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AI, translated for humans

From AI‑anxious to AI‑fluent.

We help mission-driven organizations get there with hands-on training and rules people actually follow, written in plain English. The hype and the doom can wait outside.

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Never said the words "AI governance" out loud? Perfect. Most of our favorite clients started exactly there. The ground floor of this building was built for you, and there's no quiz at the door.

Start at zero

Three fancy terms, translated once.

The AI industry loves its vocabulary. Here's ours, in the plain words we'd use at your kitchen table. This is the last jargon you'll see on this page.

"AI Fluency" = your team knowing how to use AI well. Which tasks to hand it, which to keep, and how to check its work. Like driver's ed, but for robots.
"AI Governance" = house rules everyone understands. What's allowed, what's off-limits, and who to ask. Written with your staff, so it fits how they actually work.
"Enablement" = making sure the change sticks. Champions inside your team, help when people get stuck, and momentum after we leave the room.

Need to explain this to your boss? We made a one-pager that does it for you: what AI readiness means, what it costs to ignore, and the three questions to ask first. one-pager not written yet

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What we do

Three ways in. One promise throughout.

Whether your organization is AI-curious, AI-anxious, or AI-committed-by-board-decree, there's a right-sized first step.

AI Fluency Training

Hands-on sessions for a 100% human workforce. Your team leaves with working skills and a healthy respect for the machine, not a slide hangover.

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AI Governance

House rules built with your people in the room, so they get quoted in meetings instead of archived in drives. Responsible and usable can be the same document.

See how it works →

Ongoing Enablement

Champions, office hours, and a measurement plan. The change sticks because someone inside your walls owns it, and we made sure they're ready.

Ask about retainers →

Fair warning, in case this is the wrong building: we don't write code, we don't sell software, and we won't help you replace your people with robots. If that's the mission, we'll happily point you elsewhere, no hard feelings.

Case study

From "we should have a policy" to rules people actually use.

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"For the first time, our whole team is having the same conversation about AI, instead of twelve private ones."
— Program leader, mission-driven climate capital organization invented quote, pending client approval Read the full case study → not written yet
6 monthsfrom first conversation to embedded practice invented stat
100%of staff trained, including the self-declared "not a tech person" invented stat
1 policyquoted in meetings, revised quarterly, owned in-house invented stat
Fresh thinking

The TL;DR, our biweekly letter for busy humans.

How leaders should think about AI and their people, written the way Dan talks. Reference-check our brains before you reference-check our clients.

Governance

Defining "AI Governance" Like It's 2007

What the summer of 2007 teaches about the technology panic of 2026, and why governance is an opportunity wearing a crisis costume.

4 min read →
Fluency

What 35 College Students Asked That Your Coworkers Are Too Afraid To

Two marketing classes, seventy-five minutes each, and the questions we all forgot we were allowed to ask.

6 min read →
Skills

Growing a Beautiful AI Bonsai

Why AI skills are less like Keanu's kung fu download and more like patient gardening. Pruning shears included.

7 min read →
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The friendliest hour in AI

Show Me Something Cool With AI

A monthly show-and-tell where regular people demo the thing they figured out. No pitch, no prerequisites, occasional jaw-drops. The office skeptic came to laugh; she presented in month three.

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Free stuff

Take something with you.

We give a lot away on purpose. Generosity scales better than ads, and you'll know exactly how we work before you ever pay us. downloads below are planned, not yet built

The AI Readiness Question Set

Twenty questions to ask your leadership team before buying a single license. Bring to your next offsite; watch what happens.

Grab the questions →

Governance Starter Canvas

A one-page worksheet that turns "we should have a policy" into a draft your staff can react to by Friday.

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The "Explain It To My Boss" One-Pager

AI readiness in plain English, printable, forwardable, and boss-tested. The fastest way to start the conversation upstairs.

Download it →
Say hello

Don't know where to start? Start with a conversation.

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Tell us what's going on with AI where you work. A human reads every word and writes back. Or start with the TL;DR and let us earn the conversation.

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