Don't Just Adopt AI. Design What Comes After It. A Course for Senior Operators.

Jory Des Jardins

Frontier Tech Operator & AI Advisor

The leaders who get AI transformation right design it deliberately

Most organizations are measuring the wrong things, restructuring before they've mapped anything, and calling it transformation.

The professionals who get this right aren't the fastest adopters. They're the ones who understood what was at stake before everyone else did — and designed their organization's response deliberately.

This course exists because that kind of thinking doesn't happen by accident. It requires a framework, a diagnostic process, and a peer community of senior operators who are navigating the same decisions you are.

In four weeks you'll map your organization's AI trajectory, build a decision rights structure for your function, sequence a measurement plan your leadership can act on, and assemble a transformation design document you can walk into an executive conversation with the week after the course ends.

Not a certificate. Not a survey of tools. A working artifact and a framework you'll use for years.

What you’ll learn

Design your org's AI transformation so you lead it — not react to it. Leave with a decision rights map your C-suite can act on.

  • Map your function's current AI trajectory and identify what it means for decisions you need to make now.

  • Apply a diagnostic framework to assess whether your org is building capability or quietly eroding it.

  • Identify the four structural risks most transformation programs miss before they become visible.

  • Categorize workflows across five governance categories that define the right level of human involvement.

  • Identify tasks that may be migrating too far from human oversight.

  • Build a governance map that reflects where decisions are actually being made, not assumed to be.

  • Distinguish which metrics belong in the first 30 days of transformation — and which ones will mislead you if tracked too early.

  • Recognize the early signals that tell you whether your organization is integrating AI well before output data confirms it.

  • Build a 90-day measurement plan that demonstrates sound organizational design to your leadership team.

  • Identify which roles in your function are building the next generation of senior practitioners — and which are potentially at risk.

  • Recognize the early warning signs of capability loss before they show up in performance data or succession gaps.

  • Design role governance that keeps expert skill development intact as AI takes on more of the routine work.

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Jory Des Jardins

Jory Des Jardins

AI Transformation Advisor | Frontier Tech Executive | 30+ Companies, AWS

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Who this course is for

  • Senior operators — Chief of Staff, VP People, Head of Talent, function leaders responsible for how AI is integrated into their organization.

  • CHROs, CPOs, HRBPs at mid-to-large organizations navigating workforce restructuring, role redesign, capability planning during AI adoption.

  • Operators, senior managers, team leads, department heads, senior ICs leading AI transformation from the inside, strategy and execution.

What's included

Jory Des Jardins

Live sessions

Learn directly from Jory Des Jardins 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

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Course syllabus

Week 1

Sep 10—Sep 13

    What's Actually Breaking — And Why Your Dashboard Won't Show It

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    Session 1: What's Actually Breaking — And Why Your Dashboard Won't Show It

    Thu 9/1010:00 PM—11:15 PM (UTC)

Week 2

Sep 14—Sep 20

    Structure Work Before You Restructure the Org

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    17

    Session 2: Structure Work Before You Restructure the Org

    Thu 9/1710:00 PM—11:15 PM (UTC)

Schedule

Live sessions

1-2 hrs / week

One 75-minute live session per week: 45 minutes of framework instruction and applied case work, 20 minutes of structured peer feedback on your weekly deliverable, and 10 minutes of wrap and next-week setup. All sessions recorded for replay.

    • Thu, Sep 10

      10:00 PM—11:15 PM (UTC)

    • Thu, Sep 17

      10:00 PM—11:15 PM (UTC)

    • Thu, Sep 24

      10:00 PM—11:15 PM (UTC)

    • Thu, Oct 1

      10:00 PM—11:15 PM (UTC)

Projects

1-2 hrs / week

Three weekly projects building progressively into your capstone: a decision rights map, a measurement plan, and a transformation design document ready for leadership.

Async content

1 hr / week

A short video introduction plus a worked example or framework reference before each live session, starting after Session 1.

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