Six Saturdays. Six practical products. One portfolio that shows what you can build.
Cohort 1 is full. The free Cohort 2 waitlist is open.
Cohort 1 is fullOver 200 HR practitioners saved a seat in the founding cohort, so registration for it is now closed. Join the free Cohort 2 waitlist and you will have priority access when classes begin Saturday, November 21, 2026.
We will build together live on Saturdays for six weeks. By the end of the program, you will leave with six completed products and an HR AI Build Portfolio that demonstrates your ability to apply AI to real HR challenges.
- No coding experience required.
- Free enrollment, and the Cohort 2 waitlist is free to join.
- Saturdays at 9:00 AM (New York)
Cohort 1 is now full. The free Cohort 2 waitlist is open, and the next classes begin Saturday, November 21, 2026.
Countdown to Cohort 2 first class
Cohort 2: six Saturdays, November 21, 2026 - January 16, 2027.
Every session runs at 9:00 AM (New York).
- Week 1 · Saturday, November 21, 2026
AI HR Workflow Map
A redesigned HR process showing where AI, automation, and human judgment belong.
9:00 AM (New York)
Your local time: Sat, Nov 21, 2:00 PM UTC
- Week 2 · Saturday, December 5, 2026
HR Knowledge Assistant
A prototype assistant with clear information boundaries, source rules, and an escalation process.
9:00 AM (New York)
Your local time: Sat, Dec 5, 2:00 PM UTC
- Week 3 · Saturday, December 12, 2026
Employee or Manager Tool
A working tool designed around an employee, manager, candidate, or HR user need.
9:00 AM (New York)
Your local time: Sat, Dec 12, 2:00 PM UTC
- Week 4 · Saturday, December 19, 2026
People Insight Dashboard
A workforce-data story with key findings and a business recommendation.
9:00 AM (New York)
Your local time: Sat, Dec 19, 2:00 PM UTC
- Week 5 · Saturday, January 9, 2027
Responsible AI for HR Starter Kit
A practical set of privacy, bias, human-review, and governance guardrails.
9:00 AM (New York)
Your local time: Sat, Jan 9, 2:00 PM UTC
- Week 6 · Saturday, January 16, 2027
Final HR AI Solution Prototype
A working prototype supported by a business case, risk review, and demonstration.
9:00 AM (New York)
Your local time: Sat, Jan 16, 2:00 PM UTC
You Will Leave With More Than Notes
This is a build-with-me experience.
Every Saturday, we will take what we are learning and turn it into something practical. You will not finish the program with another folder of slides you never use.
You will finish with six completed products and a portfolio that shows how you think, solve problems, and build responsibly with AI.
AI HR Workflow Map
A redesigned HR process showing where AI, automation, and human judgment belong.
HR Knowledge Assistant
A prototype assistant with clear information boundaries, source rules, and an escalation process.
Employee or Manager Tool
A working tool designed around an employee, manager, candidate, or HR user need.
People Insight Dashboard
A workforce-data story with key findings and a business recommendation.
Responsible AI for HR Starter Kit
A practical set of privacy, bias, human-review, and governance guardrails.
Final HR AI Solution Prototype
A working prototype supported by a business case, risk review, and demonstration.
At the end of the six weeks, your work will be organized into your personal HR AI Build Portfolio.
Your portfolio will document
- The HR problems you identified
- The solutions you designed
- The products you built
- The risks and ethical considerations you addressed
- The business value of your work
- The skills you developed throughout the program
Participants must be able to keep their portfolios private, download a portfolio summary, or create an optional shareable version that does not contain confidential information.
See what builders are shipping.
Real examples of the kind of practical HR AI products participants build in the Lab. No coding experience required, just a real problem worth solving.
How every Saturday runs.
Melissa introduces the week's HR problem, AI concept, and responsible-use considerations.
Participants see a practical demonstration of how the product can be planned and built.
Everyone works on the week's product during the Saturday session.
Participants review the product for accuracy, usefulness, accessibility, privacy, and potential bias.
Participants improve their products during the week before the next Saturday class.
Each completed product is added to the participant's HR AI Build Portfolio.
Live participation is strongly encouraged because we will build together during each Saturday session. Registered participants will receive access to available session replays and materials.
The details, plainly stated.
- Cohort 2 classes begin Saturday, November 21, 2026
- Classes are held on six Saturdays (no class November 28, December 26, or January 2)
- The final Cohort 2 class is January 16, 2027
- You will build six practical products
- You will leave with an HR AI Build Portfolio
- No coding experience is required
- The founding 2026 cohort is free
- No credit card is required
- Individual coaching, custom consulting, and corporate services are not included