AI Concepts, Business Contexts

A full-day workshop for executives and business leaders navigating AI decisions. Built as a BASE content layer that gets customized with a FOCUS overlay for each event and audience.

What is in here

File	What it is
run-of-show.md	Block-by-block outline with timing, goals, transitions
slides.html	reveal.js presentation, opens directly in Chrome
speaker-notes.md	Slide-by-slide talk track with advance cues and recovery playbook
handout.md	Attendee reference with all frameworks, exercises, and resources
site/	Jekyll site for GitHub Pages
CLAUDE.md	Project tracker for Claude Cowork / Claude Code sessions
FOCUS-TEMPLATE.md	Customization checklist for event-specific versions
focus-prompt.md	Ready-to-paste prompt for starting a FOCUS session with Claude

Quick start

Preview the slides: Open slides.html in Chrome.

Run the Jekyll site locally:

cd site
bundle install
bundle exec jekyll serve

Deploy to GitHub Pages: Push to main. The GitHub Actions workflow at site/.github/workflows/deploy.yml handles the rest.

Creating a FOCUS version

1. Fork this repo.
2. Copy FOCUS-TEMPLATE.md to FOCUS.md and fill in your event details.
3. Start a Claude Cowork or Claude Code session. Paste the prompt from focus-prompt.md.
4. Claude will work through the customization checklist and update all files.
5. Run ./focus-audit.sh to verify no placeholders remain.
6. Run ./sync-site.sh to update the Jekyll site pages.

Workshop modules

1. How to Define "AI" (Including Agents) (30 min)
2. What AI Can and Can't Do (45 min, includes hands-on)
3. Get Rid of the FUD (45 min)
4. How Enterprise Software is Bought and Sold (30 min)
5. Pace Layers (60 min, includes group exercise)
6. Synthesis, Action Planning, and Send-off (30 min)

Design specs

• Fonts: Rokkitt (headings), Spectral (body), Roboto Mono (code/mono)
• Palette: Black, white, greys. Accent blue: #0054a6
• Slides: reveal.js 5.1, no transitions, fragment reveals
• Writing: No emdashes. Varied sentence rhythm. Executive tone.

License

MIT