Session 01
How AI works
The ground under every tool. What LLMs actually are, and why they behave the way they do.
AI FoundationsEssential
Understand AI properly, once.
Tools and models shift every few months. The fundamentals don't. Learn how LLMs actually work, how to engage with them critically, and every new tool gets easier to pick up and harder to be misled by.
Already use AI? You probably still need this.
A year of ChatGPT doesn’t mean you understand AI. It means you’re used to it. Those are different things.
A year of ChatGPT doesn't mean you understand AI. It means you're used to it. Those are different things. Most people pick AI up through trial and error and end up with habits that stop working the moment something changes. It's tempting to skip the fundamentals: AI tools are usable without them, for a while. But using AI seriously, navigating what's coming, and leading others through it all rest on the same thing: knowing how this actually works. Skip it, and every new model, tool, or headline puts you back at zero.
Built for
- Professionals new to AI who need to use it at work
- Leaders making decisions about AI in their organisation
- Teams wanting a shared baseline for how to think and talk about AI
- ChatGPT users who feel they don't really get it
Not the right fit if…
- People ready to build their own agents and multi-agent systems — see AI Fluency
- People looking for structured analytical methodology for strategic work — see AI for Leadership
- People after domain-specific applications (investment, legal, sector-specific)
Three Sessions
Three sessions. Concepts paired with techniques you can use straight away.
By the end of Session 3, you’ll have a working agentic app running on your own machine.
Session 02
Real, hype, and where it's going
Calibrating what's actually true about AI today, plus a concept-level taste of agents — where things are heading next.
Session 03
How to work with it
The skills that transfer across every tool: context, prompting, critical engagement. Plus a working agentic app installed on your machine by the end.
Pricing
Individual ticket
$995AUD ex GST
One seat. Three weeks of live sessions.
- Three live online sessions, 1.5 hours each
- Practical moves woven through every session
- Guided install of Claude Desktop or the Codex app in Session 3
- Recordings to revisit between sessions
Team / group
5+ peoplefrom $795per person, AUD ex GST
Team pricing is by enquiry. Easier to sort together than at checkout.
- Three live online sessions, 1.5 hours each
- Practical moves woven through every session
- Guided install of Claude Desktop or the Codex app in Session 3
- Recordings to revisit between sessions
- Enterprise invoicing and purchase orders
- Half-day in-person intensive for teams
All prices AUD, ex GST. Team pricing depends on group size and format; we’ll confirm on enquiry.
Instructor
Sam Barton
AI Lead, Dragonfly Thinking
AI Lead at Dragonfly Thinking. Spends most days wiring up agents and tools the team uses. Background in complex systems and philosophy, with a decade in startups before this. Teaches Foundations from the ground the tools stand on, not from the tools themselves.
Format & Logistics
Online
3 × 1.5hr over 3 weeksThree live sessions, 1.5 hours each, across three weeks. Concepts with practical moments woven through — and a guided tool install in the final session, so you leave with a working agentic app on your machine.
- Live online sessions, not pre-recorded
- Techniques you can use the week after each session
- Guided install of Claude Desktop or the Codex app in Session 3
- Recordings to revisit between sessions
In-person (teams)
~3.5 hoursHalf-day intensive for teams. Same ground, condensed, with your team's actual context woven in.
- Tailored to your team's context
- Live demonstrations on the tools your people use
- Guided install of Claude Desktop or the Codex app together
Frequently Asked Questions
Course Pathway
Understand AI properly, once — the mental models and limits under every tool. Recommended before Fluency, not required.