Training on AI and automation for business professionals: workshops, online courses, live sessions, all the way down to custom company training programs

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Helping startup operators move faster with automation

I train business professionals on AI and automation: workshops, online courses, live sessions, all the way down to custom company training programs

Alexandre Kantjas

What training 5,000+ operators on AI taught me: it's not about 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴, it's about new 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴. Here they are:

AI means new tools → new tools require new skills → new skills create new 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴.

Skills training without role clarity will lead you nowhere. 

The companies moving fast aren't only hiring people with AI skills or running better training programs: they also understood the importance of 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴.

Here are the top 3 every company will hire for:

𝐀𝐈 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬. 
→ 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘰: Use AI tools to do their current job faster. Sales managers. Customer service reps. Marketers: all will be expected to lift their individual productivity with AI.
→ 𝘛𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘶𝘴𝘦: AI chat solutions (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini), AI in SaaS applications that support their workflows.

Prediction: This role will become the baseline. Use AI or get squared.

𝐀𝐈 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 
→ 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘰: Automate team processes using AI and no-code platforms. RevOps managers. BizOps leads. Operations analysts. They thought systems and processes in the past. The expectation in the future will be to turn them into  workflows and systems.
→ 𝘛𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘶𝘴𝘦: No-code automation platforms like Zapier, Airtable, n8n, Make and all the good stuff I won't list here.

Prediction: Every business function will hire at least one AI Builder to automate the team's work.

𝐀𝐈 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬 
→ 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘰: Build apps and scalable systems. They're today's engineers, but the way they ship solution is about to entirely change.
→ 𝘛𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘶𝘴𝘦: Cursor, Replit, v0, Bolt - AI-native IDEs and vibe coding platforms that let them ship 10x faster by pair-programming with AI.

Prediction: in less than 18 months, every engineer will be an AI engineer.

This time is different: your role too will change. 

Which role do you see for yourself?

It's one thing to see potential in AI. It's another to have identified 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘈𝘐 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 that move the needle for 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 business.

Join me and Jan for our upcoming workshop where we'll reveal the 15 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐬 that power virtually every business automation. Whether you're in sales, operations, marketing, or finance, these patterns repeat across industries and functions.

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐈 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬
👤 𝐆𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭: yours truly and Jan Meinecke
🕒 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞: Thursday, November 27th, 2025, 5:00pm CET
📍 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Online

You'll learn:
- 5 frameworks for evaluating and prioritizing AI use cases
- How to recognize which patterns apply to your specific challenges
- The 15 fundamental AI building blocks that solve real business problems
- Live examples showing each building block in action

Want to join? Let me know in the comments.

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AI transformation is in every board meeting's agenda. Yet most initiatives will fall short. Here's why:

Most companies have started initiatives to transform with AI this year. 

They're picking between ChatGPT Enterprise and Claude for Teams. 
They're running workshops on prompting. 
They're setting up AI councils to "figure out strategy."

Most of it is going to fail. 

It won't build the necessary momentum.

The reason: AI transformation requires six interconnected dimensions moving together:

𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲: How you respond to AI's business implications (market shifts, product opportunities, operational redesign)

𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞: The behaviors that define whether people experiment or wait for permission

𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞: Building skills, allowing experimentation, rethinking roles as AI becomes part of every job

𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲: The platforms, tools, and governance that enable AI across the org

𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚: Not just structured data, but unstructured information and tacit knowledge trapped in people's heads

𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬: Redesigning workflows with AI at the core, not just automating what exists

These aren't sequential: you can't perfect Strategy, then move to Culture, then People.

They're concurrent. 

Interconnected. 

Each dimension affecting the others.

Here's what we see working:
→ Assess where you stand in each dimension 
→ Identify your biggest bottleneck 
→ Fix that constraint first 
→ Move to the next

AI transformation won't happen all at once. It happens by removing bottlenecks systematically until momentum builds.

We'll be breaking down the full framework in a series of articles. 

First article published, link in the comments.

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Nano Banana Pro is on another level.

Here's what this unlocks for your work:

Google made 4 major improvements with this model.

And these open up business use cases the old version just couldn't handle.

Here's what changed:

𝟭. 𝗠𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀

The old model would confidently add text → but misspell words constantly.

The new version? Significantly more accurate.

What this unlocks: 
Social media graphics, ad mockups, YouTube thumbnails → all with readable and correct text.

𝟮. 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝟭𝟰 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘁

The old model struggled with 3 reference images.

Now you can upload 14 separate elements → and it blends them into one cohesive scene.

What this unlocks: 
Complex marketing scenes without needing a full production shoot. Your product + person using it + lifestyle background + decorative elements. All combined in seconds.

𝟯. 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴

Nano Banana Pro can now search the web while generating your image.

What this unlocks: 
Infographics in seconds.

And this is huge because infographics usually take forever → you need to research the facts, then actually design the thing.

Now? The model does both at once, grounded in real search results.

𝟰. 𝟰𝗞 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗮𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼

The old model was stuck at low resolution.

Now? 4K quality in any aspect ratio you need.

16:9 for YouTube. 9:16 for Stories. 1:1 for LinkedIn.

What this unlocks: Images that are actually ready to use → crisp, professional, platform-ready.

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I just published my review of the new Nano Banana Pro and a quick tutorial, showing exactly how you can access it.

Check it out and let me know what you think! 🍌

2025 was the year of AI agents.

Still haven't built one? Let's fix that tomorrow.

I'll be hosting our final 9x live workshop of the year.

We wanted to go out with a bang.

So Aron Korenblit (Gumloop) is joining us and we'll be building 5 AI agents together in 90 minutes.

𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝟓 𝐀𝐈 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝟗𝟎 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬
📆 Tuesday, 9th December
      5pm CET 🇪🇺 | 11am EST 🇺🇸 

What we'll cover in the workshop
1. You build alongside us → not just watch demos
2. Free Gumloop credits → follow along in real time
3. Real business use cases → stuff you'll actually use
4. Templates included → customize them after

What you'll walk away with:
→ 5 working agents you built yourself 
→ When to use agents vs automations 
→ How to make agents more reliable over time

We've run a live workshop every week this year.

For our finale, we wanted to make sure you don't enter 2026 still just talking about AI agents.

Already more than 500+ signed up! 

If you want to join let me know and I'll share the details.

Tomorrow, 1,042 people will watch us build live.

Here's what we're making in 60 minutes:

A voice AI agent that handles your post-call work.

You know that feeling after a good discovery call?

The prospect is interested. You've got momentum. But you still need to:

1. Write up your notes
2. Draft a proposal
3. Send the follow-up
4. Update your CRM

That's another 45 minutes. And honestly? It kills the momentum.

Tomorrow at 5PM CET / 11AM EST...

Jacob from Relay.app is building a voice AI consultant you can call. 

When the call ends, it automatically logs insights to a spreadsheet and sends a personalized proposal to your client.

No typing. No context-switching.

This workshop makes sense if you're:
→ Running discovery calls regularly 
→ Scoping projects for clients 
→ Tired of manual follow-up work

We're doing this live. Start to finish. One hour.

Over 1,000 people signed up. Would love to see you there. ❤️

Let me know if you'd like to join and I'll send over the details.

Something's coming next Friday. 🖤
The same AI training we deliver to enterprises.
The biggest discount we'll offer this year.

24 hours only. 

Stay tuned 👀

Make 2025 the year you actually build with AI.

Not just use ChatGPT. Build real workflows.

Our Black Friday offer: AI Operator + AI Builder for €499 (normally €999). 

24 hours only.

Want to know what's included in the offer?

Alexandre recorded this quick video covering how the program is structured, what you'll be able to build, and everything you get in our Black Friday bundle.

Start the year dangerous. Not dabbling.

Link in the comments.

P.S. What's one AI skill you want to have by this time next year?

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