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AI-Enhanced Thinking & Decision-Making
Apply structured Humans + AI workflows to enhance cognition, augment intelligence, amplify creativity, and maximize outcomes
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Course overview
Apply AI to amplify your unique capabilities
In the 5th cohort of this landmark course, dive deep into a transformative learning experience designed to enhance your thinking and decision-making skills by applying the latest techniques and advances in Generative AI.
This course goes far beyond basic AI productivity techniques. It offers a hands-on, participatory approach that helps you develop a personal cognitive framework that integrates AI tools seamlessly into your thinking and decision-making.
Explore the landscape of cognition-enhancing AI, learn how to leverage advanced AI techniques to augment your thinking, identify the most impactful use cases for your work, and master sophisticated strategies that will take your value creation to new heights.
By applying cutting-edge AI-augmented thinking strategies, you will pinpoint the most effective pathways to make smarter decisions, solve problems more creatively, and achieve your goals with greater precision and clarity.
Unlock the potential of AI to transform your cognitive processes, enhance your decision-making, and future-proof your capabilities in an accelerating world.
Who is this course for
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Leaders and entrepreneurs who want to excel at strategic thinking and decision-making and amplify their organizations' capabilities
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Professionals and consultants who want to dramatically amplify their capabilities with AI
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Managers, knowledge workers, and freelancers who want to accelerate their careers and keep ahead of change
Key outcomes
Amplify your professional and leadership capabilities with AI
Learn specific techniques to build on your strengths and increase your productivity, effectiveness, and impact.
Create personal Humans + AI workflows for your highest-value work
Design workflows unique to your style that bring together your most distinctive competences with AI capabilities.
Apply Humans + AI thinking frameworks to your specific situation and objectives
Access and put into practice practical frameworks and clear guidance on tools, approaches, processes, and advanced strategies.
Learn techniques for enhanced ideation and problem-solving
Apply Humans + AI sequences to amplify ideation, creativity, and problem-solving capabilities.
Integrate AI to improve decision-making outcomes
Identify specific points in decision-making processes for useful AI input.
Access to Humans + AI community
Access to all resources on Humans + AI Explorers Community including extensive lessons, resources, and community discussions.
1 year FREE access to ThoughtWeaver thinking workflow tool (value $100)
Full year's access to the ThoughtWeaver app including a wealth of sophisticated AI-enhanced thinking prompts.
FREE copy of Thriving on Overload (value $28)
Receive a free copy of Ross Dawson's book Thriving on Overload: The 5 Powers for Success in a World of Exponential Information, which guides you through amplifying your cognition amid constant change.
What’s included
Live sessions
Learn directly from Ross Dawson in a real-time, interactive format.
Lifetime access
Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.
Community of peers
Stay accountable and share insights with like-minded professionals.
Certificate of completion
Share your new skills with your employer or on LinkedIn.
Maven Guarantee
This course is backed by the Maven Guarantee. Students are eligible for a full refund up until the halfway point of the course.
Course syllabus
6 live sessions • 39 lessons • 4 projects
Week 1
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Recommended Large Language Models
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Setting up ThoughtWeaver AI interface app
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Prompting frameworks
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Get your copy of Thriving on Overload
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Supplemental reading and references
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High potential applications and patterns for AI-enhanced thinking
Submit by Sep 18 - 📄
Session 1 Slides
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7 Principles for Humans + AI workflow
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Humans + AI Workflow Elements
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Framework: Domains for AI-Enhanced Thinking
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Framework: Better Thinking with AI (Optional)
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Human and Artificial Intelligence (Optional)
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Generative AI and Analytic AI (Optional)
Sep
12
Designing personal Humans + AI thinking and decision-making processes
Sep
12
Open office/ Q&A/ Group discussion (optional)
Course foundational resources
Lessons and resources to maximize the value you get from the course
Creating value with Humans + AI workflows
Framing the mindset of Humans + AI to support the most intentional and effective use of AI tools
Week 2
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Session 2 Slides
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Tools and resources for AI-augmented cognition
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Summarizing and distilling: prompts
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Learning resources and prompts
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Tools for concept and knowledge visualization
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AI for mind maps
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Creating systems diagrams
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Creating thought leadership content
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Getting AI to write in your style
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Chain-of-Thought prompting (optional)
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Apply AI to your personal information and learning systems
Submit by Sep 25
Sep
19
AI for information filtering, sense-making, synthesis, and knowledge creation
Sep
19
Open office/ Q&A/ Group discussion (optional)
Enhancing your cognition, learning, and knowledge creation
Establishing a structure for developing knowledge and insight supported by AI
Week 3
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Session 3 slides
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Combinatorial ideation
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Challenges and red-teaming
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Metaphors for communication and thinking
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Problem and process decomposition
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Prompts for structured thinking
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Prompts for creativity and ideation
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Create a step-by-step process and do three steps
Submit by Oct 2
Sep
26
Augmenting problem-solving, ideation, creativity, and analysis
Sep
26
Open office/ Q&A/ Group discussion (optional)
Processes for AI-augmented creativity
The structures, intervention points, and AI interactions to enhance higher-order thinking
Week 4
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Slides for Session 4
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Strategic decision-making - Human and AI roles
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Framing and defining decisions
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Generating and assessing options
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Confirming and deciding
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Scenarios for decision-making
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AI decision factors and types (Optional)
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AI decision delegation levels (Optional)
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Further reading on Humans + AI decision-making (Optional)
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Apply AI to your major decision
Submit by Oct 11
AI roles in better decision-making
Decision-making processes and how AI can add value at different points and phases
Bonus
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Accessing the Humans + AI Learning Community
Access to community discussion
Join us to share insights in our ongoing journey to amplify our thinking with AI
What students are saying
What people are saying about Ross Dawson's previous work
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Meet your instructor
Ross Dawson
Ross Dawson
Ross Dawson is a globally recognized futurist, entrepreneur, keynote speaker, and strategy advisor. He is Founding Chairman of the Advanced Human Technologies Group of companies, which includes Human + AI startup Informivity and AI thinking interface app ThoughtWeaver.
He is the bestselling author of five books, most recently Thriving on Overload: The 5 Powers for Success in a World of Exponential Information, and host of the popular Amplifying Cognition podcast. Ross is a LinkedIn Top Voice on Artificial Intelligence and Strategic Thinking.
Ross has delivered keynote speeches and strategy workshops for business leaders in over 30 countries, with clients including Boston Consulting Group, Citibank, Coca-Cola, Google, Interpublic Group, News Limited, Oracle, Procter & Gamble, PwC, Roche, Star Alliance, Walmart, and many other leading organizations.
He appears frequently in global media, including ABC, BBC, The Guardian, Le Monde, The New York Times, El País, USA Today, Die Welt, and many others.
Course schedule
2-3 hours per week
February 8 - 29, 2024
Workshops: Thursdays
1:00pm - 2:30pm US PT
4 x Live workshops
Open office/ Q&A (optional): Thursdays
2:30pm - 3:00pm US PT
Ask Ross any questions, learn from your peers, dig deeper into the course topics.
Weekly projects
1+ hour per week
Apply what you learn to building and refining your personal Humans + AI workflow.
(Optional but highly encouraged for maximum course value)