Using AI to make better decisions is a process, not a button. Done well, it widens your evidence, exposes your blind spots and sharpens your options - while you stay firmly in the decision seat. Here is a repeatable five-step method you can apply to any significant call.
The five-step process
- Frame the decision - state the question, the options and what a good outcome looks like
- Gather evidence - use AI to summarise data, research and precedent fast
- Generate and test options - ask AI to argue each case, including against your preference
- Stress-test - have it play devil's advocate and surface risks you missed
- Decide and own it - you weigh the evidence and take responsibility
The AI does the legwork; you do the judging.
The discipline that makes it work
At every step, ask "what is this based on?" and "what would change my mind?" That keeps AI as an input, not an authority - the core of how AI improves business decision making rather than replacing the decider.
Where to be careful
AI is weakest on novel, high-stakes and value-laden calls, and it can sound sure while being wrong. On those, lean harder on human judgement, as can AI help make better strategic decisions explains.
The bottom line
Use AI as a five-step thinking partner - framing, evidence, options, stress-testing - while owning the decision yourself. Learning that process is central to the Strategic Application of AI in Business course at London School of Business UK. Enquire today.