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Applied AI for Knowledge Work

Learn how to orchestrate AI and build your personal agentic system.

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The Difference

What Separates Operators

Most professionals use AI like a search engine. Operators don't prompt — they build systems.

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  • Build persistent AI memory
  • Use Projects with context
  • Automate with workflows
  • Save 10+ hours/week

“Operators send 6x more AI messages, save 10+ hours weekly, use 8x more credits.”

— OpenAI, December 2025

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The Method

The Orchestrator Method

Five principles for delegating real professional work to AI while preserving judgment at every step. The same principles apply at every layer of system you build — from a single prompt to a multi-agent workflow. Installed in Week 1 of the program and threaded through every week after.

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Define the End State

Write down what “done” looks like before you start. What you don’t define, you’ll end up doing yourself.

Most AI work fails at the brief, not the model.

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Plan with AI

Use AI to plan your AI work. Meta-planning is the fastest shortcut to better delegation.

If you can’t describe the plan, you can’t delegate it.

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Deconstruct, then Delegate

Break the task into smaller pieces. Decide what runs in parallel and what runs sequentially. Then delegate each one.

Big tasks fail. Small tasks ship.

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Stay in the Loop

Review AI outputs every step. Set checkpoints for multi-step work. The more autonomy you give, the more deliberate the review.

Delegate the work. Hold the judgment.

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Build Systems for Reuse

If a task repeats, convert it to a reusable system: a brief becomes a skill, a workflow, or an agent that runs again on demand.

Tasks repeat. Systems compound.

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Your Audience

Who This Course Is For

Professionals ready to build AI systems, not just use AI tools.

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Business Executives

Build AI systems that know your work and scale with you.

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Consultants & Freelancers

AI that delivers client-ready work, every single time.

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Founders & Solopreneurs

Multiply capacity without multiplying hours.

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Operations & Strategy

You think in systems. Extend that to AI.

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Curriculum

What You'll Learn

Four weeks. Four layers of your intelligence system.

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Think

The Foundation

The Orchestrator Method™. Define the outcome before you touch the tool. This week installs the five-principle framework, the communication skill, and the delegation frame that everything else in the program runs on.

  • Learn The Orchestrator Method™
  • Communicate effectively with AI
  • Think in terms of delegation
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Remember

Building Memory

From conversation to system. You know how to communicate with AI. Now make it remember. This week turns your one-off instructions into persistent assistants that know your context before you say a word.

  • See the full journey from chat to orchestration
  • Build the memory layer
  • Evaluate like an orchestrator
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Act

Building the Orchestrator

From browser to terminal. You've built assistants, evaluated them, and mapped your delegation opportunities. Now meet the tool that ties it all together. Your role shifts from director to orchestrator.

  • Set up Claude Code as your orchestrator
  • Setup context about you, your projects and preferences
  • Connect to your real tools
  • Convert your repeatable tasks into Skills
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Architect

Your Complete System

Everything connected. You've built communication skills, a browser assistant, an intelligence system with skills and tool connections, a workflow. This week connects all of it. You add the final capability, document the whole system, and plan its growth.

  • See how all four layers work together
  • Know when to use each component
  • Build a multi-agent research flow
  • Document your complete system and plan its growth
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Your Instructor

Your Instructor

20 years at Microsoft. 2,000+ professionals trained.

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Sash

Sash Mohapatra

Founder / riftlab.ai

20+

Years at Microsoft

$150M+

Revenue Influenced

2,000+

Professionals Trained

50+

Fortune 500 Clients Served

“I've spent 20 years in tech, trained IT pros, built large scale systems and guided Fortune 500 companies to AI. Today, my mission is to make AI learning accessible for everyone. This course exists because I watched too many smart people struggle with AI, not because it's hard, but because no one taught them how to think about it. That's what we fix here.”
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Results

The Proof

Feedback from our program graduates.

520 hours back. Every year.

10+

hrs/week saved

13

extra weeks/year

<7

days to recoup

Really glad I took this one. Sash did a great job breaking down AI in a way that's actually practical and useful to your personal life and work right away. The course is set up really well week by week. You start with prompt writing (which sounds basic but there's a real art to it), then you move into orchestration, and eventually you're building agents. Sash really takes the time to explain concepts and since the class size is small, he is able to give personal attention. Would definitely recommend this to anyone who wants to go beyond just chatting with AI and actually make it work for them.

Rahul
RahulBanking Consultant, EY

This course is for those who want develop an orchestrator mindset and build strong foundations on agentic knowledge work. Sash is great!

Amaresh
AmareshStrategy & Operations, Self

Very practical course providing an opportunity to create your own tools as you go to make your life easier. Sash has been great in answering questions, sharing advice and walking us through our individual cases so that we can get most of the course.

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IngridaGlobal HR and Talent Leader
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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know before enrolling.

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