non-Linear Thinking with AI as a Thinking Partner
Activities: Prompt, Perception, and Perspective; AI-Assisted Problem Exploration

Four Steps to Utilizing Analysis and Logic
Prompting as Questioning: Defining the Problem Before Using AI
Asking the Right Questions of the Situation and the Output
Organizing Human, Verified, and AI-Generated Information
Evaluating Accuracy, Relevance, Completeness, Logic, and Risk
Drawing Conclusions Based on Facts, Not Fluency
Building Better Processes Instead of Fire-Fighting
Activities: AI-Supported Recommendations by Thinking Style; AI-Specific Critical Thinking Challenges

COACHES as a Leadership Model for Responsible AI Use
Curiosity: Asking Better Prompts, Follow-Ups, and Challenges
Objectivity: Separating Confidence from Evidence
Active Listening: Using AI to Prepare, Not Replace, Human Understanding
Contextualization: Providing Business, Stakeholder, and Risk Context
Humility: Treating AI Output as Draft Until Validated
Emotional Control: Slowing Down Under Pressure, Conflict, or Urgency
Self-Awareness: Spotting Assumptions and Preferred Conclusions in Prompts
Activity: Ranking Your AI-Ready COACHES Characteristics

Applying LAB: Limitations, Assumptions, and Bias to AI Outputs
Identifying What AI Does Not Know, Cannot See, or May Distort
Recognizing AI-Era Fallacies and Strengthening Reasoning
Separating Truth, Validity, and Persuasive Language
Using Diagnostic, Formative, and Summative Evaluation for AI Initiatives
Reducing Bias and Validating Outputs Before Trusting Them
Conducting an AI-Informed SWOT Analysis
Activities: AI Fallacies in Action; AI-Enabled Strategic Planning Implementation SWOT

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