Artificial intelligence (AI) is advancing rapidly, offering tools that can analyze vast amounts of information and generate insights at a speed humans cannot match. This creates a major opportunity, but the real challenge is not simply using AI's outputs. You need to learn how to think critically about these systems. Success in an AI-enabled environment depends on your ability to evaluate AI's recommendations, recognize its limitations and apply your own judgment to make sound decisions.

You have to learn how to build on your critical-thinking skills. AI can serve as a powerful aid, but not as a replacement for human reasoning. You need to examine the opportunities AI presents for personal and professional decision making, while also addressing the risks and responsibilities that come with relying on AI-generated answers.

Based on this, Harnessing the Power of AI and Critical Thinking for Better Decision Making helps you integrate AI into your decision-making process as a trusted thinking partner, so you can confidently balance AI insights with your own judgment.

Harnessing the Power of AI and Critical Thinking for Better Decision Making is a 2-day training programme designed to help managers and business professionals make better decisions in an AI-driven environment. The programme focuses on balancing human judgment with AI-generated insights, strengthening critical thinking, and ensuring responsible and effective use of AI in everyday decision making.

Programme Modules:

1 – Reviewing Your Decision-Making Process

• Reflect on your existing decision-making process from simple to complex scenarios

• Evaluate the factors that impact the quality of decision making

• Identify opportunities where AI can be integrated to enhance decision making

2 – Organizational Culture and AI Decision Making

• Evaluate individual and team decision-making culture and AI literacy

• Identify key stakeholders involved in AI-supported decisions

• Apply a framework to balance human judgment and AI assistance within your organization

3 – Where Does AI Add Value?

• Identify opportunities where AI can enhance decision-making effectiveness

• Assess the quality and accessibility of data to support reliable AI insights

• Align AI use cases with strategic business priorities

4 – Matching AI Tools to the Thought Process

• Explore different AI tools and their specific applications

• Experiment with AI tools to support and enhance critical thinking

• Evaluate the impact of AI outputs on decision quality

5 – Validating AI-Driven Recommendations

• Define evaluation criteria for AI recommendations

• Apply a “trust but verify” approach to reviewing AI outputs

• Assess decision context to determine when to accept, adapt or reject AI recommendations

6 – Improving the Quality of and Trust in AI Outputs

• Design stronger inputs using precise prompts and verified data sources

• Align AI tools with organizational context, goals and priorities

• Improve AI outputs through fact-checking and role-play exercises

7 – Ensuring Responsible AI Use

• Recognize and mitigate bias in AI outputs

• Define accountability for decisions supported by AI

• Expand organizational policies to address AI-driven decision making

8 – Building an Executable AI Action Plan

• Identify one immediate opportunity to enhance decision making with AI

• Outline steps to apply an AI-driven decision-making framework

• Develop an implementation roadmap that strengthens critical-thinking skills as AI evolves

You are a manager, leader or business professional working in an AI-driven environment and you want to sharpen your critical thinking to improve decision making. You are currently using AI tools and want to move beyond surface-level adoption toward responsible and effective integration. You have a basic understanding of AI tools and their outputs and want to strengthen your ability to evaluate AI recommendations and apply them effectively.