Live cohort course on Maven · 4 live sessions · 16 lessons · 3 projects
The AI-Ready Data Leader
Build the AI Operating System that puts you in the room with the decisions.
Four 2-hour working sessions for data managers 1–3 years into leadership. Stop sounding like the smartest analyst in the room, and walk away with a working system that keeps leading for you.
You build a brain, not a binder
You don’t just learn frameworks. You build a system that runs them.
The course centers on your own AI Operating System, a working Obsidian + Claude vault you build across the four sessions and keep for good. It remembers every stakeholder you map, drafts in your voice, and pressure-tests your decisions before the room does. One person, operating like a team.
Who it’s for
Data & analytics leaders in motion
Overlooked data managers
Shipping dashboards but dismissed in the strategy conversations.
Stretched heads of data
Managing 5–15 people, stuck firefighting, needing systems.
Newly promoted data leaders
Strong technically, but lacking storytelling and executive presence.
Not for: early-career professionals, technical-only executors, or anyone who thinks a better tool will fix a leadership problem.
The four sessions
Speak their language, lead the change, run a system that scales, decide what matters.
Speak Their Language
The communication foundation.
Stop talking like an analyst and start landing like a leader. The Audience Map (5 dimensions), Tension → Insight → Outcome storytelling, and a stakeholder-writing tool you build into your OS.
Lead the Change
Leading through uncertainty.
Lead your team through AI without overpromising or panic-suppressing. The Change Response Matrix, C.O.R.E., T.I.M.E. (sell AI as a business case, not a demo), and the Small Yes.
Run a System That Scales
The leadership operating system.
Get back the time to actually lead. The Leverage Matrix, the 7 Levels of Delegation, an Operating Rhythm, and O.D.A. (Outcomes → Decisions → Actions).
Decide What Matters & Demo Day
Where the whole system fires at once.
Every prior framework becomes an input to the two calls only you can make. The Priority Grid, RICE, and C.A.L.L., then present the system you built on Demo Day.
What’s included
What you walk away owning
- 4 live Zoom sessions (2 hours each), 16 lessons, 3 projects
- Your own AI Operating System, a working Obsidian + Claude vault you keep for good
- Breakout sessions with real-time feedback and role-play practice
- Cohort access, a peer community of data managers in the same situation
- Lifetime access to recordings and materials
- Certificate of completion · Maven satisfaction guarantee
Want the cohort built around your real situation? The Cohort + Private Intensive adds two private 1-on-1 sessions with me.
The math
Five hours a week back. Then do the math.
In 8 live hours you build nine frameworks into one AI Operating System, and you keep it for good. Once it is running, most data leaders get back at least 5+ hours a week: the firefighting, the blank-page exec updates, the decisions you keep re-litigating.
Five hours a week is more than 250 hours a year. Put your own rate on that. If your time is worth $100 an hour, that is $25,000 of it back every year, and the $599 course pays for itself in the first week. That is the smaller number. The real return is the promotion the system helps you earn, which compounds for the rest of your career.
Come to the first two sessions. If it’s not for you, I’ll refund you in full.
No forms, no awkward back-and-forth, just email me before session three, and you keep everything you’ve built so far. Backed by the Maven satisfaction guarantee.
Most people expense this.
At $599, the course sits below most companies’ training or conference budget, and a fraction of one conference ticket. Maven gives you a ready-to-send reimbursement request, so asking your manager takes about two minutes.
From past cohorts · 4.8/5 across 24 reviews
“When I first stepped into a leadership role, I kept defaulting back to the technical work. Pier’s course helped me flip that mindset, practical tools to delegate without bottlenecks, frame data so it resonates with execs, and guide my team through change.”
“I always thought moving into leadership meant figuring it all out on my own. The biggest shift was learning to connect my work to business impact. I’m not just coding models anymore, I’m influencing decisions.”
“His unique blend of coaching and mentoring gave me proven best practices and tailored guidance for real challenges. The tools helped me navigate change with confidence and avoid the painful trial-and-error most new leaders face.”
“His frameworks felt like a true operating system for leadership, practical, clear, and immediately useful. I now communicate with focus and confidence, and the lessons continue to shape how I lead.”
Questions
Good to know
Who is the course really for?
Data managers and analytics leads 1–3 years into their first leadership role, already managing a team, promoted on technical credibility, now realising the technical work isn’t what’s slowing them down. Senior ICs about to step up are welcome too: better to learn this before the trap closes than after.
What makes this different from a generic leadership course?
It’s built specifically for the data leader’s environment, the ticket-shop dynamic, the executive credibility gap, the AI conversation reshaping how teams see themselves. Every framework is built for the conversations you’re actually having this week.
Can I do this while working full time?
Yes, it’s designed for it. Four 2-hour live sessions over ~2 weeks, with exercises that apply to your real work between sessions. I built this course while running a 30-person team.
How is 1:1 coaching different from the course?
The course gives you the frameworks. 1:1 coaching is for applying them to your specific situation when the framework alone isn’t enough. Most clients who do both start with the course and add coaching when they hit a moment that needs more than a template.
What if it’s not for me?
Come to the first two sessions. If it’s not what I promised, email me before session three and I’ll refund you in full, no forms, no awkward back-and-forth. You keep everything you’ve built so far. Backed by the Maven satisfaction guarantee.
Can I expense this?
Most people do. At $599 it sits below most companies’ training or conference budget, and it’s a fraction of one conference ticket. Maven gives you a ready-to-send reimbursement request, so asking your manager takes about two minutes.
The next cohort
Build the system that leads for you.
4 live sessions · 16 lessons · 3 projects · $599. It pays for itself in the first week.