Practical AI Training for South African Companies

Our Teaching Philosophy: The "Technology-First" Framework

If you want to have an AI-enabled workforce, you must treat the AI rollout as a human capital initiative, not just a software procurement. You can buy all the AI software you want—from Copilot to Workspace—but if your employees don't know how to use it properly, you won't see the productivity gains you expect and will waste a lot of money in the process.

This is where behavioral change comes in.

Our approach is built on a simple idea: you cannot master a tool you don't understand, and you won't change your behavior for a tool you don't trust. Unlike other programs, we start with the core technology (a "Technology-First" approach). By understanding how AI works and—critically—what its limitations are, you gain the confidence to build new, effective habits.

We combine this with our "Choose Your Own Example" method. We teach the principle, and then you apply it to a real-world problem from your own job. This makes the learning immediate, relevant, and sticky.

The Jon AI "Technology-First" Training Framework

The schedule is flexible and can be adapted to your company's needs, delivered once a week, twice a week, or as an intensive workshop over a few days.

Module 1: The Foundation (Tech, Limitations & Prompts)

This module is the essential starting point. We cover the foundational knowledge, giving you a real, defensible understanding of the technology.

• 1.1: The Core Technology: A "no-fluff" overview of Deep Learning, Transformers, and the different "intelligences" of major LLMs (e.g., Chatgpt, Gemini, Claude, Grok, Deepseek...).
• 1.2: The "Why" - Understanding Limitations: We immediately teach what AI cannot do. This is the key to avoiding frustration and building safe, reliable processes.
• 1.3: Core Skill - Context Engineering: You will learn the three pillars of a powerful prompt: Context (the "what"), Personas (the "who"), and Examples (the "how").
• Key Takeaway: The "Strong Prompt First" Rule. We drill the habit of starting every new AI conversation with a strong, well-structured prompt to get reliable results, every time.

Module 2: The Automation Engine (Agents & Workflows)

This module focuses on the #1 practical value of AI: giving you your time back. "Automation" is the goal, and "Specialized Agents" are the primary tool.

• 2.1: The Automation Mindset: We train you to spot repetitive, low-value tasks in your daily workflow that are prime targets for automation.
• 2.2: Building Specialized Agents: Learn to create and deploy simple, custom agents.
• 2.3: The Power of Personas: A deep dive into why giving your agent a persona (e.g., "You are a skeptical legal reviewer") is the most important step for getting high-quality, automated results.

Module 3: The Power Toolkit (Productivity, Research & Creativity)

This module moves beyond basic chat and introduces distinct, high-value tools that solve specific business problems.

• 3.1: Perplexity: Connects LLMs to the live internet for up-to-the-minute data, competitor analysis, and market research.
• 3.2: The Private Library (Information Retrieval): Using tools like NotebookLM for secure interaction with your private documents.
• 3.3: The Deep Researcher (Advanced Agents): A powerful agent workflow for deep research, analysis, and report generation.
• 3.4: The Productivity Suite (Docs, Slides & Sheets): Leverage AI in Microsoft 365 (Copilot) and Google Workspace (Gemini).
• 3.5: The Visual Canvas (Creative Generation): Practical media generation for creating high-quality, on-brand images.

Module 4: Building the "Corporate AI Brain" (Advanced Contextualization)

This capstone module brings everything together, teaching our proprietary strategy for making any AI a deep expert on your company.

• 4.1: The Strategy: Learn to strategically manage and deploy internal knowledge for a single source of truth.
• 4.2: The Workshop: Structure your company's unique data for seamless AI integration.
• The Goal: Empower any employee to get instant, accurate answers that reflect your company's voice, products, and policies.

Module 5: Specialized Tracks (1-on-1 Departmental Training)

After the core training, we offer specialized sessions for specific departments to apply foundational skills to advanced use cases.

• Who It's For: IT, Marketing, Legal, HR, Finance, etc.
• What We Cover: Industry-specific AI tools, advanced custom agent implementations, and exploring advanced tools like Ollama and Whisper for technical teams.

Google Workspace & Microsoft 365 Ready

Whether your company uses Google Workspace or Microsoft 365, our training is tailored to fit your existing tools and workflows. We cover the AI features and integrations specific to your platform, ensuring that your team can seamlessly incorporate AI into their daily tasks.

We are experts in both Google Workspace AI offerings (Gemini based) and Microsoft 365 AI offerings (Copilot/ChatGPT based), so your team will receive the most relevant and up-to-date training available.

Included: 2 Years Access to Jon AI (Worth $400 per person)

As part of the training package, each participant will receive two years of access to our AI Agent on the Max plan, Jon AI DocAgent - AI Agent for Documents. So for each team member that takes the course, you save $100 USD. This powerful tool creates multi documents and long-form documents from a single prompt:

• DocAgent: Jon AI's AI Agent to generate multiple documents with a single command. For example, upload 30 IDs (Or give a table or list of 30 individuals) and generate 30 photography release forms for each individual, available in 30 Word files, 30 PDFs and a single 30 page PDF ready to print.
  You can also use DocAgent to generate long form documents like reports or manuals and specify your own document type with a custom DocAgent.

This access is incredibly valuable for your team to enhance their productivity with AI-powered document generation.

Key Benefits of Our Training

• Go Beyond Software, Build Human Capital: We treat AI adoption as a human capital initiative, focusing on behavioral change to ensure your investment in AI software pays off.
• Mastery Through Understanding: Our "Technology-First" approach ensures you understand how AI works and its limitations, giving you the confidence to master the tools.
• Build Trust and Effective Habits: By learning what AI can and cannot do, you build trust in the technology and develop safe, reliable, and effective new work habits.
• Immediate, Relevant, and Sticky Learning: With our "Choose Your Own Example" method, you apply what you learn to your own real-world problems, making the knowledge immediately useful and memorable.
• Achieve Reliable and Consistent Results: We instill the "Strong Prompt First" rule, a core skill for getting high-quality, reliable outputs from any AI model.
• Unlock Automation and Reclaim Your Time: Learn to identify and automate repetitive tasks by building specialized AI agents, freeing up your team for higher-value work.
• Develop a "Corporate AI Brain": Our capstone module teaches you to create a centralized AI knowledge base, ensuring all outputs are on-brand, accurate, and compliant.

Contact Us

Contact us: director@jon-ai.com to discuss your company's specific needs and provide information so that we can prepare the Training Modules accordingly. We look forward to helping your team harness the power of AI safely and effectively.

About the Instructor

The training is led by Stélio Inácio, a Southern African AI specialist that founded Jon AI in March 2021, before the AI boom and tools like Chatgpt. You team will learn from someone with hands-on experience in implementing and designing AI solutions across various industries, like our very own Jon AI DocAgent - AI Agent for Documents ensuring that the training is both relevant and practical.