ICI-37 Workshop: Structured Team Thinking Methods for CI and Strategy Leaders

How to surface what your team actually knows — and turn it into faster, higher-confidence decisions
Most teams don't lack knowledge. They lack the methods to surface it. In time-pressured CI, strategy, and R&D situations, the most valuable inputs stay silent — while dominant voices, unexamined assumptions, and AI-generated outputs fill the gap. This workshop gives leaders a structured, field-tested toolbox to change that.
• Surface what people really know (not just what they say)
• Structure group reasoning under time pressure
• Combine human reflection and decision making with AI responsibly
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Workshop Focus
Participants work directly with their own real challenges — analysing and dismantling them using the methods covered.
Every participant leaves with a "when to use what" decision map for urgent and non-urgent scenarios.
Benefits and skills you'll take away
- Match method to situation
Select the right thinking tool for the objective, timeframe, and decision risk at hand.
- Reduce noise, increase signal
Counter groupthink, cognitive shortcuts, and the pull toward expected answers.
- Integrate AI with confidence
Know exactly where to automate data handling, and where human judgment must take over.
- Make better decisions, not just faster ones
Apply neuroscience-backed principles of attention, memory, and decision-making to raise the quality of every high-stakes call.
Outcomes You Can Expect
- Every team member contributes — not just the loudest voices
- Clearer priorities and risks in under 60 minutes
- Decisions based on validated insight, not assumptions
- A playbook that works across CI, strategy, R&D, and scientific teams
Perfect for teams that need to decide quickly, de-risk boldly, and convert distributed expertise into shared, defensible decisions.
Aimed at
- Managers and leads of Competitive Intelligence (CI) teams
- Strategy and corporate development leaders
- R&D and engineering managers
- Heads of scientific teams and labs
- C‑level executives looking to raise decision quality at speed
Package
- 1 workshop day
- Access to ICI’s online learning platform with related readings and guidelines
- Access to ICI’s insight center (webinars, presentations, interviews)
- Workshop hand-outs (incl. case studies)
- Participation Certificate
- Personal coaching throughout your ICI journey
Additional Dates
ICI-37 (English language) | ICI-37 (German language)