Start where you are.
No jargon test. No perfect prompt required. The path is simple: understand the purpose, add the right context, build a repeatable workflow, and keep human judgment in charge.
Foundations
AI should fit into your world. Begin with a real question or task. Decide what stays human on purpose. Then use the smallest useful amount of AI.
Prompt Engineering
Give one task a clear purpose, useful inputs, and a test for a good answer.
Context Engineering
Give the system the surrounding knowledge, examples, and boundaries it needs.
Workflow Engineering
Turn isolated conversations into repeatable steps, checks, and durable outputs.
Agentic AI
Delegate bounded work while keeping approval at the decisions that matter.
Resources
Read them right here. Each one is meant to be useful in a single sitting.
The First Afternoon Kit
Build the full folder-and-context system from Chapter 12.
The Educator Pack
Assignments, discussion questions, and classroom uses.
The Workflow, On One Page
The whole operating system in one compact guide.
Internal Controls for AI
Prevent, detect, and mitigate—in plain English, with the SSRN research link.
September 21 · 8:00 PM Eastern
See how a real idea becomes a published book, explore practical AI workflows, and bring questions about the work you want AI to help you move forward.
Reserve your placeOn the form, choose “September 21 Free Information Session.”
Bring Where AI Fits: Part 1 into class.
Start with the instructor landing page, then use the free Educator Pack for classroom approaches, assignment text, and discussion questions.