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Corporate Training & Enablement

Your workforce, AI-ready.

We don't run awareness workshops. We build real capability: hands-on programs that change how your teams think, work, and lead with AI from day one.

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10+
Industries served
4
Training tracks
100%
Hands-on, applied learning
EN | PL
Delivered in English & Polish

Our Approach

From AI curiosity to AI capability.

Most AI training leaves people with a vague sense of possibility and no idea what to do next. We come at it differently: everything we do is structured, sequenced, and built around your actual business.

Every engagement takes participants through four stages, from building a foundation to running AI initiatives inside their organization.

01 — UNDERSTAND

Understand

Participants get a clear picture of how AI actually works. Not the technical details, but the conceptual ones. What it's good at. What it gets wrong. Where the real risks are.

02 — APPLY

Apply

Teams work with AI tools on their actual day-to-day tasks. Writing, analysis, research, communication. They're applying it to real work, with structure and feedback along the way.

03 — BUILD

Build

Advanced participants design and deploy their own workflows and automations. They build prompts, agents, and processes that get more done without adding more people.

04 — LEAD

Lead

Executives and managers learn to evaluate AI investments clearly, set sensible governance standards, and build a culture where experimentation is expected, not exceptional.

Core Programs

Four tracks, one transformation.

Each program is available as a standalone engagement or combined into a sequenced learning journey for your organization.

Track 01

AI Essentials

The foundation every employee needs. Participants learn what AI actually is, how to use it safely, and how to bring it into their everyday work. No hype. No anxiety.

Format
Half-day workshop or 4-week cohort
Audience
All employees. No technical background required.
Outcomes
Confident daily AI use, reduced friction, shared vocabulary
Track 02

AI Power User

For people who want to go further than the basics. This track covers advanced prompting, multi-step reasoning, using AI as a research and analysis engine, and adapting it to specific roles.

Format
2-day intensive or 6-week cohort
Audience
Knowledge workers, analysts, team leads
Outcomes
2–4× productivity gains on core tasks, custom AI workflows
Track 03

AI Agents & Automation

Build AI that does work on your behalf, not just alongside you. Teams learn to design, deploy, and run AI agents and automated workflows using no-code and low-code tools.

Format
3-day build sprint or 8-week program
Audience
Operations, IT, marketing, product, innovation teams
Outcomes
Deployed automations, agent blueprints, internal AI playbook
Track 04

AI Leadership & Transformation

For leaders who need to actually drive AI strategy, not just sign off on it. This program gives executives the clarity to make smart AI investments, set governance standards, and shift how their organization thinks about the technology.

Format
Executive briefing + half-day workshop
Audience
C-suite, VP, Director-level leaders
Outcomes
AI strategy roadmap, governance framework, culture activation plan
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Function-Specific Training

Every department has a
different AI opportunity.

Generic AI training doesn't stick. Our function-specific modules are built around the actual tools, tasks, and outcomes each team owns, so the learning is immediately relevant and actionable.

Marketing

  • AI-assisted content creation & editing
  • Campaign ideation & brief generation
  • SEO research & audience analysis
  • Social media automation workflows

Sales

  • AI-powered prospect research
  • Personalized outreach at scale
  • Proposal and RFP drafting
  • Call preparation & follow-up automation

HR & People Ops

  • Job description writing & optimization
  • Interview question design
  • Policy drafting & internal comms
  • L&D content development

Finance

  • Data summarization & narrative generation
  • Report automation
  • Scenario modeling assistance
  • Compliance documentation drafting

Operations

  • Process documentation & SOP writing
  • Workflow automation with AI agents
  • Vendor communication management
  • Meeting summarization & action tracking

Customer Support

  • AI-assisted ticket resolution
  • Knowledge base creation & maintenance
  • Response template optimization
  • Escalation pattern analysis

Responsible AI

AI with a conscience.

Every RRDS program includes modules on responsible AI use. Not compliance theater. Core professional practice. Your teams leave knowing not just what AI can do, but what it should and shouldn't do in your specific context.

01

Accuracy & verification

AI output is always a draft, never a deliverable. We train teams to treat it as a starting point: check the facts, verify the sources, pressure-test the logic before anything goes out the door.

02

Data privacy & security

Clear rules for what goes into AI tools and what doesn't. Your people will understand the risks of putting sensitive data into public AI systems, and they'll know how to stay inside your security guardrails.

03

Bias awareness & equity

AI systems reflect the data they were trained on, biases included. Teams learn to spot it, question it, and account for it, especially in hiring, communications, and decisions that affect people.

04

Human judgment stays central

AI assists; humans decide. We build the habit of keeping a human in the loop for decisions that actually matter. Not as extra red tape, but as a basic professional standard.

What You Get

Capability you can
measure. And use.

Deliverable 01

A trained, confident team

People who can actually use AI tools in their real work, starting Monday. Every program includes hands-on exercises, live demos, and practice challenges they take home.

Deliverable 02

Your AI playbook

A custom internal resource we build together: your approved AI tools, governance guidelines, a library of use cases, and prompt templates written for your industry, your voice, and your risk tolerance.

Deliverable 03

Internal AI champions

We find the people in your organization who are already curious about AI and give them the skills to go deeper. They become your in-house resource, supporting colleagues and keeping things moving long after the training ends.

Deliverable 04

A clear path forward

Every program ends with a written AI Enablement Report: where your team stands, what's working, what to tackle next, and a 90-day plan to keep building on it.

Corporate AI Academy

A full-year
transformation journey.

For organizations that want more than a one-time workshop, the Corporate AI Academy is a year-long partnership. All four training tracks, quarterly check-ins, live support, and curriculum that stays current as the tools change.

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Phase 01

Discovery & Baseline Assessment

We audit your current AI usage, identify skill gaps, interview key stakeholders, and define the outcomes that matter most to your business.

Weeks 1–2
Phase 02

Foundation Training Rollout

AI Essentials delivered company-wide. All employees leave with a shared vocabulary, common mental model, and immediate application in their roles.

Months 1–2
Phase 03

Advanced Tracks & Function Modules

AI Power User and Agents & Automation tracks deployed for relevant teams. Function-specific modules run in parallel for Marketing, Sales, HR, Finance, and Operations.

Months 3–6
Phase 04

Leadership Activation & Strategy

AI Leadership & Transformation track for executives. Development of internal champions. Creation of your AI governance framework and culture activation plan.

Months 5–8
Phase 05

Continuous Enablement & Review

Quarterly capability reviews, curriculum updates as the AI landscape evolves, new hire onboarding modules, and ongoing access to RRDS as your organization's AI enablement partner.

Months 9–12+

Why RRDS

Practitioners teaching practitioners.

RRDS Chicago is not a training company that pivoted to AI. We are AI practitioners who build real systems for real businesses, and we bring that experience directly into the room.

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01

Real-world, not theoretical

Every example, exercise, and case study comes from actual AI deployments, not textbooks or staged demos. Your team learns from what actually works.

02

Bilingual delivery: English & Polish

All programs available in English and Polish. Ideal for multinational organizations, European teams, and companies with Polish-speaking employees or operations.

03

Custom-built, not off-the-shelf

We design every program around your industry, your tools, your team, and what you're actually trying to accomplish. Nothing is recycled from a previous client.

04

Outcomes over optics

We track what actually changes after training: how confident people feel, how often they use the tools, how much faster they move. The goal is real capability, not a certificate to hang on the wall.

Kara Yokley, <br>AI Strategist & Trainer

Your Facilitator

Hi. I'm Kara.
I make AI make sense.

I've spent years helping organizations move from "we should probably look into AI" to "our teams actually use it every day." Not through vendor pitches or canned content, but through honest, practical training built around what people actually do at work.

I run RRDS Chicago, an AI strategy and enablement practice based in Chicago and Szczecin that works with teams across industries and time zones, including bilingual engagements serving English and Polish-speaking organizations across the US and Europe.

Chicago & Szczecin
English & Polish
10+ Industries
In-person & Remote

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AI-capable organization?

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