What is a guided practitioner cohort?
It complements our practitioner self-paced courses with a small guided group working through practical implementation in realistic scenarios. Think of it as an immersion in what it's really like to do AI Governance work. It builds on the same four courses, wrapped in a structure with a fixed start and finish, no more than fifteen people, live workshops with me, and a single complex case study the group works from beginning to end. The rhythm is a fortnight of self-paced study on one course, supported by a 90-minute workshop where we apply it to the case along with discussions along the way.
You play the incoming AI governance lead at a children's hospital, working your first hundred days. An AI module alerting nurses, live for twelve months has never been evaluated. A research model drifting into clinical decisions about vulnerable adolescents. A chatbot handling post-discharge follow-up. Patient data flowing to tools nobody approved. Clinical governance committees, risk registers and incident reporting, all of it working, and none of it seeing AI. Over eight weeks you map the harms, set the principles, build the inventory, work out which mechanisms are broken and design the ones that are missing, then write the policies. The challenge increases to the final capstone project and assessment for the AI Career Pro Practitioner Award.
Who's it for?
Anyone working to turn their accelerate their knowledge into build practical skills. You might be new to AI Governance or have already completed a credential like the AIGP. You may already be practicing professional looking to expand your skills
Cohort #1 drew a more senior room than I expected. Fifteen practitioners across five countries, from law, audit, data leadership. Three already held the AIGP. Two were ISO 42001 lead implementers or auditors. Some were already highligh proficient in other aspects of risk and compliance. Others were new to AI Governance, but coming from accomplished careers.
It suits people who learn best by debating and challenging themselves alongside peers, and people who want a credential that reflects assessed capability rather than course completion. It's open whether you already own the Foundation Track or you're starting from scratch, since the price includes the four courses.
Why would someone do it? What problem is it solving?
Two problems, and they're different.
The first is completion. Self-paced study can compete with everything else in your week and it usually loses. A fixed schedule, a group moving at the same pace, and people expecting you changes those odds considerably.
The second is the distance between knowing and doing. Reading how to build a harms register and building one for an organization with competing pressures and awkward constraints are different skills, and only one of them is what an employer is buying. You finish with artifacts you built yourself, configured in tools and competence to take to a new role.
For the more senior participants there's a third reason, which is the room. Fourteen other practitioners from different sectors working the same problem, guided by myself as a practitioner who has built governance and engineering programs in some of the most challenging environments.
What's included?
- The four Foundation Track courses
- Four live 90-minute workshops with me, one every fortnight
- Two 30-minute 1:1 sessions with me, scheduled to suit you
- Special-topic discussions with guest practitioners on the alternate weeks, including a session with the founder of VerifyWise
- Direct email access to me throughout
- A private cohort forum that continues after the program ends
- The continuous case study and every artifact you build through it
- A graded, applied final assignment
- The Practitioner Award, AI Governance Foundations, on successful completion
What's the commitment?
The self-paced Track teaches you the material, and you can start that as soon as you sign up, even before the cohort sessions begin. In the cohort workshop, you then apply what you've learned. You should plan for 4-6 hours per week over the 8 weeks, including the workshops.
Can my whole team do it?
Yes. Several organizations have already put multiple people through the Foundation Track together, and team enrollment is priced case by case depending on numbers and how you want it structured. Reply to this email and we'll work it out with you.
How do I secure my spot?
Enroll at the cohort page. If you already own the Foundation Track, apply FT-COHORT2 at checkout. Both groups have a few spaces left at the moment, so there's no need to pick one at checkout. But they close for certain at 15 people. We'll confirm your group with you once you're enrolled.
What if I have more questions?
Reply to this email. It comes to me, and I'll answer.
