Course Objective & Scope
As generative AI accelerates drafting, summarising and routine analysis, the premium shifts to distinctly human capabilities: framing the right problem, auditing fluent-looking AI outputs critically, aligning diverse stakeholders and exercising ethical judgement under uncertainty. This multi-module academy helps leaders and professionals partner with AI without falling into automation complacency or cognitive offloading.
Across inter-module assignments and live case practice, participants build mastery in first-principles problem framing, critical thinking and epistemic vigilance, executive storytelling, cross-functional facilitation, empathetic feedback and learning agility.
Who Should Attend?
- Managers, team leads and project or product owners
- Business specialists in analytical, advisory, strategy and stakeholder-facing roles
- Participants in leadership development and future-ready talent tracks
- No technical prerequisite; cases are adapted to participants' real decisions and stakeholder challenges
Key Takeaways
- Frame complex, ambiguous problems and surface hidden assumptions before delegating analysis to AI
- Audit persuasive AI-generated reports and recommendations for logical leaps, missing context and bias
- Translate dense analysis into clear, decision-oriented narratives for senior stakeholders
- Lead high-trust human dialogue, productive disagreement and facilitation across functions
- Exercise ethical judgement and clear human accountability in grey-zone decisions
Curriculum
Cognitive Partnership: Overcoming Automation Complacency and Critical Thinking
- Cognitive offloading, automation bias and the illusion of fluency in LLM outputs
- Interrogating AI analysis: evidence quality, missing context, counterfactuals and devil's-advocate checks
Complex Problem Framing and Systems Thinking
- Separating symptoms from root problems using first principles and issue trees
- Mapping second- and third-order consequences across organizational systems
Strategic Storytelling and Stakeholder Influence
- Turning raw data and AI summaries into decision-ready narratives (Pyramid Principle / SCQA)
- Reading stakeholder incentives and building alignment without formal authority
Empathetic Communication, Facilitation and Productive Debate
- Deep listening, coaching questions and candid feedback in digital-heavy workplaces
- Facilitating cross-functional alignment and harnessing constructive disagreement
Ethical Judgement, Accountability and Learning Agility
- Ethical decision frameworks and human accountability in ambiguous grey zones
- Unlearning outdated habits and sustaining personal adaptability
Applied Assignment and Integrated Decision Clinic
- Presenting a real organisational case solved through combined AI synthesis and human judgement
- Personal capability roadmap and team human-in-the-loop charter
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