How to Make AI
Work for You
A six-week hands-on live program professionals who want to move past the hype and build real, human-centric workflows that work for them.
What the Program Is
This is a six-week, live program where we meet together weekly and explore how to make AI actually useful in the work you already do.
This is not a lecture series or a self-paced course — it’s a space to experiment, experience real examples, and troubleshoot in real time with others.
You’ll build confidence, learn how to start and redirect conversations with AI, and figure out when it’s genuinely helping — not generating text you don’t trust.
Who This is for
This program is for people who:
- Have tried AI tools and want to use them in ways that actually help their work
- Get inconsistent or generic responses and feel stuck on “what to ask the AI” or “what to do next”
- Want to build confidence in using AI without feeling behind or overwhelmed
- Want live connection and real-world examples, not tutorials or recordings
You don’t need to be a power user — you just need to be curious, thoughtful, and ready to experiment.
What to expect
The program includes:
- Six weekly, 90-minute live sessions
Each session is hands-on and interactive, focused on working with AI together rather than listening to lectures. - Building an AI solution over time
You’ll choose a use case early on and iteratively develop it across the six weeks, refining how you work with AI as you go. - Live demos and shared learning
Participants will regularly demo what they’re working on. Learning happens both by doing and by watching others work through real situations. - A final showcase
In the final session, you’ll share what you built, reflect on what you’ve learned, and consolidate your approach going forward. - ALSO INCLUDED: One individual coaching session
You’ll receive one 1:1 coaching session during the program to focus on your specific questions, blocks, or use case. - Option to add additional coaching
Additional 1:1 sessions are available if you want deeper or more personalized support alongside the group experience.
This program is designed to help you leave not just with something you’ve built, but with a repeatable way of working with AI that you can carry into future projects.
How it works
Each week includes a live session where we:
- work with AI together on real use cases
- troubleshoot when the output isn’t helpful
- reflect on what’s working and why
- learn by doing and from demos by others
No long lectures, no heavy homework — just real applied practice and conversation.
Program Details
Week 1 — Orientation & Intent
We settle in, choose use cases to work on for your demo, and frame what “useful” means for you.
Week 2 — Setting Up Productive Conversations
How to share with AI clearly your intentions and information it needs to provide meaningful responses.
Week 3 — Getting Unstuck
What to do when the conversation derails, flattens, or feels off — and how to redirect it.
Week 4 — Managing Uncertainty
How to work with AI to assess when it’s hallucinating and when it’s giving helpful insight.
Week 5 — Different Approaches for Different Needs
Adapting how you work with AI depending on whether you’re thinking, planning, analyzing, or developing a product.
Week 6 — What You Take Forward
Final demos, reflection, and grounding a practice you can sustain after the program ends.
How to join
If this sounds like a fit, you can reach out to start a short conversation about whether this program feels right for you.
Alyssa Fu Ward, PhD 