AI Fluency for Senior Leaders

Real, hands-on AI fluency for senior leaders.

Not another briefing deck. A growing set of ways to actually use today's AI yourself - from a single half-day masterclass to a six-week flagship programme with your own dedicated AI agent.

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Start here
Masterclass
Go deepest
6-week flagship
Where
Online & in person
Backed by
New Era Digital
Four ways in

Choose your depth

Everyone starts somewhere different. Pick the rung that fits where you are - each one goes a little deeper into doing the work yourself.

01 · Start here Dates open

Masterclasses

A hands-on, half-day masterclass - "Claude In Action". Bring a laptop, leave having actually built and shipped things with frontier AI. We come to you - London, Europe or the Gulf.

Half day · In person · Wherever you are
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02 · Go deeper Next cohort 19 Aug

Cohort Courses

Structured, multi-session group courses that build on the masterclass - a guided path through the tools and habits of fluent AI use, learning alongside your peers. The AI Agent Masterclass Series runs for six weeks from 19 August.

6 weeks · Small groups · 10 seats
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03 · The flagship Now running

Executive Programme

Six weeks with your own dedicated AI agent on Telegram, a private server, and one-to-one coaching with Ewan. The deepest, most personal way to build genuine fluency.

6 weeks · 1:1 · New cohort monthly
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04 · For your org Bespoke

For Teams

A private programme for a leadership team - your cadence, your context, sponsor debriefs, and a shared baseline of AI fluency across the people who set direction.

Private cohort · Tailored
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Upcoming dates

What's open right now

The six-week series runs online, so you can join from anywhere - we have people in the UK, Europe and the Gulf. In-person masterclasses we bring to you. Seats are booked through Luma.

Cohort Course · Online

AI Agent Masterclass Series

Six weeks from Wed 19 August 2026 · Online, join from anywhere · 10 seats

4:30 PM London · 5:30 PM Copenhagen · 7:30 PM Gulf · AED 6,300 (approx £1,285 / €1,505)

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Executive Programme

Six-week flagship · 1:1 AI fluency programme

Running continuously

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Masterclass · In person

Next public date to be announced

Our June and July sessions in Abu Dhabi and Dubai have all run. We're not a Gulf-only outfit - we run these in London and across Europe too, and we're happy to come to you. Tell us where you are and we'll sort a date.

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Public masterclasses delivered

Eight sessions across Abu Dhabi, Dubai and online since June 2026.

Sat 20 Jun Claude In Action Masterclass Abu Dhabi
Sun 21 Jun Claude In Action Masterclass Dubai
Wed 1 Jul Claude In Action Masterclass Abu Dhabi
Wed 1 Jul AI Agent Masterclass Series Online
Sat 4 Jul Claude In Action Masterclass Abu Dhabi
Sat 4 Jul Claude Code Masterclass Abu Dhabi
Sun 5 Jul Claude In Action Masterclass Dubai
Sun 5 Jul Claude Code Masterclass Dubai

Private & corporate engagements

Boards, executive committees and leadership teams across the UK, Europe and the Gulf. Clients are not named.

Nov 2025 Virtual executive talks on digital banking & payments UAE bank
Dec 2025 Two-day AI & digital innovation training Saudi bank
Jan 2026 Board briefing on AI & cybersecurity Omani bank
Feb 2026 CHRO breakfast briefing: hype vs reality Gulf HR forum
Feb 2026 External faculty, AI & digital transformation Banking institute
Apr 2026 Board session, built live in the room UK building society
Apr-Jun 2026 AI Fluency Programme, first cohort - 8 executives Bank & consultancy
May 2026 Partner masterclass on learning ecosystems Gulf conference
2026 Executive training programmes Finance academy
Upcoming AI fluency programme UK asset manager
In practice

What people actually build

Not demos - real artefacts from real senior leaders, often within the first 48 hours.

A chief operating officer built a live personal dashboard from scratch - calendar, email, health and daily signals in one view - in her first 48 hours.

Debug & patch

Traced an M365 bug returning only 9 of 50+ events and patched the underlying tool to use calendarView.

GTD board

Built a full Projects / Next Actions / Waiting For workflow with drag-and-drop and one-tap capture.

Action

Sent an email end-to-end within seconds of asking - not a prompt-and-copy workflow.

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Your guides

Practitioners, not lecturers

Taught by people who deploy AI in production every day - not a slide deck of theory.

Ewan MacLeod
Ewan MacLeod
Partner

Interim CIO at a UK regulated bank with 20+ years in banking technology leadership. Advises on AI strategy across the UK and Gulf, and ships AI in production every single day.

Holly Joint
Holly Joint
Partner

A senior executive who has deployed AI across organisations from banks to start-ups - and who went through the programme herself, building her own live dashboard, GTD system and integrations in week one. She co-leads cohorts and keeps everything grounded in the real work.

Not sure which rung is right for you?

Tell us a bit about your role and what you're curious about. We'll point you to the right starting point - masterclass, cohort, the flagship programme, or something bespoke for your team.

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