Live Virtual Lab
Leaders are increasingly using AI to think, decide, and prepare. Few are stopping to examine whether AI is strengthening their cognition or quietly eroding it.
This session is designed as a practical lab, not a lecture. Participants will learn how to use AI as a cognitive
amplifier while protecting judgment, decision quality, and leadership discernment.
This session builds on earlier conversations about AI readiness and AI augmented work by focusing explicitly
on how leaders think better with AI.
Who This Is For
• Leaders who feel the shift and know that the approaches that worked before are no longer enough.
• Executives preparing for the next stage of their leadership growth who want clarity and structure
in a changing environment.
• Directors, senior managers, and executives responsible for influencing teams, aligning decisions,
and leading through pressure.
Why Attend
Session 1 defined what it means to be an AI ready leader: the skills and thinking patterns
that will keep you relevant, the neuroscience behind those skills, and the change management realities
that make AI adoption succeed or stall. We also introduced the AI Era Readiness Scorecard so you
could identify your highest leverage growth areas and translate them into a practical 90 day plan.
Session 2 redesigned how leaders use their time, attention, and decision energy at work: Building on
the definition of AI readiness from Session 1, participants audited their real tasks and decisions
and sorted them into work to automate, work to augment with AI as a thinking partner, and work that must
remain human. The session concluded with a personalized 90 day plan to reduce cognitive overload,
use AI with intention, and reinvest time in the work that creates the most value.
Session 3 will focus on upgrading how leaders think with AI when decisions matter. As AI becomes embedded in planning, analysis, and judgment, leaders face a new risk: confusing speed with quality. This session introduces the distinction between AI uses that amplify thinking and those that erode judgment, attention, and accountability.
Participants will examine how AI interacts with human cognition, drawing on neuroscience to understand bias, cognitive shortcuts, and over reliance. The session will provide structured frameworks to ensure leaders remain in control of decisions while benefiting from AI support.
Through guided exercises, participants will apply tools such as the Five Hats framework to explore alternatives and tradeoffs, pre mortems and second order effects to surface hidden risks, and scenario planning using signals rather than predictions. The session will also introduce the concept of a personal AI advisory board designed to challenge assumptions, broaden perspective, and strengthen decision quality without outsourcing responsibility.
Participants will leave with practical templates, prompts, and mental models to use AI as a cognitive amplifier
while preserving judgment, ownership, and leadership presence.
What You Will Learn
• How to distinguish AI thinking amplifiers from eroders: Recognize when AI strengthens your reasoning
and when it quietly degrades judgment, attention, and decision ownership.
• How to apply structured thinking with AI, using the the Five Hats model, scenario and
decision templates: Use frameworks such as the Five Hats to examine decisions from multiple perspectives,
surface alternatives, and clarify tradeoffs instead of defaulting to the first answer.
• How to prompt for a personal AI advisor board: Apply curated prompts that challenge assumptions,
roaden perspective, and support higher quality decisions while keeping judgment and accountability with you.
Attendance is free and open to all, but seats are limited to preserve the interactive experience.
Meet the Facilitators
Nina Hirota, MA, MBA
Executive Educator, Organizational Strategist and Global HR Leader
Nina Hirota is the Co-Founder and Chief Talent Officer at Global Synergy Partner Solutions.
She is a global talent management expert and AI strategist who has led HR initiatives for Fortune 500 corporations with market capitalizations of up to $100 billion, managing workforces of 260,000 employees across 180 countries. By integrating AI into HR, she advances hiring, workforce analytics, leadership development, and talent strategies, helping organizations enhance decision-making and thrive in a rapidly evolving job market.
Nina is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor at NYU, where she prepares students to succeed in a global workforce and earned NYU’s Teaching Excellence Award. She serves on Harvard Business Review’s Advisory Council and the Bellini Center Executive Advisory Board at the University of South Florida, where she supports students in building the skills needed to excel in today’s economy.
She is a global talent management expert and AI strategist who has led HR initiatives for Fortune 500 corporations with market capitalizations of up to $100 billion, managing workforces of 260,000 employees across 180 countries. By integrating AI into HR, she advances hiring, workforce analytics, leadership development, and talent strategies, helping organizations enhance decision-making and thrive in a rapidly evolving job market.
Nina is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor at NYU, where she prepares students to succeed in a global workforce and earned NYU’s Teaching Excellence Award. She serves on Harvard Business Review’s Advisory Council and the Bellini Center Executive Advisory Board at the University of South Florida, where she supports students in building the skills needed to excel in today’s economy.
Patricio Cuesta
Executive Mentor, AI-Era Leadership Strategist and Global Executive
Patricio Cuesta is the Founder and Executive Director of Thinkquan2m Empowerment Solutions, where he helps mid-career leaders shift from execution to executive impact without burning out. His neuroscience-powered method rewires how leaders think, decide, and show up under pressure, equipping them to thrive in complexity and rise with sustainable influence in the AI era.
With more than three decades of experience in multinational, US-based public corporations, Patricio has held senior regional and global leadership roles spanning Latin America, global marketing, and ultimately the C-Suite, where he led worldwide commercial operations at the President level. Throughout his career, he has driven business transformations across continents shaping strategy, scaling growth, and building adaptive teams to succeed in highly complex and rapidly evolving environments.
Today, he brings that expertise to executives, teams, and universities through programs that blend cognitive neuroscience, leadership systems, and future-readiness. Fluent in four languages and trained in neuroscience-based coaching, he also mentors rising leaders and champions neurodiversity as a catalyst for innovation and organizational intelligence.
His mission is clear: to prepare leaders not just to adapt to the future of work, but to lead it by leveraging AI as a tool while amplifying what makes us deeply human.
With more than three decades of experience in multinational, US-based public corporations, Patricio has held senior regional and global leadership roles spanning Latin America, global marketing, and ultimately the C-Suite, where he led worldwide commercial operations at the President level. Throughout his career, he has driven business transformations across continents shaping strategy, scaling growth, and building adaptive teams to succeed in highly complex and rapidly evolving environments.
Today, he brings that expertise to executives, teams, and universities through programs that blend cognitive neuroscience, leadership systems, and future-readiness. Fluent in four languages and trained in neuroscience-based coaching, he also mentors rising leaders and champions neurodiversity as a catalyst for innovation and organizational intelligence.
His mission is clear: to prepare leaders not just to adapt to the future of work, but to lead it by leveraging AI as a tool while amplifying what makes us deeply human.
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