curriculum
Six weeks. One reshaped workflow per session. A career-changing fluency by the end.
Every NewForum cohort follows the same six-week structure — built around the AI tools, judgment calls, and workflows senior practitioners actually face. Specifics shift by function (Marketing learns one toolset, Finance another) but the architecture is consistent: foundations, then practice, then production.
six-week structure
Inside the cohort, week by week.
01
The AI landscape, mapped to your function.
Survey the AI tool ecosystem from a practitioner's seat — what's real, what's hype, what your peers actually use, and what you should pilot first. Leave with a personal toolkit shortlist and a clear sense of where AI fits (and doesn't) in your day-to-day.
Tool taxonomy · Vendor evaluation · Where to start
02
Prompting like a senior practitioner.
Move past tips and tricks into the structured prompting patterns that consistently produce on-brand, on-spec output the first time. Build a personal prompt library tied to the work you actually do — not generic templates.
Prompt anatomy · Reusable patterns · Output evaluation
03
Workflow #1 — Rebuilt with AI.
Bring one of your recurring weekly workflows to class. By session end, you'll have re-engineered it with AI assistance and a measured time-saving you can defend to your team. The first concrete win.
Workflow audit · AI-assisted redesign · Time measurement
04
Workflow #2 — Reasoning, research, analysis.
Take on the harder workflow: the one with judgment, ambiguity, or messy data. Learn to use AI as a research partner without surrendering your own thinking — and where the line is between augmentation and abdication.
Synthesis · Source evaluation · Judgment under ambiguity
05
Governance, risk, and the responsible use bar.
What you can't do, what you shouldn't do, and what your legal team will ask before you can ship. Data privacy, IP, hallucination risk, audit trails — the things that separate a serious AI practice from a career-limiting incident.
Data hygiene · Compliance posture · Audit-readiness
06
Production, scale, and your AI roadmap.
Move from individual workflows to team-wide adoption. Build your 90-day AI roadmap, design how you'll measure ROI, and prepare to lead the conversation in your function — credibly, defensibly, and with momentum.
Team rollout · ROI measurement · Personal AI roadmap
Ready to see how this maps to your function?
Book a 20-minute call with our team to walk through the curriculum specific to your function — Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain, HR, or Executive Leadership — and get a sense of fit before you commit.
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