Kima Sargsyan

Getting your team AI-ready

Google

Android

Deloitte

Shark Home

Strategy Director at Huge and founder of KS Advisory Studio

Learn how to cut through hype and explain AI in clear, practical terms your team can act on.

Speak about AI with confidence

Identify where your team’s current strengths align with new AI capabilities and where to upskill.

Map skills to AI opportunities

Shift from tool adoption to mindset change to help your team see work, strategy, and creativity through an AI-first lens

Introduce AI-native thinking

“We're going to get to AI systems that are better than almost all humans at almost all tasks... That's the thing I think we're quite likely to get in the next two or three years." - Dario Amodei (CEO, Anthropic), January 2025. However… ”Only 8% of employees reported they feel GenAI is already transforming their organisation.” - Deloitte -&nbsp;State of Generative AI in the Enterprise report, Q4 2024. Quite frankly, the gap between AI advancement and AI adoption that those two stats speak to is just too large. It’s no longer just a gap. It’s a chasm. And add to that… “In organisations where AI is openly embraced, the chance of developing 'AI Experts' and 'AI Practitioners' is halved when direct managers discourage its use, either directly or indirectly.” - Section School - The AI Proficiency Report, January 2025. Merging those three storylines and you get a headline that says that senior leadership is the bridge that connects AI aspirations to organisational reality, and ultimately the trajectory of its integration at every level. In other words; true organisation-wide AI adoption doesn’t begin with technology or tools. It begins with leadership. AI literate and AI skilled senior leadership. And that, in a nutshell is what this course is designed to achieve. To take you (a senior leader) and the rest of your exec team from AI novicehood to AI literacy in four weeks. That’s what I’ve been doing for the past 2 years with companies, through my consultancy, Ten Past Tomorrow. In doing so, I’ve seen first-hand what happens when those three quotes above play out. Without full commitment to AI from an AI-literate executive leadership team, AI adoption is hamstrung to the point of failure, without exception. This is a "zero-to-one" course. It's designed to take senior leadership teams from a cold start, to AI competence. Even if you've never used an AI tool, in four weeks you and your fellow senior leaders will get a world-class grounding in essential, foundational AI prompting skills, and also develop your competence to understand how AI will affect your company and industry from a strategic viewpoint. You and your executive team colleagues may still consider yourselves AI-novices. Or perhaps you feel you have 'some AI knowledge' but your company has stalled after taking your first experimental steps with AI and don't know what the path looks like from here? Or maybe you've mastered AI for yourself and your own role, know first-hand the power it has to radically ramp up efficiency and productivity, but are stuck as to how to create an AI roadmap to distribute that same knowledge across your workforce? If any of the above resonates with you and your fellow senior leaders in your exec team, this course is for you.&nbsp;&nbsp;Instead of reacting to AI disruption, you’ll soon be leading it... unlocking productivity gains, driving innovation, and making AI a competitive advantage for your company.

Close the AI capability gap: Exec-level training for senior leadership teams

Course syllabus

Each week you'll complete 2 x 1 hour blocks of self-directed learning, using a mixture of video and text-based course material. Compact learning design, for busy senior leaders.

Self-directed learning

Each week for the 4 weeks of the course, we'll gather live on Zoom (times listed below) as a cohort for discussions, activities and interactive thought experiments. New Zealand Time, Fridays, 9 - 10.30am US Time, Thursdays...5 - 6.30pm (EDT)4 - 5.30pm (CDT)2 - 3.30pm (PDT)

Live session days/times

While not designed to be taxing, short tests are included as part of your self-directed learning blocks each week. These are built with the objective of helping you to apply the principles you're learning to your own business and senior leadership practices.

Weekly projects

Course schedule

Senior leadership teams wanting to collectively, confidently, knowledgeably, skilfully and ethically lead an AI-forward company.

SLT teams who sense AI is far more than a technical challenge, that it demands leaders step forward to lead comprehensive strategic change.

Leadership teams excited by making a genuine commitment to fundamentally reshape their people, processes and businesses.

Who is this course for?

What you’ll get out of this course

By the end of this course, you'll understand what the five strategic steps to AI adoption are and how to apply them. You'll leave with a clear roadmap to make your business AI-forward, as a leadership team that drives efficiency, innovation, and long-term competitive advantage.

Understand the 5 (tested and proven) strategic steps to build an AI-forward business.

You'll master AI prompting. Well enough in fact that you'll apply those skills to use your favourite LLM as your own personal strategic executive assistant. Then take those skills away to drive radical productivity in your own work tasks, and guide your employees toward the same.

Become a highly skilled AI prompt writer and use those skills to build your own personal "AI strategic thought partner"

Still wondering if you're ahead, on-track or behind your competition with AI deployment? Assess your company’s AI maturity using a structured matrix framework across 10 key AI KPIs. Benchmark progress, spot gaps, and confidently communicate AI readiness to your stakeholders.

Deploy a framework-led diagnosis of whether your company is behind, on-track or ahead with AI, in relation to 10 key AI KPIs.

Your leadership team will move from AI uncertainty to confidence. Gain the strategic and practical AI skills needed to drive adoption at scale, making your organisation AI-forward. Leave with the knowledge to lead AI initiatives, boost efficiency, and stay ahead in your industry.

Become an AI literate senior leadership team that collectively has the understanding and skillset to create an 'AI Emergent' organisation.

The hands-on skills to prompt off-the-shelf AI tools (like ChatGPT) so you can drive radical productivity and efficiency in your own role, and for your employees.

AI efficiency and productivity

Understand what state of the art generative AI can do right now, what developments are likely coming in 12-18 months from the major AI labs, and how to map them across your strategic plan to ascertain where AI represents strategic opportunities and threats to your business model.

Strategic clarity

Learn the major components needed to construct a clear AI roadmap for integrating AI into your business, using a proven five-step framework. This is the roadmap to build an AI-forward organisation.

What does an AI roadmap look like?

Note: The course price given on this page is not per person. It is one single payment, which enrols your entire executive leadership team together as one.

One price for your entire senior leadership team

Arming senior leadership teams with the AI literacy, practical skills and strategic acumen needed to guide their companies into the AI era.

June 2025 Cohort

Mark Laurence

Ten Past Tomorrow founder • Generative AI cognoscente • Futurist

May 2025 Cohort (Private CSNZ)

July 2025 Cohort

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

Who is this course for

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

May Cohort

July Cohort

Managers today are under pressure to do more with less—and AI is being pitched as the solution. You’re expected to get more out of your team, faster, by integrating AI into your workflows. But how do you do that effectively when you’re still figuring it out yourself—and your team is skeptical or unsure how to use it well? Most managers are left without a playbook. They either: 1. Burn out trying to be everywhere at once,2. Lower the bar just to keep up,3. Or throw generic AI tools at the problem and hope for the best. There’s a better way. In this course, you’ll learn how to confidently adopt AI in your own work—and teach your team to use it well. You’ll build custom tools tailored to your leadership style, scale your coaching without sacrificing quality, and free up your time for the work that matters most. As Head of Core Product at WHOOP, I’ve built behavior-change products used by millions to improve their health. I know what it takes to guide people through something that feels unfamiliar and turn it into a habit they rely on daily. This course will help you do the same with AI. By the end of this course, you won’t just understand AI—you’ll have practical tools that make your team more effective and your job easier. You’ll stop repeating yourself in 1:1s, start seeing higher-quality work before it hits your desk, and free up hours each week to focus on the strategic problems only you can solve. You’ll become the kind of leader who’s not just keeping up with AI—but using it to lead with clarity, influence, and impact.

Unlock your team's full potential while reclaiming your time and energy.

Team leads, directors, and VPs who run a team and have to balance managing up, down, sideways to drive outcomes.

People managers who still have significant IC responsibilities and are struggling to balance both roles effectively.

First-time managers of large teams (5+ reports) who are overwhelmed by the volume of coaching and feedback needed.

Stop repeating yourself in every 1:1. You’ll build AI tools that capture your thinking and handle recurring questions 24/7. By the end of the first session, your team will start leveling up—without you constantly in the loop.

Spend less time coaching—without lowering the bar

Build tools that catch common issues before they reach you—from messy data visuals to weak executive summaries. Your team gets faster feedback, you spend less time in the weeds, and the work improves.

Cut review cycles in half

Turn vague growth goals into clear, daily progress. Your AI tools will help track development, suggest stretch assignments, and support your team’s career goals—so they improve faster and stay longer.

Help your team grow faster—and stick around longer

Give your team real AI skills that help them deliver higher-quality work with fewer revisions. You’ll scale their abilities and equip them with one of the most valuable skills in today’s market.

Make your team faster, smarter, and more self-sufficient

Stop reacting. Start leading. I’ll show you how to use AI to sharpen your thinking, make smarter calls, and gain leverage where it counts—strategy, influence, and impact.

Reclaim your time—and your edge

Drive AI adoption, scale your coaching, and reclaim your time with custom tools your team will actually use—without compromising on quality.

June Cohort

Hilary Gridley

Head of Core Product @ WHOOP

February Cohort

Stay relevant. Stay valuable. Build the skills that today’s AI-driven businesses need. AI is reshaping the world of work. Roles are evolving. New tools are transforming how decisions are made. Automation is shifting responsibilities. Cloud costs are driving tough priorities. Security risks are accelerating. Businesses across industries are adapting fast, and they need professionals who can grow with this change. If you are unsure how to stay ahead or where your skills fit next, you are not alone. You already have valuable experience, and this course connects that experience to what businesses need today. Built on the proven 10 Dimensions of Enterprise AI Readiness, this program gives you a clear understanding of how AI is driving change in business IT and provides a direct path to strengthen your value and career potential in this new environment. What You’ll Get From This Course ⦿&nbsp;A Clear Understanding of How AI is Changing Business ITYou will experience a practical breakdown of how AI, automation, cloud, and modern IT practices are transforming business, and how it connects to what you already know. ⦿&nbsp;A Roadmap to Stay Relevant and In-DemandYou will stop chasing trends and start seeing where your experience fits, where you can add the most value, and how to target your growth. You will leave with a clear, personal roadmap to guide your next steps. ⦿&nbsp;Skills That Move You ForwardModern business IT is not just about new tools, it is about adaptability, insight, and contribution. You will build confidence to engage with AI-enabled teams, lead smarter conversations, and make decisions that matter. ⦿&nbsp;Grounding in the 10 Dimensions of Enterprise AI ReadinessThis is not a generic trends course. It is built around a proven framework that organizations are using to drive real AI adoption. You will learn how to connect your skills to these dimensions, so you can contribute where businesses need it most. ⦿&nbsp;Learn With a Supportive CommunityYou are not doing this alone. Through live sessions, real-world examples, and hands-on exercises, you will learn alongside professionals who are on the same journey. Together, you will build clarity, confidence, and community. By the end of this course, you will know how to stay valuable, stay relevant, and take charge of your career in an AI-driven future.

Future-Proof Your Career with AI Readiness for Professionals


Join interactive, instructor-led sessions where we break down key concepts, discuss real-world applications, and work through challenges together. Expect a mix of guided learning, open Q&amp;A, and hands-on exercises to help you apply what you’ve learned.

Wednesday - Live Sessions

Drop in for live office hours to get personalized guidance, ask questions, and connect with peers.

Monday - Office Hours


Apply what you learn through hands-on projects, case studies, and skill-building exercises designed to help you gain confidence and real-world experience.

Get lifetime access to all future course material updates. Stay current, even as Business IT continues to evolve in the years to come.

Updated Course Materials

Join the class Discord server for continued access to instructors and community members, even after the class has ended.

Join the Community

Mid-career professionals adapting to AI-driven business environments

Managers and team leads needing to understand modern IT and AI to lead well

Individuals entering or re-entering the workforce seeking up-to-date AI readiness

Gain clear, practical insights into how these forces are reshaping the way businesses operate and compete.

Understand how AI, IT automation, DevOps, FinOps, cybersecurity, and data analytics are transforming modern Business IT


Identify your strengths and growth areas, and create a personalized roadmap aligned to today’s Business IT needs.

Assess your current skills and build a focused upskilling plan


See how companies are using AI, automation, and cloud strategies to drive results, and learn how to apply these insights in your own work.

Apply real-world case studies to connect trends to business outcomes


Learn how modern Business IT connects across IT, finance, security, and operations, and build the skills to lead and contribute in these integrated environments.

Develop cross-discipline collaboration skills


Ground your learning in a proven framework that businesses use to guide AI adoption, giving you a strategic edge in your career development.

Leverage the 10 Dimensions of Enterprise AI Readiness


AI Readiness for Professionals is a hands-on, six-week cohort helping professionals take the lead in an increasingly competitive job market.


Lightning Lessons

Getting your team AI-ready