Faisal Abid

AI Development for Junior Engineers

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Shopistry

Vendasta

Rakuten

BrainStation

Founder at Interstellar Labs (Head of AI  Bitstrapped, Google Developer Expert)

Learn how to configure Cursor, Claude Code, and your terminal to create a productive, AI-augmented workflow.

Set Up Your AI-First Dev Environment

Understand when to use Claude, GPT-4, or others based on real engineering tasks—not just vibes.

Choose the Right Model for the Right Job

Go beyond “try this” prompting. Learn techniques that generate secure, maintainable, and context-aware code.

Prompting That Works

Get best practices for using LLMs safely—from API design to data privacy—so your code can go to prod, not just the demo.

Write Secure, Scalable Software with AI

Use ChatGPT and Gemini deep research search tools, and technical resources to uncover the best solution.

Solve Problems with Deep Research

🧑‍💻 ON CODING AS AN AI ENGINEER- Do you code every day?- If not, are you committed to coding every day as an AI Engineer? If the answer to both of these questions is "No," this class is not for you. 💼 ON LEADING AI ENGINEERING TEAMS- Do you manage a team of people that writes code every day? If "Yes," this class might be for them. ------ 🌍 **EXPANDED CAPACITY AND INTERNATIONAL TIME ZONES FOR COHORT 7** Section 01: Live Sessions are Tuesday/Thursday 7-9 PM Eastern Time (ET), led by Dr. Greg &amp; The WizSection 02: Live Sessions are Tuesday/Thursday 7-9 PM Central European Time (CET), led by International Instructors Let us know which section you're applying for in your application! **KEY CURRICULUM UPDATES FOR COHORT 7** 🔴 [Deprecated]- Classic LangChain RAG Chains (in favor of most up-to-date LangGraph implementation)- Fine-Tuning of LLMs &amp; Embedding Models (we now consider these techniques table stakes ... learn LLM Engineering for free @ bit.ly/llm-engineering)- Chainlit for Front Ends (no longer a best-practice tool for creating front-ends)- Hugging Face Spaces (no longer a best-practice deployment tool for quick POCs)- Hugging Face Inference Endpoints (no longer the easiest way to deploy high performance open LLMs and embedding models endpoints) 🟢 [New Additions]- A custom AI Makerspace MCP server integrated into Cursor that has all of the docs and tools that we'll use in the course!- Model Context Protocol (MCP) &amp; Agent2Agent Protocol (A2A)- Vercel for quick end-to-end POC deployments- Together.ai for quick deployment of Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct-Turbo and open embedding endpoints- A focus on vibe-coded custom front ends with React (or other) framework- OpenAI Agents SDK (released March 2025)- Code agents with Hugging Face's Smol Agents Framework (released ~Jan 2025)- CLI Coding Agents with Codex (released April 2025)- Computer Use Agents with OpenAI's Responses API (released March 2025) ------ OUR COMMUNITY🏗️ 🚢🚀 AI Makerspace is on a mission to create the world's leading community for people who want to build, ship, and share production LLM applications. Welcome! We invite you to join our close-knit AI Makerspace community on YouTube (learn live weekly with us for free at 10 AM PT on Wednesdays!) or Discord to start building, shipping, and sharing with us today! https://aimakerspace.io/ OUR COURSEThe AIE Bootcamp is truly a bootcamp. It's hard. It's a grind. But it will transform you! It will get you comfortable thriving at "The LLM Edge" and beyond. Our students don't just learn; they transform! Plus, every cohort culminates in a live Demo Day experience! Many of our graduates have launched entirely new startups based on their demo day presentations! To hear our student's stories and for a quick glance at all the tools you'll master, check out the following link now! https://aimakerspace.io/the-ai-engineering-bootcamp/ OUR ETHOSBuild 🏗️, Ship 🚢, Share 🚀! This is the secret to success in a 21st-century workforce, and you will live this every class, every week of the cohort! 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Specifically, you will get hands-on experience building and sharing complex LLM and agentic applications weekly, receiving constant feedback during live sessions and through your homework submissions via instructors, peer supporters, and your fellow cohort members. 🙋 WHAT ARE THE PREREQUISITESYou must be familiar with Python programming, prompt engineering, and data science. Learn more about prerequisites here: https://bit.ly/aie7-prereqs 🙋 How will I know if it's right for me? If you're unsure if this course be a fit for you, you'll find tons of resources on this page to help you decide, including: 📜 Curriculum &amp; Detailed Schedule: https://bit.ly/aie7-curr🤩 Demo Day Videos (from cohort 5): https://bit.ly/aie5-demos🎤 Student Interview Videos: https://aimakerspace.io/category/transformations/ Here are a few long-form pieces of writing about the student experience:- Richard Gower, Cohort 3: https://bit.ly/aie-cohort-3-reflections- Ches Roldan's "20 Tips to Survive AI Makerspace’s AI Engineering Bootcamp (as a non-technical person)": https://bit.ly/aie-20tips 💰 How much do the tools cost? Don't worry! This course is for the GPU-poor among us! This course adapts to industry-standard open-source software and compute hardware and is cloud platform agnostic. We strive to keep your additional costs low (below ~$100 total). Check Q&amp;A for more info!** WHO HAS TAKEN THIS COURSESince its launch in January 2024, over 250 people have taken the course! The most successful participants have been Software Engineers and Developers or Data Scientists and Machine Learning/AI Specialists, indicating a focus on analytics, modeling, and artificial intelligence. Here is a list of companies whose employees have already taken the course: Google, Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, Samsung, Salesforce, IBM, Oracle, Bloomberg, Deloitte, Atlassian, SAP, Infosys, ServiceNow, Shopify, NetApp, Autodesk, Jio Platforms, JP Morgan Chase (JPMC), Walmart, Chevron, Expedia, NTT Data, Ernst &amp; Young, Fannie Mae, National Grid, State Farm, USAA, BMO, TD Bank, Mercer, Kiewit, BP, CVS, Safran, Appian The most important thing for anyone taking the course is to take it seriously. This advanced course requires commitment, debugging, resilience, and tenacity. These personal attributes matter much more than your current company or job title. Whether you're coming from a software engineering or data science background, to be a world-class AI Engineer, you'll need to know both. This class will teach you the lego blocks of building production-grade LLM applications software as an AI-Assisted Developer. This is where your journey begins! WHAT STUDENTS (REALLY) SAID ABOUT COHORT 5:We collect feedback every single class. Here is an analysis of the 160 pieces of feedback that we received on the question "Is there anything else you'd like to share with us?" that we asked at the end of each of the 20 live sessions, completed by ChatGPT with the o1 model in April, 2025. Highly Positive Themes- Students repeatedly praise the instructors’ expertise and clarity.- Many love the breakout rooms, citing them as a key differentiator from other courses.- There is strong enthusiasm about practical coding sessions, community support, and peer supporters.- Several comments mention that they are already deploying real applications and seeing immediate value, which is a significant selling point for future students. Neutral or Constructive Feedback- A few suggestions for improving logistics (e.g., link consistency, environment setup, more thorough instructions).- Requests for additional examples and smaller breakout groups.- A handful of people struggled with first-class onboarding or missed classes due to personal constraints. Negative or Dissatisfied Feedback- Some frustration around external tool links (Discord, GitHub) not working seamlessly.- Occasional complaints about environment setup challenges.- A single extended critique about missing the first day and feeling lost initially, but that student did eventually get on track. We are always working to improve our product, our student experience, and our processes! You can count on the fact that we've taken the feedback into account for Cohort 6 and beyond! Here were the top 10 direct quotes: 1. “One of the best lessons I’ve ever had. The instructor’s level of expertise is high and his communication is extremely easy to understand. I have grasped all the concepts.”2. “This session was pure gold, seeing actual applications, really nice!”3. “I am having lots of fun and learning. LOVE THE ENERGY! Let’s go.”4. “The breakout rooms are absolutely fantastic. Peer Supporters are bae.”5. “The breakout rooms are just so good – easily sets it apart from 90% of other courses out there.”6. “It was a great session today. Super helpful and getting clearer. Amazing job everyone. Love this!!!!”7. “I have deployed and built a number of applications right from the first sessions of the course. Knowledge also helps me in self-study and research.”8/ “This class was worth every dollar, thank you guys!”9. “Thank you for an amazing ride! &lt;3”10. “I complained last time about the breakout rooms not being long enough and the lectures being too long. This time I think the ratio was GLORIOUS PERFECTION!”

Prototype agent apps and get them into Production. Ship fast and keep data safe.

Course syllabus

<ul><li>W1: June 24th, 26th</li><li>W2: July 1st, 3rd</li><li>W3: July 8th, 10th</li><li>W4: July 15th, 17th</li><li>W5: July 22nd, 24th</li><li>W6: July 29th, 31st</li><li>W7: August 5th, 7th</li><li>W8: August 12th, 14th</li><li>W9: August 19th, 21st</li><li>W10: August 26th, 28th</li></ul> * All sessions are recorded!

Tuesdays & Thursdays

Each class period, we will get hands-on with Python coding homework!

Weekly Programming Projects

Open to the public - Friends, family, coworkers, and bosses welcome! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrSHiQgy4VjGG6wvPyIPoBnH2iqjtLY68" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">AIE5 Demo Day YouTube Playlist</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/events/7305318024528478208/comments/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">AIE5 Demo Day Event</a><a href="https://www.notion.so/AIE5-Demo-Day-Run-of-Show-1b5cd547af3d805e8bb7d049413ee129" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">AIE5 Demo Day Run of Show</a>

Demo Day!

Dr. Greg: Thursdays @ 10 AM PTThe Wiz 🪄: Fridays @ 3 PM PT

Instructor Office Hours

We typically cover 6-7 days per week with 1 or more office hours held by peer supporters!

Peer Supporter Office Hours

Course schedule

Software engineers and developers who want to build, deploy, operate, and improve LLM apps in production environments.

Data scientists and ML engineers/specialists who want to build, deploy, operate, and improve LLM apps in production environments.

Who is this course for

What you’ll get out of this course

A vibe coder won't take your job. An AI-assisted developer will.

🧑‍💻 Become an AI-Assisted Developer

Work with certified AI Engineers in dedicated small Journey groups to discuss and code throughout the cohort!

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Peer-Supported Live Coding

You will present a unique project live to a cohort of your peers and the public!

🤩 Demo Day!

We're always at <a href="https://newsletter.aimakerspace.io/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The LLM Edge</a>&nbsp; with the latest concepts, code, tools, techniques, and best practices!

🕴️ industry Leading Curriculum

Certified AI Engineers get direct access to job opportunities from our network

💼 Hiring Opportunities

Become an AI Engineer in the world's leading community for people who want to build, ship, and share production LLM applications 🏗️🚢🚀.

AIE6

"Dr. Greg" Loughnane

Co-Founder & CEO @ AI Makerspace

Chris "The Wiz 🪄" Alexiuk

Co-Founder & CTO @ AI Makerspace

AIE5

Cohort 7

The world we all live in: AI skills are the #1 driver of your career trajectoryIn 2024 AI is not optional—it's a requirement regardless of the job. But AI is moving so fast that many of us feel on the verge of being left behind. Which model is best at which task? When do I switch models when they come out every week? This isn't just another tech trend. Missing out on AI fluency has career-altering consequences. Longer job searches. Delayed promotions. And soon we'll start seeing vague statements about AI skills in the essential requirements of most tech jobs. But even though AI fluency is THE skill of the 21st century, no one has defined clearly what baseline AI skill expectations look like. The Challenge: Most of us are figuring out the most important skill of our professional lives on our own. How do you level up if you don't know what you're aiming at? That's why I created this course. I believe there are two critical career level-ups in 2024: 1) Understanding which human skills are AI durable and investing in them 2) Learning how to allocate work across human and artificial intelligence Your next ten years will be mostly shaped by these two factors. And this course is designed to make sure your next ten years are great ones by equipping you with the skills, baseline knowledge, and hands-on experience you need to get rolling. The GoalYou'll walk out of this course with more than just foundational knowledge of AI, an understanding of what different models can do, and hands-on skills applying models. You'll have spent time on your own durable human skills as well. You'll have discovered a sense of what you're good at that you can invest in as a human skill alongside evolving artificial intelligence. Ultimately, you'll walk out of this course with a personal toolkit to take you through the next decade with AI. How We'll Get There The AI Career Accelerator is an intensive 3-week program designed to supercharge your knowledge of your own durable skills, fast forward your AI proficiency, and get you going on your career goals—both at work today and for the next ten years. Hands-on Experience: Get practical skills with cutting-edge AI tools like Claude, Replit, Cursor, ChatPRD, ChatGPT, and Playground. Personal Skill Assessment: Figure out your own unique human skill fingerprint, and identify the parts of your skillset likely to remain durable even as AI grows more capable. Real-World Applications: Explore how AI is actually used in various industries and roles. Project-Based Learning: Develop an AI-powered project using a 'small bets' mindset, applying your new skills to real-world scenarios. Career Strategy: Put it all together with a career strategy that leverages both your human skills and a plan around how you want to leverage the skills you learn in class to keep growing as AI evolves. Stay Ahead: Master repeatable approaches to keeping up with AI developments and trends. What sets this course apart:First, what other course helps you figure out what you are good at as a person (that isn't changing in the age of AI) AND helps you level up AI fluency? Besides a laser focus on what really matters for your career, you'll get:1. Interactive live sessions with Nate2. Practical exercises in AI that go beyond theory3. A capstone project with personalized feedback4. A workable career plan in the age of AI5. Ongoing support through a dedicated Slack community Bonus: The Generalist AdvantageAs a hands-on mentor and coach, I've designed this course to stretch your skillset horizontally. My thesis is that generalists will thrive in the AI age, and this course is specifically designed so you develop a broader, more adaptable skill set that enables you to grow your career longterm. That means this course is for anyone in tech who's hungry to grow their AI skillset and multiply value at work and over the next decade. Here are a few examples: 1. Product managers can skill up on foundational AI tech and learn enough to begin using AI to help with PM tasks like customer sentiment analysis. 2. Engineers can figure out their own personal coding workflows in an experiment-friendly space (no prod code here) and develop a plan for growing their own human skillset over time. 3. Entrepreneurs can learn enough about AI foundational technologies to ensure they position products correctly, and get practice leveling up their own personal efficiency with AI. You get the idea! My goal is to get you to conviction and clarity on what you bring to the tech world, so you can develop your own personal thesis on how you add unique value in an AI-driven world. The world has never changed quicker, but hop in with me and let's figure out how to enjoy the ride!

Skill growth in the world of AI has fundamentally changed

Focus on understanding AI basics and dive into how AI is shaping the career landscape in 2025.

Lesson 1: AI Foundations and the 2025 Career Landscape

Understand real-world AI use-cases and dig into interactive modules focused on understanding how to build with the new rules of the AI landscape.

Lesson 2: Real World AI Use-Cases and Applications

Pick a project and start getting hands-on with building! Work in small groups and get feedback and support as you build.

Lesson 3: Hands-On AI Project Workshop

Use custom prompts and small group conversation to begin thinking through how your own career is changing in the light of AI—you'll leave with tools and confidence to accelerate your career with your new AI skills.

Lesson 4: Building an AI-Leveraged Career Plan

Show off your progress building with AI and get group feedback as well as feedback form Nate live!

Demo Day - Jan 23, 2025 

Close out the course with an optional AMA with Nate, reflecting on learnings and getting extra wisdom for the journey ahead.

AMA (Ask Me Anything) with Nate - Jan 31, 2025

Tech Professionals﻿Product Managers, Engineers, Data Scientists&nbsp;leading AI initiatives.&nbsp;UX/UI Designers&nbsp;exploring AI's impact on experience

Leaders &amp; Founders Tech Leaders&nbsp;guiding AI adoption.&nbsp;C-Suite execs&nbsp;building AI culture.&nbsp;Startup Founders&nbsp;integrating AI into products

Career Advancers Career Changers&nbsp;targeting tech and AI roles in product.&nbsp;Side-gig builders looking to build a 5-9 cashflow-generator

Master key AI tools like Claude, ChatGPT (including Strawberry/o1 model), Replit, and Cursor. Apply these in real-world scenarios to boost your productivity and problem-solving abilities. Develop a personalized AI workflow that you can take back to work right away.

Identify three personal AI quick wins that will level up your career and deepen your personal AI fluency, regardless of your expertise level

Understand AI architecture and foundational concepts in Large Language Models (LLMs). Learn how these shape tech applications in your field. Develop skills to identify and evaluate AI opportunities across various business contexts, so you max your career leverage over time.

Build a repeatable assessment that helps you track how LLMs and other AI technologies are sharpening your specific tech vertical

Grasp AI macro trends, including investment patterns, emerging opportunity spaces, and talent market shifts. Craft a personalized AI-era career plan. Learn to position yourself as an AI-fluent generalist with deep expertise to drive value today at work and over the next 10 years.

Define personal "talent bets" based on long-term AI trends and build a plan to leverage these to accelerate your tech career

Develop strategies to stay current with evolving AI technologies. Cultivate a mindset for ongoing adaptation and growth in the rapidly changing AI landscape. Develop a concrete plan to accelerate your career and differentiate yourself and your tech impact as a "1 of 1" player.

Outline a strong and specific strategy to build and maintain a 5-year edge in your career leveraging AI + next steps to grow over time

Dive deep into the architecture of AI systems, particularly LLMs. Gain insights into how these technologies are applied across different tech domains. Even if you're non-tech, you'll know how transformers work, how attention works, and what reasoning tokens are for. Stay sharp!

Understand AI architecture and foundational concepts in Large Language Models (LLMs) + how these shape tech applications

Survey a wide range of real-world AI use-cases to understand how others in tech are using AI to solve hard problems at work. Develop a radar to identify AI disruptions in your job family and industry, informing product development at work as well as your own career pathway.

Grasp AI macro trends, including investment trends, emerging AI opportunity spaces, shifts in startup development, and talent market changes

Develop hands-on AI build experience through a portfolio-worthy project using a "small bets" mindset. Go from concept to completion, demonstrating your ability to create AI-powered solutions. Gain practical AI use-case fluency to integrate AI into existing products and process.

Survey a wide range of real-world AI use-cases, so you understand how others in tech are using AI to solve hard problems

This course isn't for:<ul><li>AI-fluent engineers focused only on tech implementation</li><li>Those seeking in-depth coding or AI research training</li><li>Established AI leaders with set strategies</li><li>Quick-fix seekers without learning commitment</li><li>Professionals who are content and not hungry to grow</li></ul>

Who is this course NOT for?

Master AI tools, build real projects, and supercharge your career growth in just 3 weeks

Nate Jones

March 2025 Cohort

July Cohort

And your success depends on making smart decisions about a technology that is changing every single week. Let's be honest...no one prepared non-technical leaders for this challenge. We are all expected to be AI experts now and 10x the output of our teams. So you're stuck reading AI newsletters on weekends, evaluating vendor claims that might as well be written in hieroglyphics, and feeling certain you're falling behind competitors. Not only that, but now it’s a part of your performance review to drive AI in your team. And you're afraid that if you don't start to lead AI initiatives, you will fall behind. You need a cheatsheet, and fast. So you can deliver results that get recognized by leadership -- and future-proof your career. To get there, you can't just rely on technical teams making all the decisions. (And you're not going to become an AI expert overnight). You need to develop the judgment to scope and guide AI implementation effectively to reach your business objectives. To be clear, this is not an AI 101 course. This is applied learning. Unlike broad "AI for Leaders" courses, this live cohort is built specifically for busy department heads, managers, and team leads who need practical frameworks they can plug and play in real life. I've designed this based on my own experience. At Accenture, I went from just a "regular" non-technical leader to securing $2M in funding for AI initiatives. Then I helped build the AI strategies that drove productivity improvements for over 14,000 consultants. Today, I advise both tech startups and Fortune 1000 companies on becoming AI-native organizations. By joining this course, you'll get my enterprise-grade templates and decision tools that have been battle-tested in the wild. You'll walk away with an AI plan that you can own and drive. WHAT TO EXPECT: This interactive course includes 4 live lunch-time sessions over 2 weeks, plus 2 office hours for personalized guidance. WHAT WE'LL COVER: - How to identify which problems in your organization are actually AI-solvable (we will pick these live)- How to scope AI projects so they become your personal success stories (not nightmares)- How to speak confidently about AI without needing an engineering degree (and what is the difference between AI agents, Automation, GenAI, and Machine Learning)- How to make informed build vs. buy vs. "vibe code" decisions to save money and move quickly- How to set realistic expectations with leadership- How to overcome resistance and build buy-in across your organization- How to avoid the costly mistakes that 74% of companies are making- How to future-proof your AI strategy as technology evolves WHAT YOU'LL GET: - Decision frameworks including the "Build, Buy, or Vibe Code" matrix- AI vendor assessment checklist- "Why we're going AI native" narrative template for team buy-in- Guidance on when "vibe coding" is acceptable (and best tools for it)- Case studies from companies seeing 70%-300% improvements in productivity, marketing, engineering, and product management- Templates for communicating your AI strategy to different stakeholders- Handpicked list of the coolest AI products in the market right now to explore- Lifetime access to all course materials, frameworks, and recordings The goal isn't to make you a technical expert - it's to give you the confidence to lead AI initiatives successfully. WHO WILL BENEFIT MOST FROM THIS COURSE: - You're responsible for AI implementation but don't have a technical background- You need to make strategic decisions about AI investment- You need to have AI in your OKRs or performance plans- You're bridging the gap between technical teams and business objectives- You want to position yourself as a forward-thinking leader WHO THIS IS NOT FOR: - Developers or AI engineers seeking technical implementation skills- Solopreneurs who want hands-on coding instruction- Those expecting to become AI experts overnight- People looking for general "this is what ChatGPT is" courses If you're still not convinced, consider this: The price of this course is a fraction of the cost of a single failed AI project (so you should ask if your company will pay for this). And even if they won't, this is a small investment towards making your career future-proof.

You've built your career on your expertise and results. Now AI has arrived.

Use your lunch hour for the most impactful activity you could have on your plate -- future-proofing your career.

Wednesdays & Fridays Live Sessions

Open Office Hours for any questions and deep dives.

Thursday AMA Office Hours

Team leads, directors, and department heads who have been "volun-told" to implement AI and need to show a plan, quickly.

Forward-thinking directors and VPs who want to demonstrate their strategic and tactical AI knowledge for career advancement

Execs, founders, and business owners who need to set the AI strategy for their org and can't afford to make costly mistakes

Who should take this course

Companies are already seeing huge results...HubSpot improved email performance by 70%, Gumroad increased feature releases by 300%. Don't reinvent the wheel. Learn directly from real, behind-the-scenes case studies - and leave with a tangible plan for your team.

Leapfrog to picking 2-3 of the most impactful AI use cases based on what top AI leaders are doing

Decision fatigue is real -- and not all use cases need to be custom-built (and who has engineering resources for that, anyway). You'll be able to confidently decide how you should implement each use case to maximize speed to value. We'll apply this framework together in real time

Steal my framework for quickly deciding whether to Build, Buy, or "Vibe Code" AI solutions

74% of companies are struggling to see value beyond an AI proof of concept. We'll cover what makes a good AI deployment (to AI agent or not to AI agent) so your efforts stay relevant and scale over time. We'll analyze real situations from within the cohort.

Deconstruct the best practices and top mistakes companies make when deploying AI internally

AI tech isn't even the hardest part -- AI leaders are putting 80% of their effort into aligning people and processes. You'll leave with a clear, actionable roadmap to transform your team into an AI-Native powerhouse.

Create your own "Why We're Going AI Native" narrative to gain buy-in from your team

Pick winning AI use cases for your team, gain confidence in a plan you can own, and get recognized by your bosses

Lauren Vriens

Cohort 1

The ChallengeYour days are filled with:🗓️ back-to-back meetings,🚀 sky-high customer or investor expectations,⏱️ wishes that your team could move faster sooner,🔥 wishes that you could move even faster and work on what really matters instead of fighting fires. You start each day with the best intentions, but somehow find yourself constantly reacting instead of leading.&nbsp;Sure, it would be nice to focus on your own goals, but you care about those other people (or at least some of them 😁). They’re colleagues and customers, family and friends... How can you collaborate with them responsively without forsaking your goals and becoming just a (re-)Actor in their story? 🎬 ✨ You wonder if AI can help, you wonder how other leaders are using AI to manage it all and manage their teams--but honestly, who's got the time to figure that out? ⏳ You have a constant, lurking anxiety about what’s falling through the cracks or not getting done, so you work faster. As you try to move faster, people fall short of your expectations and their potential. It causes friction and frustration (even if you hide it well). It's uncomfortable to call out, so you avoid giving feedback or mention it lightly, which makes the situation more uncomfortable. Eventually, you decide to give feedback. Sometimes it goes okay. Often, you try to move through and out of the conversation as quickly as possible because it feels so awkward. Growth and improvements rarely last. You take on more work yourself to get it done. The Solution (Evidence-based. Immediately applicable.)⏱️&nbsp;EVERYTHING YOU READ BELOW WILL BE ORIENTED TO IMMEDIATE APPLICATION DURING THE COURSE ⏱️What if you could shift from reacting to the constant inputs to creating what matters most and leading your team in that direction--everyday? This course will support you, step by step, in building your Operating System to make this shift. Fancy apps aren't enough. Nor are bursts of motivation. A sustainable Operating System has 3 features:🧰 Tools (simple enough to keep using, and amplified by AI)🔁&nbsp;Habits (the tools don't use themselves...except for some of the AI ones we'll build)🧠 Mindsets (you can "productively" spend your life responding to other people's messages and requests--or build something that matters) No, "perfection" isn't possible (or even desirable). But our days--and our results--completely shift when we focus our attention systematically instead of ad-hoc and reactively. And our conversations shift when we stop trying to fix people and start inspiring them to take action and grow. We teach you how to do this by using straightforward approaches that reliably transform defensiveness and friction into self-reflection, connection, and motivation to grow. You will start to look forward to feedback conversations because you will know how to use them as powerful tools for building trust and deepening connection. You will also explore your own mindsets and beliefs around feedback, identifying your own patterns around conflict avoidance, people-pleasing, and controlling behaviors. AI is woven throughout the course, including:1️⃣ building your own Custom GPTs2️⃣&nbsp;mastering your calendar3️⃣ using AI as a practice partner for difficult conversations and coaching skills4️⃣ helping your team use AI, and so much more! Once you've shifted the way you manage yourself and lead your team conversations, applying evidence-based approaches tested with 1000s of managers and amplified with AI, the whole game becomes fun again. Bonus:📝 You will also get 5 step-by-step facilitation guides for sharing and teaching your team members everything we cover in this course. This helps establish shared language and frameworks within your team/organization, and positions you as the leader of change. 📖&nbsp;You'll also get our 20-page Offsite Playbook with step-by-step guidance on how to design and facilitate unforgettable team and company gatherings. 🚀 And you'll get to do this while in a practice lab with other high-growth leaders.

Spend your days fighting fires or each other?

Sundays (+ 1 Thursday)

Weekly Office Hours

High-Growth ManagersReady to move out of IC mode, you want to be the inspiring leader people thank for the rest of their careers.

ExecutivesYou know there's a better way than back-to-back meetings everyday. To scale your impact, you know you must scale yourself first

Startup FoundersYou're expanding your focus from building a product to building a team. And to do so, you need the team to step up fast.

You'll have the Inner and Outer Game in place:<ul><li>A systematic set of habits, tools, and mindsets to define What Matters Most each day and week</li><li>You'll be using your emotions as signals for what needs to happen next</li><li>Your mind will be at ease</li></ul>

Clear Focus & Emotional Balance

Whether you're currently intimidated by AI, curious, or all-in, you will:<ul><li>know exactly how to leverage Claude and ChatGPT to improve your skills and help you prepare for key conversations</li><li>have your own CustomGPT to do a recurring management task FOR you</li></ul>

AI As Your Ally (including your own CustomGPT)

<ul><li>Next Actions template (simplest tool possible to stay organized)</li><li>Weekly Preview Checklist (define what matters most and who should do it)</li><li>Daily Defining Checklist</li></ul>

The Operating System (feel on top of your s***)

<ul><li>Know how to decide WHAT to delegate to increase your leverage</li><li>Know HOW to delegate (to a person or AI) in ways that build confidence and follow-through</li></ul>

The Leverage Framework

<ul><li>GAIN Template for how to structure feedback conversations that inspire response-ability, action, and growth</li><li>how to use AI to prepare and practice</li></ul>

GAIN Feedback Framework

<ul><li>GROW Template for coaching conversations</li><li>The key skill to coach effectively</li><li>Know the difference between a feedback and a coaching conversation</li><li>how to use AI to practice and get feedback on a coaching conversation</li></ul>

GROW Coaching Framework

What if you felt on top of everything and your team were aligning and growing through every conversation with you?

Lightning Lessons

AI Development for Junior Engineers