Design Cognition, Cognitive Diversity & AI Teammates with Kathryn Jablokow

About this episode

Kathryn Jablokow joins Aidan McCullen to discuss design cognition and the benefits of cognitive diversity in teams, along with the role of AI as a teammate.

Kathryn Jablokow joins Aidan McCullen to explore design cognition—how different people think while solving problems—and why cognitive diversity is a superpower for high-performing teams. They also discuss AI as a teammate, including how to prompt for truly different perspectives and avoid “yes-man” answers for better decisions and creativity.

People in this episode

Host: Aidan McCullen

Guest: Kathryn Jablokow

Topics covered

• design cognition
• cognitive diversity
• AI teammates
• problem solving
• high-performing teams
• decision making

Keywords

• design cognition
• cognitive diversity
• AI
• teammates
• problem solving
• high-performing teams
• creativity
• decision making

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Learnovate Centre, Trinity College Dublin

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