Sharper Human Thinking

Sharper human thinking – future-focused skills for working with AI and humans

Our human skills of problem solving, critical thinking, leading with empathy are vital in the AI enabled workplace. We now all have a new AI wizard assistant so how are we going to adapt our working with real people? Our new “Sharper Human Thinking” course is a hands-on, future-focused training workshop designed for staff working in public affairs, policy, and communications who want to sharpen their ability to lead, influence and collaborate with our fellow human beings.

Course Overview

This workshop explores how to think and communicate more effectively—whether you are working through a policy challenge, managing your team, or refining the output of your AI assistant.

Who is this for?
This course is ideal for public affairs and advocacy professionals, team leaders and consultants who want to boost their communication, leadership and collaboration skills in an AI-enhanced workplace.

Outcomes
The aim is to be able to walk away with sharper thinking, deeper insight, and the tools to lead and collaborate more effectively. You will be able to apply these thinking skills to using your AI assistant more effectively as well working with your human teams.

Course content

We are offering three interactive modules that will help you to build practical, people-focused thinking skills that you can immediately apply to your day-to-day work:

Part 1 Critical thinking and analysis

Ask better questions – the what, how and why
Identify assumptions and bias
Make decisions under pressure

Part 2 Empathy and teamwork

Understand perspectives of different people in the team
Build trust and understanding with diverse teams
Recognise and take steps to resolve conflict

Part 3 Visionary & Reflective Thinking

Reflect on lessons and patterns
Lead with purpose and long-term vision
Use context and curiosity to shape ideas

You will learn how these “human thinking” skills can help you use AI tools (like ChatGPT) for better prompting smarter, filtering better, and adding the essential human judgement behind the output.

Course Format

📅 One full-day workshop, or
🧩 Three separate modules (2–3 hours each) delivered over multiple days
💬 Highly interactive: role play, live practice, peer feedback
🛠️ Individual feedback and personalised takeaways