AI competence & critical thinking - using smart tools safely
Practical experience for junior & young professionals starting their careers
Contents
True or false? – Critically examining AI results
- Learn how to correctly assess AI outputs, verify facts, and evaluate information for quality and relevance.
Reliability & Control – Methods for assurance
- Discover strategies for securing AI results, validating sources, and detecting errors early on.
Data protection & security – Know your limits, avoid risks
- Understand which data you can use safely, where the risks lie, and how you can protect sensitive information in your everyday work.
Dos and don'ts in everyday life – guidelines for smart use
- Concrete rules on how to use AI tools effectively, legally, and responsibly in your profession.
Mini-code – develop your own rules for digital maturity
- Develop personal principles that give you guidance in dealing with AI—even if tools and trends are constantly changing.
Opportunities & risks – consciously exploiting potential
- Recognize how AI can relieve you at work, make you more productive, and support creative processes—without losing sight of the risks.
Common pitfalls – fake sources, hallucinations, etc.
- Learn to spot and avoid common mistakes made by AI tools so you don't fall into "AI traps."
Self-management – strategies against overload and dependency
- Develop smart routines to use AI in a targeted way, rather than letting it overwhelm you or make you dependent on it.
Learning environment
In your online learning environment, you will find useful information, downloads and extra services for this training course once you have registered.
Your benefit
- You will build sought-after future skills in the field of AI and critical thinking.
- You position yourself as someone who not only uses technology, but also understands it and uses it in a thoughtful way.
- The training gives you a head start when starting your career and for your next career steps.
- You recognize the opportunities and limitations of AI and can communicate both confidently.
- You avoid typical mistakes and protect yourself and your company from risks (e.g. data protection, loss of quality, incorrect information).
- You learn to think critically instead of becoming dependent on tools.
Methods
In the training training, we work with short impulses and live demos, practical case studies and interactive exercises in groups. Checklists and guidelines support the transfer into everyday life, and the exchange among the participants promotes new perspectives. At the end, every participant develops a personal mini-code of conduct for a reflective approach to AI.
Recommended for
The training is aimed at young professionals and career starters who want to develop their digital skills in dealing with artificial intelligence. It is particularly suitable for young employees who want to get to know AI tools in their day-to-day work, use them in a reflective manner and strengthen their professional confidence.
The training also offers a practical introduction for junior positions, trainees and junior managers.
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Start dates and details
Wednesday, 04.03.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tuesday, 09.06.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday, 17.12.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday, 14.01.2027
09:00 am - 5:00 pm