Thursday Live Builds
One session. One working part.
Practical AI, built together. Every Thursday, we take one real task, find where AI can help, and build something useful. You leave with work you can use and a clearer sense of what still needs your judgment.
Thursdays at 7 PM Eastern · Free to attend · Beginner-friendly.
Prerecorded primer + live build. Replays are free for everyone. Public resources stay free. Library members also get the member canvases and working files.
Next up: AI Can Help Us Find Answers. How Do We Check Them? · Thursday, October 22 · Thursday Primer · 7pm ET live build.
Next session · Thu, Oct 22
Take a short AI answer back to the original sources. Check whether each citation supports its claim, label anything unresolved and rebuild the answer around the evidence.
12:00 pm ET
Thursday Primer
No registration needed for the primer. A link appears here once it is available.
7:00 pm ET
Live working session
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Thu, Oct 29
Flash Mission: When Agents Can Just Handle It, Where Do You Draw the Line?
Join the session →Thu, Nov 5
Flash Mission: The Safe-and-Never List
Join the session →Thu, Nov 12
Flash Mission: Where the Week Actually Goes
Join the session →What to expect
No slides — a working thing, built live.
The same tool put to work on the kinds of tasks you actually have.
The tool does the busywork. A person always makes the call.
We close every session by asking you what to build next.
Coming Up
Across four Thursdays, we’ll take a familiar claim about AI, test it on a practical job and make something you can use. You’ll see what the tool can do, where your judgment changes the result and how to set the boundaries.
Register free for any upcoming session. Past sessions are tucked away below — recordings live in the Library.
Thu, Oct 22
FreeAI Can Help Us Find Answers. How Do We Check Them?
Thu, Oct 29
FreeFlash Mission: When Agents Can Just Handle It, Where Do You Draw the Line?
Thu, Nov 5
FreeFlash Mission: The Safe-and-Never List
Thu, Nov 12
FreeFlash Mission: Where the Week Actually Goes
Thu, Nov 19
FreeFlash Mission: Hand It Over
Thu, Dec 3
FreeFlash Mission: The Standing Instruction
Thu, Dec 10
FreeFlash Mission: Prove It Saved Time
Thu, Dec 17
FreeFlash Mission: Set the Team Up for January
Thu Jul 16
FreeClone Yourself · Part 1 of 4 · your brain
Build Your Own Second Brain (NotebookLM)
2 recordings — the noon work session and the 7pm live build.
Thu Jul 23
FreeClone Yourself · Part 2 of 4 · your voice
Teach AI to Sound Like You
2 recordings — the noon work session and the 7pm live build.
Thu Jul 30
FreeClone Yourself · Part 3 of 4 · your fence
Fence Your AI Self: Can I Safely Put This In?
2 recordings — the noon work session and the 7pm live build.
Thu Aug 6
FreeClone Yourself · Part 4 of 4 · your reach
One You, Many Outputs
2 recordings — the noon work session and the 7pm live build.
Thu Aug 20
FreeLeading the Change: Adoption Without the Fear
2 recordings — the noon work session and the 7pm live build.
See recordings
Attending live is free and replays are free to watch. The templates and session canvases live with members in the Library.
Thu, Oct 8
FreeFlash Mission
AI Can Make It. Can You Make It Good?
1 recording — 7:00pm ET
Thu, Oct 1
FreeFlash Mission
Decide It in 10 Minutes — Live Build: Turn ChatGPT Into Your Email Agent | theCommons Academy
1 recording — 7:00pm ET
Thu, Sep 24
FreeThursday live build
Turn Discovery Notes into a Proposal Draft in 20 Minutes | Practical AI Live Build
1 recording — 7:00pm ET
Thu, Sep 17
FreeFlash Mission
Project Status Report in 5 Minutes
6 recordings — five short noon bites, then the 7pm live session.
Thu, Sep 10
FreeFlash Mission · Week 9
Meeting Notes to Action Items
1 recording — 7:00pm ET
Thu, Sep 3
FreeFlash Mission · Week 8
Voice DNA → Brand Build (and the Brand Gate)
2 recordings — the live session builds it; the recap gates it.
Thu, Aug 27
FreeFlash Mission · Week 7
Inbox Zero in 20 Minutes
2 recordings — the noon work session and the 7pm live build.
Thu, Aug 20
FreePut It to Work · Part 2
Leading the Change: Adoption Without the Fear
2 recordings — the noon work session and the 7pm live build.
Thu, Aug 13
FreePut It to Work · Part 1
Find Your Friction (and Map It Before You Build)
1 recording — 7:00pm ET
Thu, Aug 6
FreeClone Yourself · Part 4 of 4
One You, Many Outputs
2 recordings — the noon work session and the 7pm live build.
Thu, Jul 30
FreeClone Yourself · Part 3 of 4
Fence Your AI Self: Can I Safely Put This In?
2 recordings — the noon work session and the 7pm live build.
Thu, Jul 23
FreeClone Yourself · Part 2 of 4
Teach AI to Sound Like You
2 recordings — the noon work session and the 7pm live build.
Thu, Jul 16
FreeClone Yourself · Part 1 of 4
Build Your Own Second Brain (NotebookLM)
2 recordings — the noon work session and the 7pm live build.
The missions
Each mission is a small piece of real work, done start to finish, ending with something you keep and reuse. Several of them are worked live in a Thursday session.
Classify anything you are about to paste into an AI tool — and clean it before it leaves your desk.
You walk out with: A FENCE-cleared version of your document
Triage a real batch of email, flag what is urgent, and leave with drafted replies you actually approve.
You walk out with: A reduced inbox with approved replies
Capture how you write in one page so AI can match it — every time.
You walk out with: A one-page Voice Snapshot
Turn one document you already reference into a notebook that answers your questions.
You walk out with: A grounded, searchable notebook
Fan one idea out into a post, an email section, and talking points that all sound like you.
You walk out with: Three ready-to-use pieces in your voice
Turn raw meeting notes into a recap where every action has an owner and a date.
You walk out with: A recap with owned, dated actions
Turn scattered weekly updates into a one-page status people actually read — with no green nobody earned.
You walk out with: A one-page status report
Turn discovery notes into a proposal draft that only needs your pricing and polish.
You walk out with: A proposal draft, pricing left to you
Cluster your real customer questions into an FAQ you have verified line by line.
You walk out with: A verified, categorized FAQ
Let AI sort the inbox. You make the call.
You walk out with: An attention brief and one decision
Built to follow your rules
You always stay in control — a person makes the final call, every session. These are educational sessions; the tools we build together are starting points, not advice for your exact situation.
One tool, built live. Real work, done together. A room of people finding their lane.
