theCommons Academy

Events & live sessions

Show up live. Leave with the work done.

Every session runs live on Zoom with a real facilitator. Free public sessions are open to anyone; member sessions are included with the Living Library.

Free — open to everyone

Free live sessions, no membership required.

Next: Thu Jul 16 · 12pm ETFree — pay what you wish

Live Sessions — Foundations

Weekly · Thursdays · 12pm ET60 min · Live Zoom

A four-week Foundations arc to get you steady on the essentials of using AI at work — brain, prompts, safety, and inputs. Come once to see if it fits, or every week to build the base.

  • Thu Jul 16 · 12pm ET

    Build Your Own Second Brain (NotebookLM)

    Turn scattered docs, notes, and links into a searchable brain you can actually talk to — with citations back to your sources.

  • Thu Jul 23 · 12pm ET

    Prompting for Real Work

    The prompts that actually move a project forward: briefs, drafts, reviews, and decisions — with a Human-Owned Zones hand-off.

  • Thu Jul 30 · 12pm ET

    Can I Safely Put This In? (AI Data Safety)

    A working rulebook for what goes in the box, what stays out, and how to check before you paste — for individuals and teams.

  • Thu Aug 6 · 12pm ET

    Clean Inputs = Good Outputs

    The uncomfortable truth: most bad AI output is a data problem. Learn to prep your inputs so the model has a fighting chance.

Full upcoming calendar

Live calendar — updates automatically. View the full calendar on Luma →

Coming soonFree 5-day challenge

Build-Along Week

5 days · TBDDaily live · Zoom

A free 5-day challenge where we build a small AI system together from scratch. Rolling out as we add more live sessions.

These sessions are free. If they've been useful, you can chip in to keep them running →

Included with the Living Library — Members

Member sessions on Zoom.

COMING SOON

Archetype Lounge

Weekly · Thursdays45 min · Live Zoom

A rotating room hosted by one of the 7 archetypes. Bring a real challenge, leave with a Power Team move tuned to how you work.

Get the Library · $249/yr
COMING SOON

FrictionIndex™ Clinic

Biweekly · Tuesdays60 min · Live Zoom

Score one bottleneck live with a facilitator. Walk out with a ranked friction map and the first agent scoped.

Get the Library · $249/yr
COMING SOON

Office Hours

Weekly · Fridays30 min drop-in

Open Q&A. Bring a stuck prompt, a broken workflow, a hand-wavy ROI estimate. We unstick it together.

Get the Library · $249/yr
COMING SOON

Power Team Build

Monthly · First Wed90 min · Live Zoom

We sit beside you and configure your first 3 personal agents — Researcher, Drafter, Editor — on your real work.

Get the Library · $249/yr

We roll these out as we add more live sessions. Coming soon: Archetype Lounge, FrictionIndex™ Clinic, Office Hours, Power Team Build, and Build-Along Week.