Your Personal AI Operating System

3 weeks

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Cohort-based Course

As a leader or operator, use AI to scale your impact. In 4 weeks, your AI coaches will help you implement your own AI Operating System.

Combined Research and Tech Experience

UC Berkeley
Mode Analytics
Columbia Business School
Adyen
Marqeta

Course overview

Implement a Personal AI Operating System - More Impact with Less Work

You see it everywhere - AI is taking over. Companies are building AI into their products and operations. It's not a question of if - but when - AI will automate more tasks and reduce headcount needs across many functions.


AI is advancing rapidly, with new models and tools emerging constantly. When applied strategically, these tools go beyond automation. They improve decision-making, streamline execution, and function like a team of expert assistants.


The secret? It is also much more accessible than you might think.


While AI will not replicate strategic, high impact work anytime soon, it's critical to stay ahead of the game by building leverage using AI. Many top operators inject AI into their workflows so well that you do not even know they are using AI. We'll show you how.


This course is designed specifically to help you implement your own personal AI operating system, backed by UC Berkeley research and nearly two decade of operating experience in startups and technology.


What you'll learn

💡 The building blocks of AI workflows, agents, and systems

💡 The "core habits" of AI and building them into your daily operations

💡 How to setup and implement top AI and workflow tools

💡 Input and data gathering to establish and setup your own workflows

💡 Different strengths for models and recommendations on when to use them for specific workflows

💡 How to build a library of core prompts that "think" like you do

💡 Ways to implement AI OS workflows for use cases like people management, email management, thought leadership, project management, and more


What you'll build

⚙️ A daily operating system using speaking and/or writing to work faster with higher impact

⚙️ A library of custom prompts that mirror your style while using your expertise, perspective, and way of working

⚙️ AI systems, workflows, and agents that help you navigate people, process, and productivity in your work

⚙️ One (or more!) end to end workflows that leverage the habits, building blocks, prompts, and outputs to create your operating system


Support you'll get

🙌 4 weekly 1 hour learning sessions with AI coaches

🙌 2 office hours sessions to design, hack, and implement workflows together

🙌 A community of peers with a safe space to discuss AI trends and challenges

🙌 Support to build your personal AI operating system

🙌 Access to leading research and experience in AI operations

🙌 Lifetime access to repository of materials and examples for common AI workflows for operators and leaders


Course impact

🏆 Use AI everyday to automate work

🏆 Reduce time to high quality work by 30%+

🏆 Implement an operating system in 4 weeks that can save you days per month


Meet your AI coaches


👨‍🔬 Dr Karthik Ram is a research scientist and one of the world’s leading voices on computational workflows and data-driven thinking. With a background that spans open science, AI, and software development, Karthik brings a rare blend of academic rigor and practical application to the AI Operating System.


Karthik has been a force helping researchers and teams scale their work through better tools and automation. His superpower? Turning cutting-edge AI into everyday leverage.


As an AI Coach, Karthik helps leaders adopt a “scientist’s mindset” toward AI - experimenting, iterating, and optimizing how they think and operate. Whether you’re new to AI or building advanced workflows, he’ll show you how to construct a system that works for your brain, goals, and context.


👩‍💻 Lizz Harrell is a tech operator and revenue leader with 4 startup exits and nearly two decades of scaling and growing businesses. After hacking and building her own AI systems to scale strategic thinking, she got excited about helping other operators and leaders supercharge their thinking.


Lizz specializes in helping leaders and operators embed AI into their daily workflows - not just for efficiency, but to elevate strategic thinking, creativity, and decision-making. With a unique ability to make complex systems simple and actionable, she guides professionals on ways to think about their habits, work, and functional needs to tailor AI systems.


From leveraging AI for strategic planning to streamlining execution, Lizz will help you move from “experimenting with prompts” to deeply integrating AI into how you think, plan, and lead.

Who is this course for

01

Company operators and leaders tasked with planning, management, and execution in senior IC, manager, director, and vp roles.

02

Operators and leaders wanting to spend more time on high value, high impact work and are committed to using AI to help them get there.

03

Non-technical or lightly technical operators and leaders looking to implement tools and workflow solutions as opposed to code

What you’ll get out of this course

Implement AI into your daily operations and habits

Get super comfortable and energized about what is possible with AI while implementing core habits into your daily work

Reduce time produce high quality work by 30%+

AI cannot replace your expertise, perspective, and value, but it can reduce the time it takes to product impactful work

Automate tasks and repeat work with AI

Automate core value added work in your own style, voice, and operating style to focus on higher impact and leverage work for your function

Advance your career

Implement an AI operating system and the skills to build workflows that will propel you into the top of your function

Learn how to leverage AI to advance strategic thinking

Create a series of prompts and approaches to use AI to advance your own learning, growth, and strategic thinking

Build and learn with a community of peers

Have fun with high energy, engaging workshops to learn and build alongside like minded peers

Tap into a wealth of resources and knowledge

Get access to expertise and materials with a library of examples of AI operating workflows

What’s included

Live sessions

Learn directly from Dr Karthik Ram & Lizz Harrell in a real-time, interactive format.

Lifetime access

Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.

Community of peers

Stay accountable and share insights with like-minded professionals.

Certificate of completion

Share your new skills with your employer or on LinkedIn.

Maven Guarantee

This course is backed by the Maven Guarantee. Students are eligible for a full refund up until the halfway point of the course.

Course syllabus

Week 1

Aug 14—Aug 17

Week 2

Aug 18—Aug 24
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Week 3

Aug 25—Aug 31
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Week 4

Sep 1—Sep 4
    Nothing scheduled for this week

What people are saying

        The AI hype is overwhelming, but this course cuts through the noise. I went from zero to delivering a strategic, high-impact project - crafted around my own expertise - in half the time it would normally take. Karthik & Lizz foster a supportive space to learn, experiment, and apply AI right away. You really can go from AI zero to hero in weeks!
Amy McClain

Amy McClain

Senior Director, Global Enablement
        I’ve spent years as an integrated marketing expert and until this course, did not understand how to use AI to "think" like me. This course showed me how to turn my hard-won experience into streamlined workflows that actually do the work. My AI "interns" handle tasks so I can focus on strategic impact.
Veronica Bloomquist

Veronica Bloomquist

Integrated Marketing Consultant

Meet your AI Coaches

Dr Karthik Ram

Dr Karthik Ram

Research Scientist, UC Berkeley

With nearly two decades of research on data science, open-source software, and AI at UC Berkeley, Karthik brings deep understanding of tech with cutting edge research to advance what is possible with AI.


As your AI coach, he'll be a hands on guide to teach you ways to think about integrating AI into your operations and helping you structure your AI operating system from foundations to full scale automation.

Lizz Harrell

Lizz Harrell

Growth Acceleration Operator with 4 Startup Exits

As a startup operator and revenue leader, Lizz has held many roles in growing and scaling tech companies.


Her agility, curiosity, and systems thinking have been core to her success in adopting new technologies while learning and operating across different industries and functions.


In her executive roles hiring, scaling, building, fundraising, and leading company strategy, she has led and learned through technological change over the past few decades. Helping teams adapt to using AI to adapt has become a core mission, and she loves getting her hands on the keyboard to help people advance their careers with AI - to find jobs, to better manage day to day work, to advance strategic thinking, to get multiple perspectives, or to build their brand through thought leadership. All using the tools available to make blend AI with the unique perspective and experience that each of us bring to the table!

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Course schedule

4-6 hours per week

  • Wednesdays

    10:00am-11:00am PST

    Weekly instructor led course with your cohort for interactive learning, use case review, and creation.

  • Weekly Homework

    2 hours per week

    Exercises to implement your custom AI workflows and create the building blocks for your AI Operating System.

  • Capstone Project

    2-3 Hours

    Create a custom set of "interns" and/or end to end workflow to fully automate your work. Office hours support to help you get there.

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