The future of work is becoming more human. As AI transforms the workplace, the skills that matter most, according to research by WEF and the OECD, are increasingly those AI cannot replace—critical thinking, collaboration, ethical reasoning, and self-awareness.
Our Human Skills courses are practical half-day courses that help professionals develop these skills and apply them with confidence in an AI-enabled workplace.
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Strategic Problem Solving
TOOLS: SCQ, LOGIC TREES, IMPACT-FEASIBILITY MATRIX
HALF-DAY | COURSE
Strategic Communication
Learn to craft clear, concise messages that resonate with senior leaders — cutting the noise by mastering purpose, audience, top-down communication, and succinct writing through proven consulting frameworks.
TOOLS: SCQ, MECE, PYRAMID PRINCIPLE, STRATEGIC VOICE -WRITTEN
HALF-DAY | COURSE
Strategic Project Structuring
Learn to scope, structure, and deliver strategic projects with clarity and confidence — structure the problem, structure the process, and track progress using practical consulting tools that drive alignment from vision to results.
TOOLS: SCQ, SCOPING CHART, HIGH-LEVEL ACTIVITY FRAMEWORK, STAKEHOLDER MAP
HALF-DAY | COURSE
Strategic Presentation Storyboarding
Learn to design compelling, executive-ready presentations — building a purpose-driven narrative, developing a convincing storyline, and crafting beautiful, message-driven slides with proven consulting frameworks.
TOOLS: SCQ, DISNEY STORYBOARDING, SLIDE LOGIC, 250 SLIDE THEME CATALOG
HALF-DAY | COURSE
Leading Team with Style Intelligence
(DISC)
DISC PERSONALITY STYLES, LEADING ACROSS PERSONALITY TYPES, STRENGTHS-BASED TASK DELEGATION, ADAPTIVE COMMUNICATION
HALF-DAY | COURSE
Navigating Stakeholder Map:
How to Engage Strategically
Learn to map and navigate your stakeholder landscape with confidence — using the Stakeholder Map and Interest/Influence Matrix to prioritise the right people and engage them with clarity and purpose.
STAKEHOLDER MAPPING, INTEREST/INFLUENCE MATRIX, STRATEGIC STAKEHODLER ENGAGEMENT, UBUNTU PHILOSOPHY
HALF-DAY | COURSE
Constructive Feedback and Team Interaction Design
Learn to give and receive constructive feedback with clarity and courage, and design team interactions built on communication, accountability, resolution, and engaged learning.
TOOLS: GIVING & RECEIVING CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK, TEAM INTERACTION DESIGN, CARE MODEL, EXPECTATIONS SETTING
HALF-DAY | COURSE
Advancing & Nudging Stakeholder Relationships
Learn to read your stakeholders, adapt your style, and apply the 4Cs and ethical nudging to influence behaviour, build trusted relationships, and drive better outcomes.
STAKEHOLDER STYLE ASSESSMENT, ETHICAL NUDGING, ADAPTIVE RELATION BUILDING, 4C FRAMEWORK
HALF-DAY | COURSE
Values-Based Decision Making
VALUES DISCOVERY, DECISION MAKING, SELF AWARENESS, INNER COMPASS
HALF-DAY | COURSE
Visioning Your Future
Learn to access your subconscious intuition — using art, music, poetry, and reflective practice to envision three distinct futures, then apply your core values to choose the one that gives you renewed clarity, energy, and direction to lead with purpose.
FUTURE VISIONING, SUBCONSCIOUS INTUITION, CREATIVE REFLECTION, VALUES-LED CHOICE, PURPOSE & DIRECTION
HALF-DAY | COURSE
Values in Action — Integrity & Alignment
Learn to close the gap between the leader you say you are and the leader you actually are — auditing your living vs. wishing scores across your values, confronting where your decisions have drifted, and committing to the concrete changes that restore alignment.
VALUES ALIGNMENT, INTEGRITY, BEHAVIORIAL CHANGE, ACCOUNTABILITY
HALF-DAY | COURSE
Building Your Future Vision
Learn to turn your chosen future into a living commitment — defining what you will say yes and no to, mapping the resources and support you need, and building a concrete short-to-mid-term action plan that makes your values-grounded future a reality.
ACTION PLANNING, FUTURE DESIGN, STRATEGIC COMMITMENT, LEADERSHIP ACCOUNTABILITY
HALF-DAY | COURSE
Cultivating Resilience:
The Spiral that Reconnects
ONGOING RESILIENCE PRACTICE, JOANNA MACY'S SPIRAL THAT RECONNECTS, EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE, LEADERSHIP WELLBEING
HALF-DAY | COURSE
Flow States:
Leading at Peak Performance
Learn to recognise and sustain flow states — moments of deep focus where your best decisions emerge naturally. By understanding what triggers and disrupts flow, you will reduce barriers and consistently lead at your highest level of creative and strategic output.
FLOW STATE TRAINING, PEAK PERFORMANCE LEADERSHIP, CSIKSZENTMIHALYI FLOW THEORY, PERFORMANCE OPTIMISATION
HALF-DAY | COURSE
Resilient Actions:
From Inner Practice to Daily Impact
Learn to embrace change as a continuous opportunity to reinvent yourself — developing the agility to evolve with shifting times and situations, and translating that inner growth into resilient daily practices that sustain your leadership and inspire those around you.
EMBRACING CHANGE, ADAPTIVE LEADERSHIP, GROWTH MINDSET, SUSTAINABLE LEADERSHIP PRACTICES
HALF-DAY | COURSE
Self-Awareness:
Presence in Action
Learn to notice your inner state in every decision, action, and interaction — and use that awareness as a leadership resource. Through honest reflection on what generates or disrupts your flow, build the capacity to embrace shift as an empowering part of your growth.
SELF-AWARENESS, MINDFUL LEADERSHIP, CONSCIOUS LEADERSHIP, REFLECTIVE PRACTICE, INNER LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
HALF-DAY | COURSE
Psychological Safety:
From Inclusive Culture to Learning Culture
PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY, LEARNING ORGANISATION, FEARLESS CULTURE, INCLUSIVE LEADERSHIP
HALF-DAY | COURSE
Collaborative Dialogue: Turning Difficult Conversations into Opportunity
Learn to navigate difficult conversations with courage and clarity — using deep listening and the I-We-It framework to build trust and turn every dialogue into an opportunity for collaboration.
DEEP LISTENING, DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS, COLLABORATION & TRUST
HALF-DAY | COURSE
Servant Leadership:
Values, Meaning & Lived Purpose
Learn to lead through presence and purpose — clarifying your core values, communicating meaning that resonates, and cultivating shared direction that orients everyone in the field.
SERVANT LEADERSHIP, VALUES-BASED LEADERSHIP, SHARED PURPOSE, PRESENCING
HALF-DAY | COURSE
Positioning Ideas Persuasively:
Ethos, Logos, Pathos
Learn to craft compelling arguments and advocate powerfully — using ethos, logos and pathos to align diverse groups, influence with integrity, and inspire others toward shared direction.
PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION, ETHOS-LOGOS-PATHOS, INFLUENCING SKILLS
HALF-DAY | COURSE
Sensing and Navigating Complexity
FRAMEWORKS: CYNEFIN, COMPLEXITY TYPOLOGY, EMERGENCE MAPPING
HALF-DAY | COURSE
Adaptive Strategies for High Complexity
When you're operating in a high-complexity system, over-structuring is the danger. Walk away with five adaptive strategies — fast feedback loops, distributed decision-making, systems thinking, learning culture design — and the awareness to know when to use them.
FRAMEWORKS: FAST FEEDBACK LOOPS, DISTRIBUTED DECISION-MAKING, SYSTEMIC THINKING, LEARNING CULTURE DESIGN
HALF-DAY | COURSE
Simplifying Complexity Leveraging Strategic Frameworks
Transform what feels overwhelming into a clear strategic direction. Using frameworks in space — portfolio analysis, heat maps, value chain analysis, BCG Matrix — and frameworks in time — Horizon charts, S-curve, wave planning — you'll map the landscape and position your organisation ahead of change.
FRAMEWORKS: BCG MATRIX, HORIZON CHARTS, S-CURVE, WAVE PLANNING, HEAT MAPS, VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS
HALF-DAY | COURSE
Shaping Organisational Complexity
Learn to read your organisation as a whole: diagnose where it sits today — Red, Amber, Orange, Green or Teal — and leave with concrete strategies for moving it forward. Using Laloux's evolutionary model, leaders learn to shift the specific levers that drive change: decision-making, information flows and value systems.
FRAMEWORKS: LALOUX EVOLUTIONARY MODEL, HOLACRACY, TEAL ORGANISATIONS, DECISION-MAKING DESIGN, VALUE SYSTEMS
HALF-DAY | COURSE
Responsible AI Essentials:
Trends, Regulations & Benefits
RESPONSIBLE AI FUNDAMENTALS, AI REGULATION & COMPLIANCE, EU AI ACT COMPLIANCE, AI RISK AWARENESS
* 1:1 Skill Building (3 Weeks):
Week 1: Kick-off - 30-min Live Online Session (1:1) – Introduction, learning objectives, and expectations
Week 2: Self-Paced Learning – Complete the online course (where available) or the required videos and reading materials.
Week 3: 90-min Live Online Session (1:1) – Review assignments, discuss key concepts, and answer questions.
** Open Cohort - Hybrid (3 Weeks):
Week 1: Kick-off - 30-min Live Online Session (Group - max. 12 participants) – Introduction and course overview.
Week 2: Self-Paced Learning – Complete the online course (where available) or the required videos and reading materials.
Week 3: 90-min Live Online Session (Group) – Review assignments, discuss key concepts, and answer questions.
We run an Open Cohort when 8–12 participants have registered interest. Submit our non-binding form to join the waitlist.
*** Corporate In-house (3.5 Hours):
A 3.5-hour instructor-led course delivered on-site or live online for private groups of 8–12 participants.
Niniane Paeffgen, MD, SDI
Truly enjoyed the strategic project-management workshop with MQ Learning: It helped me to become more efficient in my everyday life and shed light on some of my blind spots. It was a pleasure and a privilege.
Laetitia J., Senior Director, Adidas
The training was pragmatic and engaging - a good mix of theory, examples, and practice. The team could get concrete tips that they immediately start applying in their day-to-day work. MQ Learning's greatest asset was the experience that they brought in the training, from the doer of storyboards (as a consultant) and be the recipient of storyboards (as an executive)
Matteo T., COO, VISIUM
We greatly benefitted from the strategic thinking program. Thanks to an excellent delivery from MQ Learning, the presented frameworks are now used daily by our team. We improved our communication, raised internal efficiency, and grew clients' satisfaction.