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Leveraging AI with Critical Thinking

When critical thinking drives AI use, the results are more accurate, more useful, and more trustworthy.

Description

AI tools are only as effective as the thinking behind them. Without intentional critical thinking, AI can produce outputs that are vague, inaccurate, or misleading. This program gives participants the skills to use AI as a precision instrument, not just a shortcut.

Participants will learn to craft prompts that guide AI toward clear and relevant results, evaluate outputs with a discerning eye, and refine responses into decision-ready information.

Audience

Professionals in a manager role, individual contributors, or leaders of any kind.

Outcomes

Participants will walk away with these skills:

  • Using prompt engineering intentionally to guide AI toward clear, relevant, and high-quality responses
  • Evaluating AI-generated outputs critically by checking for accuracy, identifying assumptions, and refining responses to remove error and express your/your brand’s voice
  • Strengthening analysis through iterative prompting by asking follow-up questions and exploring alternative perspectives to deepen insights
  • Understanding when and how to cite AI, including when disclosure is appropriate and how to judge the reliability of AI‑provided sources

Venue

Health United Building
1723 Cleneay Ave
Cincinnati, OH 45212 United States + Google Map

Ethical Decision Making and Responsible AI

Responsible AI use is not just a compliance issue — it is a leadership imperative.

Description

As AI becomes embedded in everyday workplace decisions, leaders are increasingly responsible for ensuring that its use is fair, transparent, and aligned with organizational values. The stakes are real: bias, privacy risks, and lack of accountability can create serious legal, ethical, and reputational consequences.

This program equips participants with practical ethical frameworks to navigate complex AI-related decisions. Participants will leave with the tools and confidence to communicate clearly about AI and to protect both their people and their organizations.

Audience

Professionals in a manager role, individual contributors, or leaders of any kind.

Outcomes

Participants will walk away with these skills:

  • Applying practical ethical frameworks to workplace situations where AI intersects with people, processes, and decision-making
  • Recognizing and addressing bias in AI tools by learning how to spot risks
  • Communicating transparently about AI use so employees and stakeholders understand when AI is used, its limitations, and how outputs are validated

Venue

Cintas Center
1624 Musketeer Drive
Cincinnati, 45207 United States + Google Map
Phone
513-745-1094

Leading Through AI Change

Technology evolves quickly, but successful adoption depends on people.

Description

Introducing AI into an organization is not just a technology challenge—it is a leadership and change management challenge. Even the most powerful tools will fall short if teams lack the awareness, motivation, and confidence to use them effectively. Leaders play a critical role in building understanding, alignment, and momentum as new technologies reshape how work gets done.

This program equips participants with practical strategies to increase buy-in, guide teams through change, and support successful AI adoption. Participants will also explore how AI can redesign work to make roles more engaging, efficient, and impactful.

Audience

Professionals in a manager role, individual contributors, or leaders of any kind.

Outcomes

Participants will walk away with these skills:

  • Building alignment and buy-in using the ADKAR model for AI adoption
  • Understanding how AI can elevate task variety, autonomy, meaning, and feedback through intentional job design
  • Using data collection, pre/post measures, and social influence to make a compelling case for AI adoption and sustain momentum

Venue

Cintas Center
1624 Musketeer Drive
Cincinnati, 45207 United States + Google Map
Phone
513-745-1094

Supporting Human Performance Using AI

AI can sharpen a leader's thinking, but it is the leader's humanity that makes the difference.

Description

Effective leadership depends on the quality of human connection and no AI tool can replace the judgment, empathy, and accountability that great leaders bring to their people. But AI can make leaders better prepared, more self-aware, and more effective in the conversations that matter most.

This program explores how leaders can use AI as a thoughtful partner in coaching, feedback, and performance conversations, not to automate relationships, but to strengthen them. Participants will practice using AI to challenge their own assumptions, prepare for difficult discussions, and approach performance challenges with curiosity rather than judgment.

Audience

Professionals in a manager role, individual contributors, or leaders of any kind.

Outcomes

Participants will walk away with these skills:

  • Improving the quality of feedback conversations by using AI to translate frustrations into clear observations that support employee growth
  • Shifting from judgment to curiosity by using AI to generate thoughtful questions and uncover underlying causes behind performance challenges
  • Applying practical guardrails for responsible AI use in leadership, ensuring AI supports human judgment, protects confidentiality, and strengthens rather than replaces human relationships

Venue

Cintas Center
1624 Musketeer Drive
Cincinnati, 45207 United States + Google Map
Phone
513-745-1094

Leadership in the Age of AI Certificate

AI is reshaping how organizations operate, communicate, and make decisions. Leaders who can think critically about AI, use it ethically, guide their teams through adoption, and harness it to elevate human performance will have a distinct advantage. The AI Summer Series equips professionals with the practical knowledge and applied skills to lead confidently in an AI-driven workplace.

Earn this certificate by completing all four half-day programs in the series. Each session builds upon the last, creating a cohesive learning arc that takes participants from individual AI competence to organizational leadership. Whether you are new to AI or looking to sharpen and structure what you already know, this series provides a clear, actionable path forward.

Audience

Leaders, managers, and professionals at any level navigating AI in the workplace.

Venue

Cintas Center
1624 Musketeer Drive
Cincinnati, 45207 United States + Google Map
Phone
513-745-1094

Working Smarter with AI

As AI accelerates across industries, professionals need more than basic prompting skills—they need a working understanding of how AI systems function, how data shapes their output, and how intelligent workflows can transform operations.

Description

This program provides a practical and modern foundation in applied AI, blending non-technical explanations with hands-on demonstrations and real-world use cases.

Participants explore a range of applied capabilities, including how to identify the right tasks for AI, when to deploy agentic workflows, and how to structure work so humans and AI systems complement one another effectively. The session covers how to leverage data for advanced analysis, how to design intelligent processes that scale, and how to recgonize the jagged edge of AI intelligence—where systems perfrom exceptionally well and where they fall in predictable ways. These topics are introduced through practical exercises and demonstrations that help participants build confidence using AI in real workflows. From automating routine tasks to augmenting complex analystical work, the session illustrates how AI can not only radically increase productivity, but also create new opportunities across diverse roles.

By connecting how AI generates its output, how data shapes its quality, and how intelligent workflows come together, participants gain cohesive understanding of the best approach to deploy AI responsibly, efficiently, and at scale within their organizations.

Audience

Individual contributors and managers who do not have a technical expertise and want to explore ways to adopt AI in their day-to-day work.

Outcomes

Participants will walk away with these skills:

  • Understand modern AI and how it fits into today’s tech stacks
  • Evaluate how data structure, quality, and format impact AI performance.
  • Identify tasks suitable for AI, anticipate the “jagged edge” of intelligence, and avoid misuse.
  • Gain hands-on skills in designing intelligent workflows that blend human oversight with automation.
  • Build the confidence and judgment to use AI effectively in real, everyday workflows.

Venue

Cintas Center
1624 Musketeer Drive
Cincinnati, 45207 United States + Google Map
Phone
513-745-1094