Transform AI into a thinking partner for better leadership, decisions, and results.

6 bite-sized sessions over 6 weeks: Wednesdays 4, 11, 18 and 25 November, and 2 and 9 December 2026, via Zoom.

Investment: Members $550 | Non-Members $770

Overview
Most AI training teaches people how to use the technology: how to write better prompts, draft faster, or generate content more efficiently. This workshop takes a different approach.

It is designed to help leaders move beyond using AI for quick answers and instead use it as a disciplined management partner. Across six practical online sessions, participants will learn how to integrate AI into real management work, including structured problem-solving, KPI diagnosis, decision preparation, standard work improvement, and strategic exploration.

Rather than treating AI as a generic tool, this workshop helps participants build the judgement, habits, and context-specific system messages needed to make AI useful in leadership and operational settings. The goal is not simply faster output. It is better thinking, sharper reasoning, and stronger judgement.

Learning Outcomes
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Understand the shift from using AI for answers to thinking with AI for better judgement.
• Integrate AI into core management practices such as A3 thinking, KPI analysis, and decision preparation.
• Create tailored system messages that align AI responses with real business context.
• Use AI to challenge assumptions, surface blind spots, and strengthen reasoning.
• Apply AI to validate, analyse, and improve standard work and operational routines.
• Strengthen decision-making by using AI to test thinking, identify risks, and explore alternatives.
• Build a sustainable practice of AI-assisted management thinking.
• Develop the judgement to know when AI adds value, and when it does not.

Course Content

• Pre-work (self-paced, via LMS): Access to the LMS and introduction videos.
• Session 1 (60 mins): Strategy. The Gap Between Using AI and Thinking With AI.
• Session 2 (45 mins): Planning. How Thinking Moves Forward: Tool Chains, Token Logic, and Structured Conversations.
• Session 3 (45 mins): Follow Up. Applying AI to KPI Diagnosis and Decision Preparation.
• Session 4 (45 mins): Results Analysis. When AI Sharpens Thinking and When It Dilutes It.
• Session 5 (45 mins): Discovery. AI as Mirror: Your Embodied Knowledge Sees What AI Cannot.
• Session 6 (45 mins): Capability Development. Building a Practice Where Thinking Compounds.

Course Inclusions and Format

• Six live online workshop sessions delivered via Zoom.
• Each session follows a 3 × 15-minute flow: theory → practical application → reflection on practice.
• Practical exercises in each session.
• Apply the methods between sessions as an active part of learning and reflection.
• Opportunities to ask questions and share insights.
• Access to session recordings and supporting resources via the Learning Management System.
• Key point charts and playbooks.
• Certificate of Completion.

Who Should Attend

• Business leaders and senior managers.
• Mid-level managers and team leaders.
• Strategy, planning, and transformation professionals.
• Continuous improvement, Lean, and operations practitioners.
• Professionals responsible for KPI analysis, reporting, and daily management routines.
• Decision-makers working in fast-changing or high-complexity environments.
• Leaders looking to use AI as a thinking partner rather than a quick-answer tool.
• Anyone wanting to build disciplined, context-aware AI habits in their management work.

Presenter
Barry McCarthy, Business Owner and Chief Virtual Officer

Hosted by AME Australia.

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