Navigating Complexity with Critical Thinking
Develop the critical thinking skills needed to navigate complexity, make better decisions, and maintain cognitive agency in the age of AI.
The program follows a three-stage critical thinking investigation:
1
The Case for Critical Thinking
Understanding how individual and organisational thinking shapes judgment, decisions, and outcomes.
2
Critical Thinking Forensic Audit
Examining the cognitive biases, hidden assumptions, and organisational blind spots behind poor decisions.
3
Building the Evidence-Based Thinker
A practical framework and toolkit for strengthening individual and organisational critical thinking in the age of AI.
AI-Critical Thinking Lab: Future-Proofing Leadership Agility for Personal Mastery
In an era of AI and “cheap intelligence”, the greatest risk is not technology replacing people, but people outsourcing their thinking. The AI Critical Thinking Lab helps professionals strengthen judgement, challenge assumptions, evaluate AI outputs, and make better decisions in complex and uncertain environments.
Through practical exercises, real-world case studies, and proven critical thinking tools, participants learn how to use AI as a powerful collaborator while maintaining essential human oversight, reasoning, and accountability.
Key Outcomes
- Strengthen critical thinking and decision-making
- Evaluate and validate AI-generated content with confidence
- Reduce the risks of over-reliance on AI
- Improve problem-solving, judgement, and contextual reasoning
- Develop practical tools for workplace application
- Future-proof professional relevance in an AI-driven world
Participants leave with a practical toolkit for thinking more clearly, questioning more effectively, and making sound decisions when the stakes matter most
This Essential Masterclass for professionals needing to future-proof their roles amidst digital disruption.
Tools, Resources & Learning Experiences
Your Critical Thinking Toolkit
Participants receive a comprehensive suite of support resources, including a workshop workbook, critical thinking flipchart, and digital collaboration canvas. Together, these tools help participants capture insights, apply practical frameworks, collaborate effectively, and transfer learning directly to workplace challenges. Rather than leaving with ideas alone, participants leave with reusable resources that support better questioning, stronger analysis, improved decision-making, and ongoing application long after the workshop concludes.
AI and Creative Thinking:
Learn when, (if) and how to use AI during the design thinking process.
AI will play a collaborative role in Tirian’s creative design thinking workshops. Rather than replacing human ingenuity, participants learn how to use AI as a powerful co-pilot to accelerate insights, uncover patterns, and expand ideas. Throughout the process, people remain the drivers of creativity, ensuring AI enhances rather than automates thinking and helping teams combine human and technological strengths to achieve breakthrough innovation. (read more)
Case Studies & Executive Hypotheticals:
Practical Applications & Leadership Implications:
Innovation requires more than understanding theory. Our Teach & Learn, Try & Apply methodology helps participants build confidence by applying creative and critical thinking tools to real-world challenges. Through practical simulations and hands-on problem solving, participants develop a repeatable framework they can use immediately to drive innovation and results.
Try & Apply: Immersive Case Study Simulations & Role-Plays
- When AI Broke the Rules. What Hugging Face and OpenAI can teach us about Critical Thinking | Tirian
- P&G: Navigating the Affordability Paradox in Saturated Markets. | Tirian
- JPMorgan Chase: Leadership in the Age of GenAI, | Harvard
The JPMorgan Chase Case Study:
Driving Organizational Change with Critical Thinking
Overview: This Harvard Business School case study : JPMorgan Chase: Leadership in the Age of GenAI, provides a deep dive analysis of the transition to generative AI within a global workforce of 200,000+. By positioning critical thinking skills as the core of the implementation strategy, the study demonstrates how structured frameworks ensure technological adoption is matched by rigorous strategic oversight. It serves as a high-stakes blueprint for navigating the move from localized experimentation to enterprise-wide integration, ensuring human-led innovation remains the central driver of organizational success.
Dive Deeper: integrate this case study with our Innovation Suite and Ambidextrous Leadership models.
Repurposing AI from a “Creative Killer” into a High-Performance Collaborator. (Article | VideoGraphic #1 | Videographic #2 | More about our AI offerings)
REC TIME
1/2-1 day
REC SIZE
7-50
PLATFORMS
Keynote, Workshop, Online, Virtual, Self-led
