Workshop

Build Exceptional Judgment with Critical Thinking and AI

Becki Saltzman

Critical Thinking Expert | 4M+ Learners

AI made answers abundant. Judgment is now your competitive advantage.

Every day, you're expected to make important decisions with incomplete (and often too much) information, competing opinions, and increasing pressure to move quickly.

AI can help you find answers faster.

The hardest part isn't getting an answer. It's knowing whether you've reached the right conclusion...and for the right reasons.

That's where exceptional judgment comes in.

In this workshop, you'll work through a realistic business case using proven critical thinking tools to distinguish critical thinking from strategic thinking and creative thinking, evaluate evidence for its Reliability, Relevance, and Validity, uncover hidden assumptions, communicate with clarity, and decide wisely.

You'll master the two sides of AI-enabled thinking: using AI to strengthen your critical thinking, and using critical thinking to separate AI's strongest reasoning from its most convincing mistakes.

You'll learn to apply the PIQPACC™ Framework--a proprietary system for intentional critical thinking and better judgment.

The case study is practice. The payoff is every important decision that comes after it.

What you’ll learn

Become the person others trust to solve complex problems, reach well-reasoned conclusions, and make sound decisions.

  • Discover the difference between critical thinking, strategic thinking, and creative thinking.

  • Practice choosing the right thinking approach using a realistic business case.

  • Identify the question with the greatest potential to improve any decision.

  • Practice crafting high-value questions that uncover better options and deeper insights.

  • Use the RRV framework to evaluate information for its Reliability, Relevance, and Validity.

  • Pinpoint when you've thought enough and can move forward, and when you haven't.

  • Surface hidden assumptions, missing perspectives, fuzzy concepts, and unanswered questions.

  • Practice uncovering blind spots before they become costly mistakes.

  • Use AI to generate perspectives, challenge assumptions, and strengthen your reasoning.

  • Calibrate when AI deserves your attention, and when your thinking should challenge AI.

  • Build recommendations you can explain, defend, and stand behind.

  • Compare your team's reasoning with other teams solving the same case.

Workshop agenda

  • Which Kind of Thinking Does This Decision Require?

    Critical thinking. Strategic thinking. Creative thinking. They're not interchangeable. Each solves a different problem. By the end of this module, you'll know exactly when to use each.

  • Build the Decision Team

    Launch the PIQPACC™ framework. Experience how one simple shift at the start of a decision can completely change every option, discussion, and conclusion that follows.

  • Make Information Earn its Influence

    Discover a practical mini framework to judge which information deserves more weight, less weight, or none at all, without overthinking or overlooking what matters.

  • Find What Everyone Else Missed

    Uncover hidden assumptions, missing perspective, fuzzy concepts, and unanswered questions before they quietly become flawed conclusions.

  • Defend the Decision

    Present and defend your recommendation, answer tough questions, and compare your team's thinking with other teams. Then discover why equally smart people reached very different conclusions.

  • AI Throughout the Workshop

    AI isn't a chapter, it's woven into every one of the modules. Discover what AI does well, what to look out for, and where your exceptional judgment remains the deciding factor.

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Who this workshop is for

  • Professionals who make important decisions, solve complex problems, or influence the decisions of others.

  • Leaders and individual contributors who want to strengthen their judgment in an AI-enabled world.

  • Professionals who want to become known for exceptional judgment, sound decisions, and clear thinking.

Prerequisites

  • Curiosity Required

    If you're willing to challenge your thinking, debate great ideas, and experiment with AI, you're ready.

What's included

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Sep 15
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12–7pm EDT

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