theCommons Academy

Live · Free · Every Thursday

Live Sessions.

Practical AI, built live every Thursday.

Every Thursday at noon ET, we build one working AI tool live in under an hour and put it to work on real tasks — so you can see where it fits in your day. You stay in control; AI is the copilot.

Free · 12pm ET.

Live sessions are free. Library members get every replay plus the working files.

Next up: Flash Mission: Meeting Notes to Action Items · Thursday, September 3 · 12pm ET (encore 7pm ET).

What to expect

A working AI tool, every week — done in under an hour.

One tool, built live.

No slides — a working thing in under an hour.

Real jobs, not demos.

The same tool put to work on the kinds of tasks you actually have.

You stay in control.

The tool does the busywork. A person always makes the call.

We close every session by asking you what to build next.

Coming Up

What we’re building next.

Clone Yourself — four free weeks to build a working AI version of you: your brain, your voice, your fence, your reach. A person always makes the final call.

Register free for any upcoming session. Past sessions are tucked away below — recordings live in the Library.

  • No upcoming sessions on the calendar right now — see the full schedule on Luma below.
Show past sessions (6) — catch what you missed
  • Thu Jul 16

    Free

    Clone Yourself · Part 1 of 4 · your brain

    Build Your Own Second Brain (NotebookLM)

    2 recordings — 12:00pm + 7:00pm ET — the midday session starts the conversation and does the first build; the evening encore takes it onward with another build.

    Watch both recordings →

    Watch both recordings →
  • Thu Jul 23

    Free

    Clone Yourself · Part 2 of 4 · your voice

    Teach AI to Sound Like You

    2 recordings — 12:00pm + 7:00pm ET — the midday session starts the conversation and does the first build; the evening encore takes it onward with another build.

    Watch both recordings →

    Watch both recordings →
  • Thu Jul 30

    Free

    Clone Yourself · Part 3 of 4 · your fence

    Fence Your AI Self: Can I Safely Put This In?

    2 recordings — 12:00pm + 7:00pm ET — the midday session starts the conversation and does the first build; the evening encore takes it onward with another build.

    Watch both recordings →

    Watch both recordings →
  • Thu Aug 6

    Free

    Clone Yourself · Part 4 of 4 · your reach

    One You, Many Outputs

    2 recordings — 12:00pm + 7:00pm ET — the midday session starts the conversation and does the first build; the evening encore takes it onward with another build.

    Watch both recordings →

    Watch both recordings →
  • Thu Aug 13

    Free

    Find Your Friction (and Map It Before You Build)

    1 recording — 7:00pm ET

    Watch replay →

    Watch replay →
  • Thu Aug 20

    Free

    Leading the Change: Adoption Without the Fear

    2 recordings — 12:00pm + 7:00pm ET — the midday session starts the conversation and does the first build; the evening encore takes it onward with another build.

    Watch both recordings →

    Watch both recordings →

Coming up

Aug 27 onward: Demystifier I–IV — a four-part series where we build your first simple AI agent step by step, add a human checkpoint, chain it into a workflow, and turn it into a reusable SOP.

See recordings

Past sessions, in the Library.

Attending live is free and replays are free to watch. The templates and session canvases live with members in the Library.

  • Thu, Aug 20

    Free

    Put It to Work · Part 2

    Leading the Change: Adoption Without the Fear

    2 recordings — 12:00pm + 7:00pm ET — the midday session starts the conversation and does the first build; the evening encore takes it onward with another build.

    Watch both recordings →
  • Thu, Aug 13

    Free

    Put It to Work · Part 1

    Find Your Friction (and Map It Before You Build)

    1 recording — 7:00pm ET

    Watch replay →
  • Thu, Aug 6

    Free

    Clone Yourself · Part 4 of 4

    One You, Many Outputs

    2 recordings — 12:00pm + 7:00pm ET — the midday session starts the conversation and does the first build; the evening encore takes it onward with another build.

    Watch both recordings →
  • Thu, Jul 30

    Free

    Clone Yourself · Part 3 of 4

    Fence Your AI Self: Can I Safely Put This In?

    2 recordings — 12:00pm + 7:00pm ET — the midday session starts the conversation and does the first build; the evening encore takes it onward with another build.

    Watch both recordings →
  • Thu, Jul 23

    Free

    Clone Yourself · Part 2 of 4

    Teach AI to Sound Like You

    2 recordings — 12:00pm + 7:00pm ET — the midday session starts the conversation and does the first build; the evening encore takes it onward with another build.

    Watch both recordings →
  • Thu, Jul 16

    Free

    Clone Yourself · Part 1 of 4

    Build Your Own Second Brain (NotebookLM)

    2 recordings — 12:00pm + 7:00pm ET — the midday session starts the conversation and does the first build; the evening encore takes it onward with another build.

    Watch both recordings →

Built to follow your rules

A person always makes the call.

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.

Join us live, free, this Thursday.

One tool, built live. Real work, done together. A room of people finding their lane.