90 minutes · Live online · Future Skills 101
Your brain is faster than it is honest.
Led by Carla Traini, this session shows you the predictable shortcuts your brain takes under pressure and gives you a toolkit to catch them before they cost you a decision.
Before you book
Two minutes on what the session actually covers and who it's for.
The problem
You take pride in your rational mind, yet you keep catching yourself justifying bad decisions, overestimating your impact or repeating a mistake you swore you wouldn't repeat.
Your brain is wired to use shortcuts that favor speed over truth, especially in complex social or professional situations.
Cognitive dissonance and self-justification protect your identity, not your judgment. They rarely announce themselves.
Without a live demonstration of how perception fails, most people never catch their own biases at work.
If a smart decision has ever gone wrong on you, this is the session that shows you where.
The core idea
A toolkit for catching your brain in the act.
How We Think demystifies why your brain prioritizes energy efficiency over truth and hands you a practical toolkit, including the Expectation-Anchor and the A.R.T. Framework, to interrupt your most stubborn biases.
How it works
The 90 minutes are the middle. What happens either side is what makes them stick.
No pre-work worksheet. Watch the two-minute intro above if you like, then just show up ready to think about your own biases.
Optional, before the sessionCarla Traini walks you through why your brain trades truth for speed, live-demonstrates how perception fails and hands you the Social Biases Toolkit to use immediately.
90 minutes, live onlineTake your certificate, then bring what you've learned back to your work, or go further with a private session for your whole team.
Optional · ongoingWhat you take away
This is an introduction and it's honest about that. Ninety minutes buys you a working toolkit for your own blind spots, which is more than most courses manage in a day.
Why your brain prioritizes energy efficiency over truth and how that trade-off shapes everyday judgment.
101How biases like cognitive dissonance drive self-sabotage, often while protecting your sense of identity.
101A live demonstration of how perception fails, so you recognise and correct information bias in real time.
101Actionable techniques, including the Expectation-Anchor and the A.R.T. Framework, to apply immediately.
101Who it's for
What people notice
They notice that you:
And afterwards
Everyone who attends gets a Future Skills Certificate for How We Think 101, shareable on LinkedIn and one tile in a collection that grows as you take more of the series.
Want Carla to run this for your whole team, using your own biases as the material? Ask on the day, or get in touch.
Practical details
Want it for your whole team, in your own context? Get in touch.
Dates & booking
Pick a date below, or ask us to schedule one. Confirmation and a calendar invite arrive straight away.
No date is on the calendar for How We Think 101 right now.
Want it for your own team? Every Future Skills 101 course is also available bespoke and in-house on a date that suits you. Get in touch to set it up.