Lead by example
Four weekly sessionson your own work.
About a month, one-to-one or with your executive team. We take the work you repeat every week and change how you do it with AI, on your own material, in the tools you already use. You win back time from the first week, and your team sees you do it.
Who it is for
For the people who go first.
Founders and CEOs who use AI most days, but ad hoc: the updates, proposals, customer replies, board letters, hiring and decisions still run by hand or on one-off prompts. And leaders who have just rolled out AI, or are about to, and are expected to show how it is done.
A good fit if
- You already use AI weekly or more.
- You own recurring knowledge work: updates, proposals, replies, decisions.
- You can change how you work without asking anyone.
- You will work on your own material, not on sample tasks.
- You have a team that will see what you do.
Better served elsewhere if
- You want a tool built for you. Build together
- You want a training for the whole team. shiftspace Solutions
- Your week has little recurring work of your own to rebuild.
What you leave with
Four things, all on your own work.
- 01
An honest picture of how you use AI now
Where it already helps, where it stays at the safe tasks, and which of your weekly workflows are worth rebuilding.
- 02
A recurring workflow that saves you time right away
One to three of your own workflows, rebuilt with AI and running on real material: a milestone in how you, your team or your organisation work.
- 03
Standing context and a routine
Saved context, instructions and a weekly check that keep the workflows good after the month.
- 04
Something your team can copy
A working example and reusable instructions you can show, rather than an announcement.
Practical changes
What changes in your working week.
We work with you or your executive team on the workflows you already repeat. Together, we set up the tools, prompts and habits, then practise on real tasks. Here are eight changes we can help you make.
- 01
Speak your instructions
- Before
- Type out every instruction, editing your thoughts before AI has anything to work with.
- After
- Talk through the situation, constraints and intended result. Turn that into clear instructions or a first draft you can shape.
Your voiceClear instructions - 02
Stop explaining yourself again
- Before
- Reintroduce your role, audience and preferences whenever you start a chat.
- After
- Start from reusable context and examples. Add what has changed, so each session builds on the last.
Saved contextEvery new session - 03
Finish the meeting’s follow-up
- Before
- The meeting ends. Writing notes, finding decisions and drafting follow-ups still fill your afternoon.
- After
- Bring together the transcript, relevant documents and your own takeaways. Review decisions, agreed actions and follow-up while the conversation is fresh.
Conversation + sourcesReady to follow up - 04
Direct the document or deck
- Before
- Build the first version paragraph by paragraph or slide by slide.
- After
- Give AI the source material, audience and story. Shape an editable first version, check revisions and keep improving the same document.
Sources + directionAn editable first version - 05
Hand over a complete step
- Before
- Prompt, wait, copy, repeat. Every small step still depends on you.
- After
- Delegate a defined part of the workflow with clear inputs, boundaries and a quality standard. Review the result at an agreed checkpoint.
A defined work stepYour review - 06
Put recommendations to the test
- Before
- Get a convincing answer, then wonder whether its reasoning holds up.
- After
- State your own view, challenge assumptions and check consequential claims against original sources before deciding.
A recommendationChecked against sources - 07
Make recurring preparation repeatable
- Before
- Rebuild the same weekly update or meeting preparation from scratch.
- After
- Set up saved instructions, agreed sources and a regular trigger. Review what changed instead of reconstructing the process.
A regular triggerReady for your review - 08
Give the team something to copy
- Before
- Useful experiments stay in individual chats. Everyone discovers the same lessons separately.
- After
- Show a working example, share reusable instructions and review one workflow each week so improvements carry forward.
One working exampleA shared way of working
We start with the changes that matter most to you. You leave with workflows you can repeat and examples your team can follow.
How the month runs
Four sessions, one tangible workflow as the goal.
One session a week. We start from where you are, then work towards one to three recurring workflows you want running by the end of the month. Between sessions you work on your own material, with an hour of support from us.
- Four sessions, one a week
- An hour of support between sessions
- Remote or in the room
- German or English
- Start
Where you are now
How you use AI today, and which one to three workflows would be a real milestone for you, your team or your organisation.
- Then
Build and practise
We set them up together and practise on real material until they run.
- To finish
Make it stick
A routine for keeping the workflows good, what to show the team, and whether anything should follow.
Questions
What people usually ask first.
How long does it take?
Four weekly sessions, so about a month. We scope the details with you on the first call.
One-to-one or with the team?
Either. One-to-one, the sessions are about your week. With your executive team, everyone works on their own material and you set the routine together. We decide which on the first call.
What do I need to bring?
The AI tools you already use. We work in those. If the stack needs widening along the way, you are the person who can decide that.
Remote or on site?
Both. The sessions work in the room or on a call.
Can we work in German?
Yes. We work in German or English.
What happens after the month?
Nothing has to. You keep the workflows and the routine. If your team needs to see it working in their own projects, Build together picks up from there.
Book a call
Start with the workyou repeat every week.
Thirty minutes with Philipp. Bring one piece of recurring work and we will tell you honestly whether a month on it makes sense.
What to bring
- 01
The AI tools you already use
Whatever your company has rolled out. We start there; widening the stack is your call.
Free email course
Not ready for a call? Try it on your own work first.
Hacks and Habits is six short emails from Philipp: a welcome, then one lesson a day for five days. Each comes with a prompt to paste into the AI tool you already use, and a small result you can try the same day.
What's inside
- Day 0Find your first useful AI win
- Day 1Never explain yourself twice
- Day 2Make every session start where the last one ended
- Day 3Stop doing the work you could be directing
- Day 4Make the result something you can stand behind
- Day 5Build a routine that improves how you work with AI