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Creative Intelligence: Don't Ask AI, Think with It

A toehold for everyone climbing toward something better, especially when the path is far from clear.

The book that shows you how to think with AI instead of just using it. While others optimize for efficiency, you'll develop cognitive capabilities that make you more valuable as AI advances—not less.

We're living through a cognitive crisis.

Companies are running "Minimum Viable Human" experiments, finding their baseline for how few people they actually need. The question driving these decisions: What kind of thinking does this role require?

If your answer is "the kind AI can do faster," you're in trouble.

Meanwhile, the satirical film Idiocracy looks more prophetic by the year. We're outsourcing our curiosity to algorithms, automating away the very cognitive abilities that make us human.

But it doesn't have to be this way.

Creative Intelligence reveals the two types of thinkers emerging

Algorithmic Thinkers follow patterns, optimize existing approaches, and produce work indistinguishable from AI. Result: Replaceable.

Creative Intelligence Practitioners break patterns, discover new approaches, and use AI to amplify human capabilities. Result: Irreplaceable.

In this book, you'll learn:

Cognitive frameworks

  • The Cognitive Revolution — Why this technological shift is different from all others
  • Algorithmic vs. Creative Thinking — Breaking free from pattern-following mindsets
  • The Collaboration Workflow — Moving from one-shot prompting to iterative dialogue
  • Divergent and Convergent Thinking Modes — The foundational cognitive architecture
  • Five AI Thinking Modes — Exploratory, Generative, Critical, Strategic, Synthesis
  • Human Collaboration Profiles — Making AI work the way your brain works

Strategic applications

  • Strategic Foresight — Seeing patterns competitors miss
  • Creative Breakthrough — Breaking mental barriers and exploring new territory
  • Accelerated Learning — Using AI to think deeper, not just consume faster
  • Decision Intelligence — Making choices without fooling yourself
  • Proven Business Frameworks — Applying Fortune 100 methodologies at AI speed

Mastery development:

  • Fluency Progression — From experimentation to unconscious competence
  • Dependency Trap Avoidance — Staying cognitively independent
  • Quality Control Systems — AI Checkpoints for validating outputs
  • Meta-Cognitive Skills — Learning how to think about thinking
  • Future-Proofing Capabilities — Building skills that compound as AI advances

What's Inside

Part I: The Cognitive Revolution
Understanding why this time is different and how to stop thinking like an algorithm

Part II: The Two Essential Thinking Modes
Mastering divergent and convergent thinking with AI as your collaborator

Part III: Strategic Applications
Real-world frameworks for strategy, creativity, decision-making, and learning

Part IV: Building Mastery
Systematic skill development that compounds over time