Our Thought Leadership
Explore our latest thinking on AI, polymathic interdisciplinary thinking and human capability development. We publish substantial new thinking
“Our focus is not on teaching people how to use AI as a clever shortcut but rather equipping people to better know when to use AI to widen thinking, structure evidence, generate options or stress-test ideas. This is where the real human advantage lies”
David Smith
Thought Leadership
Keynote talks on the human capability question in the AI era
Executive briefings designed to give senior leaders a deeper understanding of the human capability dimension of AI strategy
Leadership team workshops on specific aspects of human-AI capability
Capability Diagnostic
Leadership Our capability audit (“PRISM”) is a diagnostic that tells you how well your organisation is set up to get real value from its AI investment — by examining how your leadership team works with AI, thinks with AI, and operates together with AI in the roomteam workshops on specific aspects of human-AI capability
“The PolymathMind approach has been invaluable in demonstrating to our staff and students how to work collaboratively with AI in a business context“
Lynne Stevens Associate Dean, University of Hertfordshire Business School
Polymath Studio
Our flagship engagement built around the conviction that the organisations winning the next decade will not be those with the best AI. They will be the ones with the best human capabilities wrapped around it.
EPISODE 1: Sharper Thinking
EPISODE 2: Stronger Creativity
EPISODE 3: Persuasive Communication
Keynotes, Briefings & Workshops
The entry point into the work of PolymathMind — and often where the most important conversations begin.
Most organisations know they need to think harder about human capability in the AI era. Fewer know where to start, or how to frame it for the people who need to act on it. These three formats are designed to open that conversation — with rigour, with commercial grounding, and without the hype.
Keynote Talks
A keynote built around the human capability question: what AI actually changes, what it doesn’t, and what that means for how your organisation competes. Drawing on original research, our Power Skills framework, and two decades of senior advisory experience, these talks are designed to provoke serious thinking.
Suitable for leadership conferences, away days, and sector events.
Executive Briefings
A focused session for a senior leadership team that wants to move beyond surface-level AI strategy and engage with the human capability dimension directly. We bring the frameworks, the evidence, and the uncomfortable questions. You bring the candour. The output is clarity — on where your organisation stands, and what the real decisions are.
Typically half a day. Up to twelve participants.
Leadership Team Workshops
A working session focused on a specific aspect of human-AI capability: judgement under AI influence, cognitive delegation, team sensemaking, or others drawn from our research. Structured to produce practical insight your team can act on, not just discuss.
Typically one day. Designed around your context.
These formats are also the natural starting point for organisations considering the AI Dividend Diagnostic or a Polymath Studio engagement.