Awali
AWALI Lab Four-day practitioner workshop

The Unifier Workshop.

Four days learning how to understand a business, identify what needs to change, and use AI and AWALI to deliver measurable improvements.

For consultants, internal operators, leaders and technical practitioners who want to turn an understanding of the business into changes that can be shown to work.

Register or express interest Explore the workshop
4 days
Hands-on, eight hours a day
4 + 1
Guided builds, then an independent capstone
1
Client defense of your recommendation
30 days
Of support after the workshop
The practitioner's decisionMeridian Field Services · workshop case
Where the business is goingOne record of the job, from bid to cash2029 waypoint · six metros · 400 certified crews
Where it breaks today
Deliver & Operate5.00 ordered · 4.75 deliveredBill & CollectCash
Open 151 days · no owner
What the practitioner weighs
Fix this invoiceChange the processBuild an owned queueGather evidence first

01 Explore the business

Start with the why. Then understand how and where technology can help differentiate your next chapter.

This is the operating map participants use for Meridian, the first workshop case. Start with what the business is trying to become, then open any stage to see who owns it, the rules it runs on, the records it depends on and how it is measured. Meridian is a fictional company; its figures are illustrative.

AmbitionThe operating system of record for skilled-trade service in North America.
2029 waypointSix metros, 400 certified crews, one record of the job from bid to cash.
What it must reliably do
    Layers
    Trace a problem
      How context informs an AI-assisted decision

      One business object: the completion record.

      At Meridian the completion record is where delivery becomes billing, and it is often contested. Step through what an AI assistant can draw on, and where its role ends.

      Completion record
      belongs toOrder / Job
      supportsInvoice
      accepted byCustomer contact
      approved as billable byOperations manager

      Definitions and relationships make an answer traceable. They do not make it correct: the source records and the accountable person still decide.

      02 Investigate a problem

      Five units ordered. 4.75 delivered. Open for 151 days.

      A short version of how the week begins. Pick the questions you would ask first, see what the evidence shows, then compare what could be done about it. There is no single right answer here, and the answer may not involve building anything.

      Work order
      Quantity ordered5.00
      StatusComplete
      Delivery
      Quantity delivered4.75
      StatusClosed
      Discrepancy
      Difference0.25 units
      Open, with no owner151 days

      FactHypothesisMissing

      Which questions would you investigate first? Choose any.

      03 The four days

      From watching the method to using your own judgment.

      Each day the instructor does less and you do more. On the afternoon of Day 4 you work an unfamiliar company on your own and defend what you recommend.

      04 What you'll learn

      AI skills and twelve operating concepts you can use anywhere.

      No prior AI experience is needed. Four scheduled sessions cover the layers of AI, prompt engineering, working in Projects and multi-model orchestration. The six skills below are goals for the whole workshop, practiced on the case in front of you and useful with whatever tools your work involves.

      Scheduled sessions
      • The layers of AI
      • Prompt engineering
      • Working in Projects
      • Multi-model orchestration
      As time allows
      • AI governance
      • Loop vs graph engineering
      • Intro to Claude
      • Rethinking the role of the CIO
      • Bespoke solutioning
      05 Results and value

      A passed test is not a business result.

      In the workshop you establish a baseline, prove the solution works, show it is being used, and set out how the result will be measured. Whether the expected value arrives is decided later, by measuring the pilot.

      How the week ends: a client defense.

      You explain what the organization is trying to achieve, your evidence, your choice, what you built and tested, and how its value will be measured. Partway through, the panel changes one of your assumptions. We assess how well you adjust, not whether the original plan survives.

      You leave certified, or with one specific gap to close and a date to re-test. Office hours and a 30-day check-in follow.

      • Business judgmentA clear objective, a supported diagnosis and a reasoned choice. A well-argued decision not to build can earn full marks.
      • Working resultsA solution built with AWALI and AI that reconciles, with tests that prove it.
      • AdoptionA named owner who can use it, and a clear change to their daily work.
      • A credible value planWhat you expect it to improve, and how and when that will be measured.
      Cohorts: weeks of 29 Sep, 13 Oct and 27 Oct

      Ready to take part, or still deciding?

      Registration takes about five minutes and helps us shape each cohort around the people in the room.

      Register or express interest
      06 Before you arrive

      About three hours of preparation.

      Your reasons for attending · about 5 minutes

      Your ticks and answers are saved in this browser only. On Day 1 you'll write your answers in your brief pad, and we come back to them during the workshop and at 30 days.

      Come ready to
      • Explain your reasoning out loud, often.
      • Take feedback and act on it the same day.
      • Join in the role-plays. They're where much of the learning happens.