Free Lesson
How I Scaled an AI Team From 3 to 50 — With No Budget
30 min
Jun 27, 2026 12:00 PM
Virtual (Zoom)
In this video
What you'll learn
Audit your five talent channels in 30 minutes
Score where you actually stand on each channel, then pinpoint the single lowest-scoring one as your fastest 90-day win.
Build a tiered upskilling track with no LMS or budget
Turn people already on your payroll into practitioners using the three-tier model — literacy, practitioner, expert.
Hire for skill, not pedigree — and keep talent longer
Rewrite postings to screen for capability, recruit nontraditional candidates, and embed talent so it doesn't walk.
Why this topic matters
Every director gets the same mandate: "stand up AI capability" — with no new budget or headcount. So they try to hire their way there and lose to bigger salaries. I scaled a team from 3 to 50 under those exact constraints. Capability was never about headcount; it's about five talent channels most leaders never systematize. This course is the full playbook — and a 90-day plan to start.
