WENDY TAN, PhD is a psychologist, researcher, and managing partner of Flame Centre, a human capabilities institute that has partnered with hundreds of organizations globally to develop the uniquely human capabilities that matter most in an AI-powered world.
Wendy holds a PhD in Psychology from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and is a Certified Professional Speaker (CSP), a hallmark of professional speaking excellence. Her research and insights have appeared in TD and MIT Sloan Management Review.
She is also the author of Wholeness in a Disruptive World and Learning Agility: Relearn, Reskill, and Reinvent. Smarter is her third book.
Drawing on in-depth interviews and hundreds of chat histories, she shows how to use generative AI as a thinking partner, not a crutch, so you get sharper as the tools get more powerful.
Thinking with AI: Human Machine Collaboration at its Best
You built your business with your instincts, your relationships, and your hard-won judgment. Then AI storms into our world. The pressure to use it is real. And it’s delivering. Faster content, quicker research, more done in less time. But are we getting smarter, or just faster? Are we thinking, or just generating?
The real opportunity and risk is not about what AI can do for your business. It is about what happens to the thinking inside your business when AI becomes prevalent. In a world where everyone uses the same AI tools, your only real competitive edge is how you think and whether you are building that in yourself and your team, or quietly giving it away.
Based on original research with expert AI users across industries, this keynote is for leaders who want to be the pilot, with AI as the copilot, bringing sharper judgment, better questions, and more distinctive outputs to their work. Because how we think with AI is what makes our business distinctly ours.