Introducing the Pioneer Cohort: The AI-Powered CEO Workforce Lab™
Introducing the Pioneer Cohort: The AI-Powered CEO Workforce Lab™
"The businesses that win with AI won't be the ones who used it first. They'll be the ones who built with it on purpose." - Dr. Iris Wright
For the last several years, I've watched business leaders do the same thing over and over: open ChatGPT, type a prompt, get something useful, and then... stop there. Maybe they save a few templates. Maybe they get a little faster at writing emails. But nothing changes about how the business actually runs.
That's not a criticism. It's the natural result of never being taught what comes after the prompt.
So today, I'm genuinely excited to open applications for something I've been building toward for a long time: The AI-Powered CEO Workforce Lab™ — Pioneer Cohort.
This Isn't Another AI Course
I want to be direct about this, because the AI education space is crowded with courses that teach you how to write better prompts. That's not what this is.
The AI-Powered CEO Workforce Lab™ is a six-week implementation experience. Over six weeks, you'll design, build, train, supervise, test, and responsibly deploy an AI Employee — a defined, governed, AI-powered role built for a real function in your business.
Not a chatbot. Not a stack of saved prompts. A role, with a job description, master instructions, guardrails, and a clear answer to the question every business leader should be asking about AI: who's accountable when it gets something wrong?
Why "Pioneer" Cohort
This is the first cohort we've ever run. That matters, and I don't want to undersell it.
Being a Pioneer means you're building alongside us. Your questions, your business context, and your real-world implementation will help shape how this program runs for everyone who comes after you. It also means founding pricing that won't be available again once this cohort closes.
What You'll Actually Walk Away With
By the end of six weeks, you won't have a folder of notes you meant to review someday. You'll have a completed AI Employee Personnel File — the actual documentation your AI Employee runs on — plus a 30-day deployment plan you can hand to your team the same week the cohort ends.
That includes:
A completed Work Audit identifying your strongest AI opportunity
A defined AI Employee role, job description, and supervisor
Master instructions and a knowledge-base plan
Guardrails, governance standards, and a Human Handoff Matrix
Testing scenarios and an AI Workforce Scorecard
A 30-day plan to actually deploy it
This is built on our proprietary W.R.I.G.H.T. AI Workforce Method™ — Work Audit, Role Design, Instructions & Intelligence, Guardrails & Governance, Human Handoff, and Test, Train & Track. Each week of the cohort maps to one stage, so by week six, nothing about your AI Employee is theoretical anymore.
Who This Is For
This program was built for entrepreneurs, CEOs, executives, consultants, and professionals who are ready to move past AI experimentation — regardless of technical background. If you've never written a line of code in your life, you're in the right place. We teach the methodology first; the technology comes second.
The Details
Format: Live virtual cohort — six weekly sessions
Start date: November 3, 2026
Level: Beginner-friendly through intermediate
Founding investment: $497, $997, or $1,997, depending on your selected level of support
Founding pricing is introductory and will increase for future cohorts, so if you've been waiting for a reason to stop experimenting and start building, this is it.
Ready to Join Us?
Applications are open now. Space in the Pioneer Cohort is limited, and submitting an application doesn't guarantee acceptance — our team reviews each one personally.
Apply for the Pioneer Cohort →https://aiceoworkforcelab.com/
Not sure this is the right fit yet? Explore the full program details or schedule a discovery call, and we'll help you figure out your best next step.
I can't wait to see what you build.
— Dr. Iris Wright, Founder & Chief AI Strategist, Black Diamond AI
