AI Ready in 30 Days · Taught by a CTO
Get AI ready in 30 days. On your own work.
You set up your own AI. Then you use it to produce your reports, proposals, decks and spreadsheets. I review your work every week.
- Starting soon
- Small cohort
The whole programme, in four numbers
- 30 days, start to finish
- 4 pieces of real work, reviewed by me
- 3-4 hours a week
- 0 lines of code
You are good at your job. AI still feels like someone else's game.
You have ten or more years behind you. You know your field. Then AI arrived, and now everyone has an opinion on it.
Sound familiar?
Tick what applies to you.
This is not about ability. Nobody has shown you a method.
And your experience is the one thing AI can't supply. It needs your judgment to produce good work.
What you have on day 30
Day 1
- A few tries with ChatGPT. Nothing stuck.
- Not sure what is safe to share.
- Reports, decks and spreadsheets built by hand.
- No method. Only tips from other people.
Day 30
- Your own AI setup. A private AI on your laptop for confidential work. A cloud tool, configured properly, for the heavy work.
- One clear rule. You know what goes where, and why.
- Real work, done. A document, a deck or a spreadsheet, produced with AI in your own format.
- Your first mini app. Or a recurring task that now runs without you.
- A method. One you can repeat on any piece of work.
One rule. Two lanes.
This is the first thing I teach. Every piece of work goes down one of two lanes.
Your work
Lane 1 · Confidential
Private AI on your laptop
Contracts, client files, numbers. Nothing leaves your machine.
Lane 2 · Everything else
Cloud tool, set up properly
Reports, decks, spreadsheets. The heavy lifting.
Four weeks. One result each week.
Week 1
Build your setup
You install a private AI on your laptop and configure your cloud AI tool. You load both with your role, your documents and your templates.
You learn:
- How to install and run a private AI on your own laptop
- How to configure your cloud AI tool properly, including the privacy settings
- How to give AI your role, your context and your templates
- The rule for what stays on your laptop and what can go to the cloud
You finish with: your AI setup, working.
Week 2
It writes
Reports, proposals, statements of work. You learn to brief AI the way you would brief a strong junior.
You learn:
- How to brief AI so the first draft is usable
- How to turn notes and data into a full report
- How to write a proposal or statement of work from a scope discussion
- How to get output in your own template and your own voice
- How to check AI's work before your name goes on it
You finish with: one real document, in your own format.
Week 3
It builds
PowerPoint and Excel. You turn your own data into a deck and a working spreadsheet.
You learn:
- How to build a deck from a document or an outline
- How to produce status and management reports as slides
- How to clean data and build formulas in Excel with AI
- How to get summaries and charts from raw numbers
You finish with: one deck or one spreadsheet you can use on Monday.
Week 4
It runs
Mini apps and automation. You build a small tool for a task you repeat, and hand one recurring job to AI.
You learn:
- How to build a mini app without code. A calculator, a tracker, a checklist.
- How to automate a recurring task, such as a weekly report
- How to decide what to automate next
- How to write your own 90-day plan
You finish with: one mini app, or one task that runs without you.
Day 30. You are AI ready.
Real outputs. Not quiz answers.
These are examples from my own setup. Yours will be built on your work.
Private AI. Answering questions about a document, with the Wi-Fi off.
A full report, drafted in a house template.
A deck and a spreadsheet, built from raw data.
A mini app for a task that used to take an hour.
How it runs
Learn. Short recorded lessons. One topic each.
Build. Apply it to a real piece of your own work.
Submit. Send in the finished piece.
Feedback. I tell you what works and what to fix. You revise until it is accepted.
- One live session every week.
- 3 to 4 hours a week.
- A small cohort, so every submission gets a proper review.
- Setup guides for Mac and Windows.
Is this for you?
For you if:
- You have 10 or more years of professional experience.
- You have used AI a little, or not at all.
- You want to use it on real work, not collect theory.
- You can give it 3 to 4 hours a week for 30 days.
Not for you if:
- You already use AI every day and build your own tools.
- You want a certificate without doing the work.
- You are looking for a coding course.
Your laptop
| Your laptop | What you get |
|---|---|
| Mac with an Apple chip and 16GB of memory or more | The full programme, private AI included |
| Windows with an NVIDIA graphics card and 16GB of memory or more | The full programme, private AI included |
| Older or company-locked laptop | The full programme on the cloud tool. The private AI lesson stays yours for later. |
You also need about 20GB of free disk space for the private AI.
Why learn it from a CTO
I'm a chief technology officer. I have spent 25 years delivering enterprise technology and leading consulting teams.
My job is to decide how AI gets used inside real organisations.
What is safe. What is hype. What works.
I use everything in this programme in my own work. Every week. That is what I will show you.
What is included
- 30 days of short lessons
- Four live sessions
- My written feedback on each weekly piece of work
- Setup guides for Mac and Windows
- Sample files, so you never need to use confidential data
- A certificate when all four pieces are accepted
Founding cohort price goes to the waitlist first.
My guarantee
Do the work each week and I keep reviewing until all four pieces are accepted.
Small founding cohort. Dates go to the waitlist first.
Questions
Is this too technical for me?
No. There is no coding. If you can use Word and email, you can do this.
I have never used AI. Is that a problem?
No. Week 1 starts from zero.
Is it safe to use with company information?
That is the first thing I teach. Confidential work stays on your laptop, on your private AI. You also get sample files, so you can learn without using real data.
My company laptop is locked. Can I still join?
Yes. You complete the programme on the cloud tool. You can set up the private AI later on a personal laptop.
Which tools will I use?
A free app for the private AI on your laptop, and one cloud AI tool for the heavy work. I show you how to set up both.
Will the private AI slow my laptop down?
Not on a laptop that meets the spec above. I show you which model to pick for your machine.
What if I fall behind?
Each week has one must-finish piece. Do that one and you are on track. Everything else is optional.
Can my employer pay?
Yes. You get an invoice you can submit.
Thirty days from now, you are AI ready.
Small founding cohort. Dates go to the waitlist first.
I will email you when enrolment opens. Nothing else.