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Pick the outcome you're after. We'll open the short missions that get you there. Nine missions, grouped five ways — some show up in more than one bundle.
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Freebies From Foundations
Free from our Foundations series — watch the builds, grab the tools. The rest lives in the Library.
Free printables & worked examples
One for each part — no login needed. Print them, share them, keep them by the keyboard.
The Foundation Toolkit
All four parts, one interactive page. Build your foundation and walk out with a paste-ready Foundation Brief.
Open FreeThe Drift Check Card
Printable card: your helper can get quietly worse while still reporting success. Build the landmark that catches it.
Open FreeThe Second Brain Starter Card
Printable card: what to feed your notebook, what to leave out, and what to ask it first.
Open FreeMy Voice Card
Printable card: your words, your rhythm, your never-say list — on one page.
Open FreeThe Fence Card
Printable card: sort any input into feed, redact, or leave out — in seconds.
Open FreeOne Seed, Five Outputs
A worked example: one idea fanned out into five finished pieces, same voice.
Open FreeThe Shape Map card
Printable card matching each audience to the shape the message should take.
Open FreeThe Weekly Ritual checklist
The 15-minute weekly habit that keeps your reach going.
Open FreeThe Find Your Friction Scorecard
Printable scorecard: score any task against the five gates and get a clear hand-off verdict.
Open FreeThe Call Sheet
Who you talk to, in what order, and how you know they're actually on board — before you call the meeting.
Open FreeThe Inbox Zero Scorecard
Printable one-pager: the three-pile sort, the five-check send gate, and a week's tally for the 20-minute inbox pass.
Open FreeThe Recap Card
Printable one-pager: four buckets, one rule and one gate for the ten minutes after a meeting — every action with a name and a date.
OpenFence Your AI Self: Can I Safely Put This In? — Part 3
The work session: sort real inputs into feed, redact, or leave out.
Fencing Your AI Superpowers — with Dwayne Ross
The evening session: a second pass at the fence, with fresh questions.
Session replays are free to watch.
The FENCE one-pager — “Can I Safely Put This In?”
The whole fence on one page: sort it fast, the three questions, tool tiers, the 20-second redaction checklist.
“Keep Sensitive Data Out of AI” — audio guide
The short listen: what's safe to paste, what needs scrubbing, and what stays out for good.
The interactive session canvas, the worked examples, the fence tools, and the frameworks + blueprint are inside the Library.
Everything else lives in the Library$357/year or $39/month.
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Micro Lessons · Free
Six bite-size lessons to get you up to speed on AI.
Each lesson has a dedicated page with the curriculum, a preview to try, and a single next action. Read them in order or jump to what you need.
The AI Landscape
15–20 min
The Engine of Creation: Generative AI & Multimodality
15–20 min
The Art of Interaction: Prompt Engineering Fundamentals
15–20 min
From Chatbot to Agent Boss
15–20 min
The Guardrails: Ethics, Risk, and Zero-Trust
20–25 min
The Future: Preparing for the Agentic Era
15–20 min
Do all six in order, or pick the one you need. The Applied Courses have no prerequisite.
Finished the six? Step 3 · Diagnose your work with the free FrictionIndex™ →
Your path, in five steps
Steps 1–3 are free. Steps 4 and 5 unlock with the Library.
Step 1 · Orient
Find your footing and your archetype.
Step 2 · Learn the basics
Six bite-size lessons to get you up to speed.
Step 3 · Diagnose your work
Spot the friction. Draw the human line.
Step 4 · Build your practice
Prompts, tracks, and a 30-day starter pilot.
Step 5 · Prove & scale
See when AI actually pays — and prove it.
Live Sessions · 22-week series
Every packet — as it airs, then in the Library.
Free preview is public. The full kit unlocks each Thursday at 12:00pm ET for members.
- Week 01 · BuildFreeLive
Build Your Second Brain (NotebookLM)
Build your Second Brain in NotebookLM — a private, source-grounded thinking partner trained on your own work. Session 1 of Clone Yourself.
Aired THU, JUL 16 · 12:00PM ET
- Week 02 · BriefingFreeLive
Teach AI to Sound Like You
Your Second Brain learns to write and speak like you — a durable voice model you can reuse.
Aired THU, JUL 23 · 12:00PM ET
- Week 03 · BuildFreeLive
Fence Your AI Self: Can I Safely Put This In?
Your Fence: decide what's safe to put into AI, and what stays behind the line.
Aired THU, JUL 30 · 12:00PM ET
- Week 04 · BriefingFreeLive
One You, Many Outputs
Your Reach: turn one you into many outputs without losing the through-line.
Aired THU, AUG 6 · 12:00PM ET
- Week 05 · BuildLibraryLive
Find Your Friction (and Map It Before You Build)
Pick the right task and map it end-to-end before you build — the single move that saves the most time later.
Aired THU, AUG 13 · 12:00PM ET
- Week 06 · BriefingLibraryLive
Leading the Change: Adoption Without the Fear
Lead adoption without fear: how to bring a team along so the tools actually get used.
Aired THU, AUG 20 · 12:00PM ET
- Week 07 · BuildLibraryLive
Flash Mission: Inbox Zero in 20 Minutes
Clear the backlog in twenty minutes, and keep the reply rule that did it.
Aired THU, AUG 27 · 12:00PM ET
- New this weekWeek 08 · BuildLibraryLive
Flash Mission: Meeting Notes to Action Items
Leave the meeting with owners and dates instead of a wall of notes.
Aired THU, SEP 3 · 12:00PM ET
- Week 09 · BuildLibraryUpcoming
Flash Mission: Meeting Notes to Action Items
A one-page status report in five minutes, and a skeleton you reuse every week.
Releases THU, SEP 17 · 12:00PM ET
- Week 10 · BuildLibraryUpcoming
Flash Mission: Project Status Report in 5 Minutes
Turn the same five support questions into an FAQ you actually trust.
Releases THU, SEP 17 · 12:00PM ET
- Week 11 · BuildLibraryUpcoming
Flash Mission: Ask Your Own Work a Useful Question
Combine your voice notes and source material into a polished, on-brand document.
Releases THU, SEP 24 · 12:00PM ET
- Week 12 · BriefingLibraryUpcoming
Flash Mission: Decide It in Ten Minutes
Teach a model to sound like you without giving up your voice.
Releases THU, OCT 1 · 12:00PM ET
- Week 13 · BuildLibraryUpcoming
Flash Mission: Check It Before You Send It
From public research to a message that reads like you actually did the work — because you did.
Releases THU, OCT 8 · 12:00PM ET
- Week 14 · BriefingLibraryUpcoming
Flash Mission: Answer It Once, Not Fifty Times
Why your own data is the durable advantage — and how to prepare it.
Releases THU, OCT 15 · 12:00PM ET
- Week 15 · BuildLibraryUpcoming
Flash Mission: Proposal Draft in 20 Minutes
Read a dense document and get plain-English risk flags a person can act on.
Releases THU, OCT 22 · 12:00PM ET
- Week 16 · BriefingLibraryUpcoming
Flash Mission: Your Week on One Page
Take a personal AI habit and turn it into a team system.
Releases THU, OCT 29 · 12:00PM ET
- Week 17 · BuildLibraryUpcoming
Flash Mission: The Safe-and-Never List
A chatbot that answers only from your own documents — with citations.
Releases THU, NOV 5 · 12:00PM ET
- Week 18 · BriefingLibraryUpcoming
Flash Mission: Where the Week Actually Goes
The operator's rhythm: what to run weekly, monthly, and quarterly so the system keeps paying.
Releases THU, NOV 12 · 12:00PM ET
- Week 19 · BuildLibraryUpcoming
Flash Mission: Hand It Over
Take one asset and adapt it cleanly for every channel without diluting the message.
Releases THU, NOV 19 · 12:00PM ET
- Week 20 · BriefingLibraryUpcoming
Flash Mission: The Standing Instruction
How small teams stack AI leverage without adding headcount.
Releases THU, DEC 3 · 12:00PM ET
- Week 21 · BuildLibraryUpcoming
Flash Mission: Prove It Saved Time
Triage inbound inquiries and draft an accurate first answer for a person to send.
Releases THU, DEC 10 · 12:00PM ET
- Week 22 · BriefingLibraryUpcoming
Flash Mission: Set the Team Up for January
Build trust and stay compliant while shipping fast — the guardrails that matter.
Releases THU, DEC 17 · 12:00PM ET
- Week 23 · BuildLibraryUpcoming
Sequence + Human Approval
Run a multi-step sequence that pauses for human approval at the right moments.
Releases THU, JAN 7 · 12:00PM ET
- Week 24 · BriefingLibraryUpcoming
Measuring What Matters
The handful of numbers that actually tell you AI is working.
Releases THU, JAN 14 · 12:00PM ET
- Week 25 · BuildLibraryUpcoming
the Studio — Brief to On-Brand Visual
From a short brief to an on-brand visual you can ship.
Releases THU, JAN 21 · 12:00PM ET
- Week 26 · BuildLibraryUpcoming
the Operator — Knowledge to SOP
Turn tacit knowledge into a durable SOP the team can follow.
Releases THU, JAN 28 · 12:00PM ET
- Week 27 · BriefingLibraryUpcoming
The Road Ahead
What's likely next — and how to plan for it without overreacting.
Releases THU, FEB 4 · 12:00PM ET
- Week 28 · BuildLibraryUpcoming
the Coach — Personalized Guided Learning
A personalized coach that meets each learner where they are.
Releases THU, FEB 11 · 12:00PM ET
Flagship Tracks
The eight tracks inside the Library.
Three 10-minute reads that tell you what to fix first.
What's inside
- FrictionIndex™ — where hours and dollars leak
- HOZ™ Mapper — the calls that stay human
- Readiness Reckoning — the six conditions before you automate
You'll walk out with: a shortlist of what to fix first.
Stop reinventing prompts for the work you repeat.
What's inside
- Four ready prompts: Discovery Notes, Governance, Strategy, Hand-off
- A copy button on each
- A 'where a person checks' line
You'll walk out with: a saved, reusable prompt set.
One-off prompts are fine for one-off work. This session shows you how to chain prompts into a reliable, repeatable system — with a checkpoint where a person approves before it acts.
What's inside
- Why a chain beats one big prompt
- Map first, prompt second
- The human checkpoint
- Save it as a reusable chain
- The reusable-chain kit (template + worked examples)
You'll walk out with: one saved, reusable prompt chain with a human checkpoint.
Facing a stack of reports and memos? This session helps you read, compare, and synthesize them — then recast the result for whoever needs it, and check it before you trust it.
What's inside
- Read one document well
- Compare, then synthesize
- Recast for any audience
- Check it before you trust it
- Save your reusable synthesis workflow
You'll walk out with: one reusable read-compare-synthesize workflow.
Use AI to think harder, not just faster — to pressure-test a real decision before you commit.
What's inside
- Frame the real question first
- Build a decision table
- Stress-test before you commit
- Make the call — and own it
You'll walk out with: one decision — framed, tabled, stress-tested, and made.
AI is fast and useful — and sometimes confidently wrong. This session shows you where it’s likely to slip and exactly what to do about it.
What's inside
- It predicts patterns — it doesn’t check facts
- When it drifts, rewrite the ask — don’t argue
- The three-strikes rule
- What never goes into a public tool
- Your one-page team rule
You'll walk out with: a one-page rule your whole team can follow.
Take AI from a personal habit to a team system — with three Microsoft 365 Copilot workflows you can put to work this week, and a person approving before anything goes team-wide.
What's inside
- Start a shared team prompt library
- A chatbot that answers from your own documents
- Three Copilot workflows to put to work this week
- Roll it out safely
You'll walk out with: a safe team rollout plan.
Run a 30-day starter pilot with tools you already pay for.
What's inside
- A week-by-week 30-day plan
- One task automated and verified
- An hours-back tally
You'll walk out with: a documented pilot and a real hours-saved number.
Also inside
Clone Yourself · Foundations Day
Replay freeToolkit · MembersClone Yourself · Part 1 — Build Your Second Brain
Replay freeToolkit · MembersClone Yourself · Part 3 — Fence Your AI Self: Can I Safely Put This In?
Replay freeToolkit · MembersClone Yourself · Part 2 — Teach AI to Sound Like You
Replay freeToolkit · MembersClone Yourself · Part 4 — One You, Many Outputs
Replay freeToolkit · MembersArc 2 · Task & Change · Part 1 — Find Your Friction
Replay freeToolkit · MembersArc 2 · Task & Change · Part 2 — Leading the Change
Replay freeToolkit · MembersFlash Mission — Inbox Zero in 20 Minutes
Replay freeToolkit · MembersTeam Play
Free to play. Facilitator kits are members-only.
Flash Team!
10 minutes. Draft the right mix of people + one AI helper for a real mission. Survive the twist.
Play now →Flash Team! Facilitator Kit
Print-and-cut cards, 100-point rubric, 15/30/45-minute run scripts, debrief guide, and 5 variants.
Open the kitRollout!
Lead a change your team actually adopts — plan the rollout step by step. Landing soon.
Rollout! Facilitator Kit
The facilitator guide and assets to run Rollout! with your team. Landing soon.
What's actually in here
6
free micro lessons
11
tools & canvases
13
applied courses
11
live sessions & replays
Every Thursday brings a new work session, then it is kept here — the session canvas, the fillable templates, and the frameworks. Free stays free. A person always makes the final call.
Buy once · $67–$147
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Each one is a finished thing you keep — no subscription, no expiry. Members get the whole shelf.
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Advanced Prompt Architecture
See what's insideDocument Analysis & Synthesis
See what's insideStrategic Decision Making
See what's insideResponsible AI Use & Guardrails
See what's insideEnterprise Scaling & Copilot Mastery
See what's insideThe 30-Day AI Starter Pilot
See what's insideMicrosoft Copilot Mastery
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The replays are free on YouTube. The workshop isn’t. Membership gets you the full interactive session canvas, fillable templates, and your own progress dashboard. $357/year or $39/month.
Session replays are free to watch.
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