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[officehours 57] Build a Company Brain, Part 1 of 6: Design
Most AI training teaches one vendor's product. It doesn't teach a team how to work together with AI, or where to start. This is Part 1 of a six-part series on building a private company brain with tools you already have: Todoist for the work, Notion for the knowledge, GitHub for the backup.
What we'll cover
Why private: what happens to your data when nobody sets the terms
A one-page AI policy: data classes, which tools may see which, and the settings to check
Taking inventory of your people, processes, information and systems
A simple brain design: Todoist for the work, Notion for the knowledge, GitHub for the backup
Live demo: AI picks up a task, writes the page, and syncs it as text
What you leave with
A policy you can adapt in an afternoon
The steps to share a Todoist project, a Notion space and a GitHub repo with a collaborator
An inventory to finish before Part 3
No GPU and no coding required.
The series
Part 1, Wed Nov 18: Design (office hours, online, free)
Part 2, Thu Nov 19: Design it, hands-on (study hall, Washington DC, $25)
Part 3, Wed Dec 2: Architecture (office hours, online, free)
Part 4, Thu Dec 3: Run it, hands-on (study hall, Washington DC, $25)
Part 5, Wed Dec 9: Operations (office hours, online, free)
Part 6, Dec 11 to 13: Bootcamp (Washington DC, details soon)