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The Tech-Driven AI Training Kit

Thirteen role-based modules that take a growth-stage technology business from scattered pilots and shadow AI to governed, measurable, competitive AI capability — from board strategy and the EU AI Act literacy floor to data & RAG foundations, agentic engineering, LLMOps, security, and ROI. Every module maps to a section of your readiness assessment.

Browse the 13 modules See learning paths by role
The literacy spine

Everyone starts on Module B

Before any role track, every person who touches an AI tool takes the AI Literacy Baseline. It is the EU AI Act Article 4 literacy floor — logged as proof — and the prerequisite for every other module. Four disciplines run through the rest of the kit:

Position

Set a deliberate AI posture by domain — aggressive adopter, fast follower, or risk-conservative — that leadership owns and the board can govern.

Build

Turn proprietary data into a moat: grounded RAG, spec-first agentic engineering, and an LLMOps layer that survives model updates you don't control.

Secure

Treat AI output as a hostile draft until proven otherwise — secure coding, OWASP LLM red-teaming, and sanctioned tools that beat shadow AI.

Measure

Govern, comply, and prove value — risk-tiered systems, auditable operating model, and ROI with token cost in the denominator.

The curriculum

Thirteen modules, mapped to your readiness assessment

Each module is a self-contained kit: a business case, measurable objectives, a timed agenda, core content, hands-on labs with answer keys, takeaway templates, a knowledge check, a facilitator guide, and an outcome scorecard. Start everyone on Module B, then prioritize the modules whose assessment sections scored lowest. All thirteen modules are live.

MODULE B · START HERE AI Literacy Baseline (EU AI Act Art. 4) The literacy floor everyone takes first: what AI is, how it fails, what staff may and may not feed it, and when to stop and ask a human — with completion logged as legal proof. FoundationAll staff · mandatory§4 People & Collaboration Open module → MODULE A AI Strategy, Governance & ROI for Leaders Set an explicit AI position, build a competitive thesis, name the one initiative worth defending in front of the board, and answer investor ROI and governance questions with evidence. LeaderExecs · Board§1 Strategy & Leadership Open module → MODULE C Data & RAG Foundations / Proprietary Data as Moat Turn a pile of documents into a grounded, evaluated, leak-proof retrieval system — and turn product usage into a moat that foundation models cannot copy. BuilderData · ML · Platform§2 Data Readiness Open module → MODULE D Agentic & Spec-First Engineering Move engineers from code authors to the architects who control agent chains — spec-first, verify-and-own discipline, proven on a ticket that ships in 8 minutes for a dollar. BuilderEngineers§3 Engineering & Delivery Open module → MODULE E LLMOps & RAG in Production Keep the shipped demo correct, observable, and affordable across model updates you don't control — the operating layer behind a defensible production AI system. BuilderData · ML · Platform§3 Engineering & Delivery Open module → MODULE F AI for Everyone (Non-Technical) Raise the floor for the whole GTM team so everyone uses AI safely and well — not just the brave 6% of power users who pull ahead while the rest watch. Awareness→PractitionerGTM · non-technical§4 People & Collaboration Open module → MODULE G Managing in the Age of Agentic AI Redesign the work, not just assign it. Lead the shift to a team that specifies, verifies, and owns agentic AI output — before rework and a two-track team eat the gains. Practitioner→LeaderPeople managers§4 People & Collaboration Open module → MODULE H AI Governance & Operating Model Leave a working session with real artifacts: a one-page AI policy, a seeded model inventory, a live risk register, and an operating model the whole company moves along together. LeaderExecs · Sec · Legal · leads§5 Governance & Operating Model Open module → MODULE I Secure AI Coding Treat AI-generated code as a hostile draft until proven otherwise — and ship the proof, not the hope, at the same machine speed the code arrives. BuilderEngineers§6 Security & Reliability Open module → MODULE J OWASP LLM Top 10 & Red-Teaming Become the person who breaks your LLM and agent features first — methodically, with tooling — using the OWASP LLM Top 10, so attackers don't get there before you. BuilderSecurity + engineers§6 Security & Reliability Open module → MODULE K Shadow AI & Safe Tool Use Replace the ban staff route around with a sanctioned tool that's easier than the shadow one — and people who know exactly what they may feed it. AwarenessAll staff§6 Security & Reliability Open module → MODULE L AI Regulation & Compliance Risk-tier every AI system you run, map it to the regimes that bind you, and turn auditable governance into a reason enterprise buyers say yes. Leader/BuilderSec · Legal · Leadership · PM§7 Regulatory & Compliance Open module → MODULE M Measuring AI: New Metric Stack & Unit Economics Replace the metrics AI broke, instrument adoption-to-value, and put token cost in the denominator — measurement you can falsify, not a story. LeaderExecs · Finance · Eng leadership§8 Value, ROI & Economics Open module →
Sequencing

Recommended learning paths by audience

Everyone starts on Module B — the EU AI Act Article 4 literacy floor and the prerequisite for every role track. Bold codes mark the load-bearing module for that audience.

AudienceSequence
Executives / BoardB → A → H → M (→ L overview)
EngineersB → C → D → I → J (→ G as ICs)
Data / ML / PlatformB → C → E → J
Product ManagersB → C (overview) → M → L (product impact) → G
Security / Compliance / LegalB → J → I → L → H
GTM (Sales / Marketing / CS)B → F → K
People ManagersB → F → G → H (overview)
All non-technical staffB → F → K
How to run the kit

Assess, deliver, measure

1 · Assess

Run the tech-driven readiness assessment for a section-by-section profile. Prioritize the modules whose sections scored Foundational or Developing.

2 · Deliver

Start everyone on Module B (logged literacy floor), then deliver the mapped modules along each role track and sequence with the 90-day rollout.

3 · Measure

Each module ends with an outcome scorecard. Track value with the three-tier ROI model — adoption, depth/efficiency, and financial impact with token cost in the denominator.

Want this facilitated for your team?

Begin with a free 30-minute AI Strategy Diagnostic — a readiness and risk conversation framed for your business. From there: an AI Foundations Workshop, a governed AI Pilot Design, or train-the-trainer enablement for your engineering and GTM leads.

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