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Practical AI classes for economic development

The AI gap is widening. Here's how you close it.

Katie Milton Jordan teaches economic development professionals to build working AI agents for the jobs that keep coming back. Start free with the weekly AI Action Class, or build your first working agents in The AI Operating System.

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400+ leaders trained 4x IEDC Gold Award founder Practical · Aligned · Time-saving · Human
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40 agents · one student
$10M RFP · 4 hrs
Current & upcoming classes

Pick your on-ramp.

Every class works on your real deliverables. Start free with a weekly build, build your first agent in the Sprint, or install the operating system in the Execution Bootcamp.

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September–October 2026

AI OS: Execution Bootcamp

Build the operating system that gives your work, agents, and decisions a durable home. Across 12 sessions, Katie takes you from the folder spine and task board to quality gates, projects, programs, and daily review.

12 sessions45 min eachCentral Time

Next schedule

  • Mon Sept. 21 · 11:00–11:45 a.m.
  • Tue Sept. 22 · 11:00–11:45 a.m.
  • Mon Sept. 28 · 11:00–11:45 a.m.
  • Tue Sept. 29 · 11:00–11:45 a.m.
  • Wed Sept. 30 · 11:00–11:45 a.m.
  • Thu Oct. 1 · 11:00–11:45 a.m.
  • Mon Oct. 5 · 11:00–11:45 a.m.
  • Mon Oct. 12 · 10:00–10:45 a.m.
  • Tue Oct. 13 · 10:00–10:45 a.m.
  • Wed Oct. 14 · 10:00–10:45 a.m.
  • Thu Oct. 15 · 10:00–10:45 a.m.
  • Mon Oct. 19 · 10:00–10:45 a.m.

This is an extended, intentionally irregular schedule because Katie’s September/October speaking travel requires shifted dates and start times.

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September 2026

AI Agent Builder Sprint

Go from one repeatable task to a working fleet of agents aimed at the goals that matter most. Build on real work, map your role, create deliverable chains, and close the loop so the system compounds.

4 sessions45 min eachCentral Time

Next schedule

  • Tue Sept. 8 · 10:00–10:45 a.m.
  • Wed Sept. 9 · 10:00–10:45 a.m.
  • Wed Sept. 16 · 9:00–9:45 a.m.
  • Thu Sept. 17 · 10:00–10:45 a.m.

All sessions are 45 minutes and held in Central Time.

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Free · Weekly

AI Action Class with Katie

Katie builds something real every week. You watch practical AI work for economic development, ask questions, and leave with something you can try the same day. Start here if you want to see the SimpleEDO style before joining a paid class.

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Student results

Real work moved faster.

Every number below belongs to a real student working on real deliverables.

40
Working agents built by one student in 4 days, starting from zero AI experience
4 hrs
To answer a $10M RFP that used to take days
20 min
For a recurring task that took 4 to 5 hours
75 days
Of team time saved every year at one EDC

"I did a response to a $10 million RFP yesterday in about four hours instead of what would normally be days and days."

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Erica R.EDO Consultant · AIWE Student

"Four or five hours is now down to about 20 minutes."

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Michelle P.EDO Professional

"Save our team about 75 full days of work every year."

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Elan V.Executive Director, Converse EDC
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Your instructor

Built by an economic developer. Not a tech tourist.

Katie Milton Jordan spent her career inside economic development: the board meetings, the site visits, the RFI deadlines, the council scrutiny. She rebuilt her own operations on AI systems, then started teaching other professionals to do the same. Every class runs on the PATH™ rule: practical, aligned, time-saving, human.

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Two doors, both open

Start with the free class.
Or build your operating system.

The AI Action Class costs nothing and shows you the work. The AI Operating System is the next step when you're ready to build working agents around the jobs that keep coming back.

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