Free · AI Operator Toolkit
Put AI to work on real business problems.
Ten self-guided exercises. Every one ends with something you keep and use.
Most AI advice hands you a list of prompts and wishes you luck. The AI Operator Toolkit does the opposite. Each exercise walks you through one piece of real work and leaves you holding the finished result: a company profile AI can use, a set of working instructions, a one-page AI use guide for your team, a voice guide built from your own writing.
Get the free Toolkit
- Ten exercises, 15 to 60 minutes each, in any order
- Starter Training, all six documents to train your team in-house
- The LBM AI Field Card, one page to print and pin up
Name and email only. No payment, no password. Everything opens on the next screen.
What you actually get
Ten exercises, grouped by the problem you are trying to solve.
Fifteen to sixty minutes each. Do them in any order. Most people do one, use the result, and come back for another.
For owners and leadership teams
You finish with
A leadership page for senior staff, a staff page for everyone, and an optional page for each department
Portable Business Context Page
Write down how your business works once, the way you would brief a new general manager on their first morning. Paste it in and every answer is about your company instead of a company. Not the same as the Portable Context Package below: that one is about how you work, this one is about how your company works.
45 to 60 minutes, plus 30 to 45 per department
Get started
You finish with
A reusable public company profile for AI
Help AI Understand Your Business
Build company background from information that is already public, without handing AI the company blueprint.
15 to 20 minutes
You finish with
One real piece of work completed or materially improved with AI
AI as Your Practical Work Assistant
Use AI on one piece of real work instead of drafting emails and asking questions.
30 to 45 minutes
You finish with
One AI use case worth testing now
Choose Your First AI Use Case
Find a starting point where the value is real and mistakes are easy to catch and fix.
15 to 20 minutes
Make AI work better for you
You finish with
A reusable set of instructions for how AI should work with you
Teach AI How You Work
Stop teaching AI the same lesson every week. Turn your corrections into standing instructions.
20 to 30 minutes
You finish with
A portable AI context package that belongs to you
Portable Context Package
Keep the context you built so changing AI tools does not mean starting over.
30 to 45 minutes
You finish with
A reusable voice guide based on your actual writing
Teach AI to Sound More Like You
Stop signing your name to writing that sounds like everyone else’s AI.
20 to 30 minutes
Use AI responsibly
You finish with
A plan to keep company work in company accounts, an AI inventory with a decision on each item, and a written payment verification rule
Protect Your Company
Keep company information inside the company, find the AI nobody approved, and close the payment gap AI makes easier to exploit.
45 to 60 minutes
You finish with
A one-page AI use guide for your company
Set the Rules for AI Use
Practical boundaries your team can follow, without a thirty-page policy. Adopted the Starter Training policy? Use this to write its one-page desk version.
20 to 30 minutes
You finish with
A simple AI checkup you can run periodically
Run an AI Checkup
Catch stale context, conflicting instructions, and drift before they become normal.
20 to 30 minutes
Also included
Starter Training for your team.
A 75-minute session your own people can run, without bringing in a trainer.
The Toolkit is built for one person working alone. Starter Training is how you bring the rest of the team along. It teaches the two methods underneath everything in the Toolkit: CARGO, for asking AI a question it can actually answer well, and SHIFT, for fixing the first answer instead of settling for it.
The facilitator guide walks whoever leads the session through it step by step, so a manager or a trusted employee can run it. You get all six documents: the guide, the deck, participant notes, a workbook, a starter AI use policy, and a one-page start here.
75 minutes · Led by your own staff · Six documents
Who this is for
You do not need a technical background.
You do need one real piece of work you are willing to use as the test.
- Owners and executives who want AI producing something other than faster emails
- Managers who need their department using AI without creating problems
- Anyone already using AI regularly who is tired of re-explaining themselves every session
- Leaders who need basic AI rules in place before usage spreads on its own
Three steps
1
Enter your name and email
One short form. No payment, no password, no account to manage.
2
Everything opens right away
All ten exercises, the Starter Training documents and the Field Card, on the next screen. The confirmation email has a link to come back any time.
3
Start with your problem
Pick the exercise that matches what you are trying to solve. Come back for the others whenever you want.
For LBM dealers · Included free
The LBM AI Field Card
One page. How to get a useful answer out of AI, and how to know when not to trust one. CARGO for asking, SHIFT for fixing what comes back, and the line between what AI helps you think through and what a person still decides. Print it, pin it up, pass it around. Your association can add its own logo.
Questions
Is it really free?
Yes. There is no payment step and no card required. You give a name and an email, and you get the Toolkit.
Do I have to create an account?
No password and no account to manage. You enter your information once and everything opens.
How do I get back in later?
The confirmation email includes a direct link. Save it and you can return any time without going through the form again.
Do I have to do all ten?
No. Start with the problem you are actually trying to solve. Most people do one, use the result, and come back later for another.
Which AI tool do these work with?
Any of the major general-purpose AI tools. The exercises are about how you work with AI, not about one vendor’s features.
What is Starter Training?
A 75-minute session that teaches your team how to ask AI better questions and how to fix a weak first answer. The six documents are written so someone inside your company can lead it. It comes free with the Toolkit.
Which AI rules should we adopt?
The AI Use Policy in the Starter Training packet. It is the one your company adopts, after your attorney reviews it. If you have adopted it, use the Set the Rules for AI Use exercise to write the one-page desk version your people keep in front of them.
What if I want to move my whole team?
Starter Training, included free, is where that starts. For everything after it, see how the full path works.
Ready to move the whole company?
The Toolkit is built for one person working alone. Moving a whole company is a different level of work, and it is where most AI efforts stall. That is what the training path is for.
