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The AI Judgment Workshop · Live, 90 minutes

AI is everywhere. Judgment is scarce.

The foundation that makes AI actually work.

In 90 minutes, live, you'll decide what to hand to AI, what to keep in human hands, and how to bring every kind of person on your team along, so what you adopt this year actually sticks.

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Tuesday, September 15, 2026 · 5:00-6:30pm ET · Live on Google Meet · 20 seats

The 4 AI archetypes
Which one is your team?
AI Mindset
AI Adoption

Every team has all four. You'll learn the move for each.

Everything you leave with, for $99

  • Your AI archetype and your team's map
  • Four adoption playbooks, one for each kind of person you lead
  • A written 90-day plan you build in the room
  • The Judgment Playbook, yours to keep
  • 30 days of email access to Joel, plus a Day-30 review
$99

Premium subscribers $49 · Executive members free

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Tuesday, September 15, 2026 · 5:00-6:30pm ET · 20 seats.

Why most AI rollouts fail

Everyone's chasing the shiny object: the new tool, the AI agent, the slick workflow. Then they bolt it onto a structure that was never built for it, run by people who aren't ready for it, and a real investment fails. MIT found that about 95% of enterprise AI pilots delivered no measurable business impact. It's almost never the tool. It's the foundation underneath it.

Some of your team is skeptical. Some are eager but have no on-ramp. Some are hands-on but don't trust it. A few are already ahead of everyone else. Each one needs a different thing from you, and most rollouts hand them all the same one: a tool, a memo, a training, a deadline.

When electricity first reached a town, no home got better overnight. You had to wire the house first. AI is the same. The tool is the easy part. The judgment underneath it is the wiring.

The foundation is two things

A tool only works when the structure around it is built for it, and the people using it are ready for it. In the workshop, you build both.

Part one · the structure

What to hand off, keep, and protect

The three decisions that wire the house: what you hand to AI, what you keep in human hands, and what you never let it touch. You leave with these written down for your real work, as a 90-day plan.

Part two · the people

The four kinds of people in every rollout

The all-in one. The eager one who hasn't started. The one who's unsure. The one using it but not trusting it. You'll learn to see which is which, and how to meet each one where they are, so your people are ready for the tool instead of run over by it.

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How it works

  1. 1

    Pre-work: take the free AI Leadership Compass

    About 15 minutes. It maps you on two axes: how you think about AI, and how much you actually use it. Joel reviews every result before the session and builds the cohort map from them, so the live time is shaped around your real situation.

  2. 2

    Ninety minutes live, and you build

    This isn't a webinar you watch. Joel walks the four archetypes using the cohort's actual results, then you decide what to hand to AI, what to keep human, and what to protect. You leave with the plan written down.

  3. 3

    30 days of support, on the house

    For the 30 days after, email Joel your questions as you put the plan to work, no extra charge. At Day 30, send a one-page note on what you've built and Joel writes back with one specific recommendation for your situation.

You leave with a foundation you don't have to rebuild, and the confidence to decide what to hand to AI before you spend a dollar on tools.

One client, a CEO named Nathan, got about ten hours a week back after we built three AI systems together. That's the kind of foundation this starts.

Joel Salinas

Who it's for

Anyone responsible for how AI actually lands in their world, whether you lead a nonprofit, a business, a team, or just yourself. Nonprofit and business leaders, solopreneurs, and the people running marketing, ops, or HR who are past the question of whether AI is real and now have to decide what to hand to AI, what to keep, and how to bring people along. You don't need to be technical. You need to be the one who owns the decision.

Not for: anyone looking for a tools tutorial, or a leader hoping to hand the whole thing to IT and walk away. This is about the judgment, not the software.

Already know you need more than one evening? The workshop is the on-ramp to the 90-Day Judgment Engagement, where Joel builds the systems with you over a quarter. And it's risk-free: if you go further, the $99 you paid here credits toward the engagement. No pressure in the room, that's a separate fit conversation.

Questions

Do I need to be technical?

No. This is a leadership workshop, not a tools tutorial. It's about the decisions around AI, not the software.

What's your guarantee?

Leave with your written 90-day plan or get a full refund, and keep the playbooks either way. The only risk is your 90 minutes, and we make those count.

Is it recorded? What if I can't make it live?

Every cohort is recorded and the replay is yours for 30 days. You'll get more out of it live, but you won't lose anything if life gets in the way.

Do I have to do the Compass first?

It's how Joel builds the session around your real situation, so it matters more than a normal pre-work box. It's free, takes about 15 minutes, and you get your report right away.

When is the next one?

The next cohort is Tuesday, September 15, 2026. Save your seat above to hold your spot.

What does it cost, and are there member rates?

$99. Premium subscribers of the Leadership in Change newsletter pay $49, and Executive members attend free.

Build the foundation before you flip the switch.

Ninety minutes, live, and you leave with the plan. Twenty seats per cohort.

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