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AI Principles

Practical Generative AI Collaboration

Published by O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate

Strategies for more careful and thoughtful AI partnership

Course outcomes

  • Improve understanding of GenAI capabilities, human strengths, and how to combine the two
  • Strengthen critical thinking, problem-solving, and communication skills when working with generative AI
  • Increase confidence when using (or guiding others to use) generative AI at work

Course description

Generative AI is capable of doing many things, but it has yet to acquire the essential soft skills—problem-solving, communication, creativity, and critical thinking—that remain the special province of human beings. But by harnessing these uniquely human strengths, you can learn to fully leverage the remarkable capabilities of AI, maximize the usefulness of existing tools, and maintain a strategic edge as the technology evolves. Join expert Zina O’Leary to become a more insightful and skilled user of generative AI. You’ll discover how to frame problems and scenarios to foster innovative solutions and communicate with AI tools to refine your outputs. You’ll learn to think critically to evaluate, test, and revise your ideas, treating AI as a genuine thought partner rather than a substitute for your own thinking.

What you’ll learn and how you can apply it

  • Learn to use soft skills such as critical thinking, problem-solving, creativity, and communication when working with generative AI to get the most from human-AI collaboration
  • Learn to avoid simplistic or uncritical use of generative AI

This live event is for you because...

  • You’re a business or technical professional using generative AI and want to learn how to leverage your soft skills to get the most from these tools.
  • You want to future-proof your career and stay relevant in an increasingly AI-driven tech landscape.
  • You seek career progression and understand the importance of combining technical expertise with creative, human-centric soft skills.
  • You’re a manager who wants to help your team think critically about and communicate effectively around using generative AI.

Prerequisites

  • Experience using generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, etc.

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Schedule

The time frames are only estimates and may vary according to how the class is progressing.

Introduction to generative AI/human collaboration (30 minutes)

  • Group discussion: How frequently do you use generative AI at work?
  • Presentation: What generative AI does well; importance of effective AI collaboration; productivity and efficiency benefits of AI; role of human strengths in AI collaboration; using AI to complement rather than replace your thinking
  • Q&A

Effective communication with GenAI (50 minutes)

  • Presentation: Best practices for conversing with AI systems; strategies for communicating with AI; common pitfalls and how to avoid them; techniques for interpreting and refining AI outputs; importance of feedback
  • Demonstration: The difference effective communication makes; real-world examples of iterative improvement
  • Q&A
  • Break

Problem-solving and creativity with generative AI (50 minutes)

  • Presentation: Techniques for identifying and defining problems; leveraging AI for brainstorming and ideation; techniques for creative collaboration with AI
  • Demonstration: Successful problem framing; examples of innovative solutions generated in collaboration with AI
  • Q&A
  • Break

Critical thinking and evaluation (50 minutes)

  • Presentation: Criteria for assessing the quality and reliability of AI outputs; techniques for critical analysis of AI-generated content; methods for testing AI solutions in real-world scenarios; strategies for revising and improving AI outputs; using GenAI to challenge your assumptions and conclusions
  • Demonstration: Is it credible?; examples of successful revisions leading to optimal solutions
  • Q&A

Your Instructor

  • Dr Zina O’Leary

    Zina O’Leary is an adjunct professor at the University of Delaware and an Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG) senior fellow. Her area of research expertise is evidence-based decision making and professional skill development. Previously, Zina was an adjunct senior lecturer at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and the workplace integrated learning coordinator at the University of Sydney Business School. She’s also taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a number of universities in Australia, including Sydney University and Melbourne University, and has given talks and run workshops for government clients, including Australia’s Prime Minister and Cabinet and New Zealand Ministers Council, and academic institutions, such as Malaysia School of Medicine and Victoria University of Wellington. She’s the author of seven books, including the recently published Presentations that Motivate. Zina earned her PhD in methodology and social psychology as a US National Science Foundation Fellow and holds an MSc in social psychology and methodology from the University of Wisconsin and a BA in sociology and psychology from Rutgers University.