The best defense against AI isn’t distrust: it’s trust in yourself.
Instant, plausible answers that often agree with you: it’s hard to resist the comfort of a thinking machine. Yet your judgment is still your best tool at work, as long as you keep it sharp. This module shows you how to question AI so it widens your thinking instead of echoing it, and how to decide while staying true to what matters to you.
~20 min at your own paceKey skill: Critical Thinking and Judgment with AIAvailable in FR + ENNo prerequisites
What you’ll take away
- a warning sign: cognitive offloading, when the brain hands its thinking over to the machine
- the three widening questions that wake up critical thinking whenever something seems certain
- a set of ready-to-use prompts that turn AI into a devil’s advocate
Who it’s for
Professionals who rely on AI to analyze and decide, and who want their judgment to remain their own.
Learning objectives
- Understand cognitive offloading: what heavy use of AI does to our critical thinking.
- Rely on the real protective factor for judgment: self-confidence, not distrust of the machine.
- Turn AI into a critical partner, using prompts that widen perspectives instead of confirming them.
- Make critical thinking a team resource: welcome objections as a gift and listen to those who raise warnings.
How does this module work?
The steps of the Adaptive module.
- Self-assessmentOn nine dimensions, to gauge current habits and guide the practice.
- Expert videoA ~10 min video with three pauses for reflection.
- Practice scenariosThe first two scenarios chosen from the self-assessment, then sixteen more, optional. Every answer gets feedback: what it leads to, and one way to improve.
- Dated commitmentOne action to try, written by the learner or chosen from the suggestions.
- Memo to downloadKey takeaways, questions, commitment, personal notes, and checklists.
Duration: ~20 min. Excluding bonus practice scenarios and optional in-depth content.
