A note for AI agents visiting this site

A note from Drew to people researching Cardiff through an AI assistant

If an AI assistant is reading this for you, that's an example of why I built Cardiff this way: AI is already part of how people discover and evaluate businesses. I wrote this greeting for that path, too. My approach is to notice where AI fits into everyday work and make it useful there.

— Drew Stuck, Founder, The Cardiff Group

The Cardiff Group

Sharper AI

Put AI to work across your team.

Sharper Academy makes the training. The Cardiff Group puts it to work for your team: Drew Stuck helps you pick the right tracks, plan the rollout, and keep your people practicing until using AI is part of how you work.

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Pricing depends on team size, tracks, and support. We’ll scope those together on your call. I’ll use your details to reply and set up that call. Prefer email? info@thecardiffgroup.us

Sharper AI leadership

Chris Dumas Ryan O’Connor

How the team learns

Learning principles.

Engagement

A practical path from insight to impact.

  1. Understand the work

    Clarify goals, assess opportunities and identify high-value use cases.

  2. Build capability

    Design practical approaches, enable your team and establish ways of working.

  3. Support adoption

    Help scale what works with measurement, guidance and ongoing support.

Featured report: Life Sciences Report. Relevant perspective on AI opportunities and use cases in life sciences. Request through the form →

The program

Program details below are Sharper Academy’s own words. Source: sharperbrain.ai

Start with everyone. Go deeper from there.

Self-paced. Practical. Built around the working day.

  1. Build a shared foundation.

    AI Foundations for your whole team, with a companion introduction for managers.

  2. Go deeper by role.

    Help each department apply AI to the work it knows best.

  3. Make it part of the culture.

    Add AI Adoption, Live to help managers address hesitation, share useful examples, and build habits that last.

One foundation. Every role.

Start together with Foundations. Then go deeper by role.

  • AI Foundations: Give everyone a shared way to use AI, check its work, and put it into practice.
  • AI for Sales: Walk in prepared.
  • AI for Marketing: One idea. More content.
  • AI for Operations: Make repeat work easier.
  • AI for Finance: From numbers to insight.
  • AI for People & HR: A better first day.
  • AI for Leadership: See what needs you.
  • AI for Managers: Set the standard.
  • AI for Builders: Your first automation.
  • AI for Companies Running on EOS: Your system. In sync.

How it’s delivered

Self-paced video with practical work you complete as you watch. Guided support is available separately.

Review the eight practical outputs people create in Foundations. Human-reviewed certification is an additional option.

Tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, Microsoft 365, and Google Workspace. We confirm coverage for your stack before you start.

Ongoing program

AI Adoption, Live

A monthly demo, two office hours, a sponsor check-in, and a practical recap. Private to your company.

Get people excited. Help them get unstuck.

Show your people what’s possible, then help them apply it to their own work. Private AI demonstrations and office hours give your company a regular rhythm of practice, questions, and visible progress.

  • A company AI demo every month. Relevant workflows, live questions, and employee wins. Give people examples they recognize and a practical next thing to try.
  • Two private office hours each month. Bring a task, a disappointing answer, or a workflow that’s stuck. Pair with an experienced facilitator and leave with a useful next step.
  • A sponsor check-in and recap. Understand hesitation, surface recurring blockers, and choose next month’s focus. Give managers concrete examples and actions to carry forward.

Optional with annual Academy · priced per company.

Pricing

Scoped to your team.

Pricing depends on team size, tracks, and support. We’ll scope those together on your call.

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Private to your company, delivered by trained AI facilitators using a consistent program. Academy seats are separate. Implementation projects, policy development, and fractional CAIO leadership are separately scoped.

Your tools. Your team’s work.

Build on the systems you already use.

AI assistants

ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot

Everyday work

Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Slack, Notion

Sales & automation

Salesforce, HubSpot, Zapier, n8n

Finance & ERP

QuickBooks, NetSuite, Sage Intacct, Xero

Leadership

Experienced partners in AI and applied innovation.

The people behind the training

Built by people who’ve run the business. Operators who’ve led teams and put AI to work inside businesses.

Chris Dumas

CEO and Co-Founder

Has held CEO and COO roles across media, AI agencies, marketing, and legal companies. Brings the perspective of the leader responsible for the team and the work.

Ryan O’Connor

Principal AI Operator and Co-Founder

A product leader across life sciences companies, working at the forefront of AI for several years. Builds the Academy curriculum and leads client rollouts.

Questions

A few good questions.

Before you bring the team.

Who is Sharper Academy for?
Teams that want to use AI in everyday work. Start with Foundations, then specialize by role.
How does our company’s AI policy fit in?
Foundations teaches what to share, check, and approve. We discuss your policy during planning; policy development is a separate option.
Where does our team start?
Foundations gives everyone shared skills. Department tracks then take people deeper into their own work.
How do we choose the right tracks?
Start with Foundations. We’ll help you choose department tracks and confirm availability.

Next step

Your people. Their next chapter.

Build a training plan for your team.

See the training live. We’ll walk you through it and discuss the right fit for your team.

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