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Educators, not consultants

Avocado AI helps organisations across New Zealand and Australia build the skills, habits and confidence to use AI well in real work through facilitated leadership cohorts, facilitated team cohorts and an online learning platform.

Leadership and team cohorts can run separately or in tandem, with the platform supporting practice and continued learning.

Building AI capability with teams like these

AI rollouts can stall because they focus on tools, not people

Buying access to AI tools is easy. The hard part is human.

Adoption stalls when people do not want to look foolish, when no time is set aside to practise, when the whole thing feels overwhelming, or when people quietly worry that using AI well might put part of their role at risk.

Tools do not fix that. People and leadership do. That is the gap we work in.

What this looks like in practice

Facilitated leadership cohort

  • Three 3-hour facilitated workshops, usually one month apart
  • Session 1: effective prompting, AI risks and policy in practice
  • Session 2: stronger reasoning, trusted sources and reusable AI tools
  • Session 3: strategic thinking, decisions with data and leading AI across a team
  • Practical application between workshops, captured in a shared AI Playbook
  • A short final share-back and practical 30-day action plan
  • 12 months of learning platform membership

Delivered in partnership with Hatch Talent - specialists in leadership development.

Facilitated team cohort

  • 12 weekly facilitated sessions: two 90-minute sessions, then ten 60-minute sessions
  • Live demonstrations, pair exercises and practice using real work
  • Safer prompting, critical review and practical quality checks
  • Reusable AI tools and workflows aligned to real tasks
  • A shared AI Playbook for capturing and sharing useful use cases
  • 12 months of learning platform membership

Online learning platform

  • 12 practical self-paced lessons using ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot
  • Short micro-lessons and regular content updates
  • Weekly support calls and community access
  • Catch-up, reinforcement and wider organisational access

A flexible model for your organisation

Small business

Start with one facilitated team cohort to build shared understanding, safer habits, and real momentum

Small or medium organisation

Leadership and team cohorts can run in tandem, with the online platform supporting practice, catch-up and continued learning.

Large organisation

Use multiple leadership and team cohorts, supported by wider platform access. The right mix depends on where capability gaps are greatest.

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How the learning feels

This is live, practical learning built around your real work.

Live and hands-on

Demos, exercises, pair work, real tasks.

Built on your context

Your workflows, your documents, your questions.

Designed to stick

Between-session application, shared use cases, peer accountability and ongoing support.

Delivered with ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot

A paid Microsoft 365 Copilot licence gives learners the fullest hands-on experience, but M365 Copilot Basic is enough to participate meaningfully in most activities.

See what learners can complete with M365 Copilot Basic

Not sure which learning pathway fits your current setup?

What organisations can build

The exact outcomes depend on the support chosen and the organisation's internal follow-through. Across the facilitated cohorts, organisations can build:

Leaders and team members who can use AI more confidently and critically

A growing AI Playbook of real, role-relevant use cases

Tested reusable prompts, workflows or AI tools with clearer ownership

Better judgement around risks, evidence and human review

Clearer expectations for safe use and knowledge sharing

AI champions and practical habits for sharing and sense-checking

Evidence of useful wins, time saved or improved quality

Meet the educators

The people who guide the learning and help it stick.


Melissa Tang

Facilitator

Jimmy Rainey

Facilitator

Mark Chirnside

Facilitator


See the whole team

In their words

This is what building capability looks like from the inside.

"We can already see how significantly this has lifted our capability… The practical balance between opportunity and risk was particularly valuable."

— Dave Shearer - CEO, Business Advisor

"The perfect course for our Senior Leadership Team… we are already reaping the admin and productivity benefits."

— Karen Beard-Greer - CEO, Retail Network

"These have been my favourite training sessions of all time. Expert training that really hits the mark and is up to date."

— Jonathan White - CEO, Manufacturing

"Bridged the gap between my intention to understand AI and actually doing it… a no-hype practical approach blending ethics with effectiveness."

— Julie Brophy - CEO, Leadership Development

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Want to get a feel for our approach first?

Try the first self-paced lesson online for free. Get a feel for how we teach before deciding what kind of support is right for you.

Not sure where to start? That's normal.

Tell us a bit about your team. We'll come back with a practical suggestion, no pressure.

We take on a limited number of new clients each quarter. Talk to us to check current availability.