Surrey & Kent · 12 seats per session

A one-day working session

AI that earns its keep.

Not another talk about the future of work. One day, twelve people, and the two of us in the room making sure you leave with something running in your business — not a slide deck about someone else's.

12 seats 1 day, face to face Built for businesses already trading, not pitching
See dates & details Next session — details below

Why this exists

Your feed is full of AI advice. Almost none of it is for you.

Most of what passes for AI expertise right now is someone with no delivery experience repeating the same five slides. It's aimed at people already fluent in the jargon, selling a future that skips straight past the actual, unglamorous work of getting something to run inside a real business without breaking it.

We've spent our careers on the other side of that: one of us building the commercial case and the go-to-market, the other building systems that had to survive contact with banks, government departments, and broadcasters — places where "it mostly works" isn't good enough. This session is what we'd have wanted someone to run for us fifteen years ago.

"We're not here to make you sound like an AI expert. We're here to make one part of your business run better by Monday."

Who this is for

Built for businesses that already work

This is for you if

  • Your business has been trading for years, not months
  • You employ somewhere between 10 and 75 people
  • You're based in or around Sevenoaks, Tunbridge Wells, Guildford, or a similar commuter town
  • You'd rather get this right quietly than be seen to be "doing AI"
  • Someone in your business already knows where the admin hours are going

This isn't for you if

  • You're pre-revenue or raising a first round
  • You already have an in-house data or engineering team doing this
  • You want a certificate to put on LinkedIn
  • You're looking for a free general introduction to ChatGPT

The day

Today's timetable

Five modules, each ending with something built for your own business — not a hypothetical one. Same platform all day: no dashing between rooms.

Time Module Room Status
09:00 Arrivals & the state of playWhat AI can and can't reliably do, without the hype Main room On time
09:30 Finance & operationsInvoicing, reconciliation, reporting — automated properly Main room On time
11:00 Customer service & commsFaster responses without losing the trust you've built Main room On time
13:15 Sales & marketingProposals, content, and research — briefed like a professional would Main room On time
14:45 HR & knowledgeGetting what's in one person's head into the business Main room On time
16:45 Your 90-day planWritten, prioritised, and yours to take home Main room Departs 17:15

What you leave with

Not notes. Something you'll actually use.

A working piece of your business

At least one real process from your own company, rebuilt and running by the end of the day.

A written 90-day plan

Prioritised and specific to your business — not a generic checklist you'll never open again.

Two people who'll actually answer the phone

Direct access to both of us afterwards, if you get stuck implementing what you've built.

Who's running it

Built by people who've shipped this, not posted about it

Tom Maverley

Commercial strategy

Fifteen years building the commercial side of growing businesses, from founding his own agencies to fractional commercial and marketing leadership today. He translates what AI can do into what it's actually worth to you.

Rob Barbour

Solutions architecture

Two decades designing systems that had to survive real scrutiny — banking, government, and broadcast, where "it mostly works" was never good enough. He makes sure what you build on the day doesn't fall over the week after.

The details

Logistics

Date

To be confirmed

Location

Sevenoaks area

Group size

12 seats

Investment

To be confirmed

Twelve seats. One room. Your business.

We take twelve businesses at a time so everyone in the room gets real attention — not a webinar wearing a lanyard.

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