I help people build a life through the AI transition.
I built mine that way, and I have helped hundreds of others do the same. I teach AI the way a trusted teacher should: honestly, with real systems behind every claim, and with results you can check.
Published textbook author. #1-rated AI summit session. 10+ years of teaching, rated among the top 10 instructors worldwide.
“Best AI teacher. Bar none.” - Session Attendee
#1 of 65
rated session, EMU Gen AI Summit
10+ years
teaching, rated Top-10 instructor worldwide
Published
textbook author (Labyrinth Learning)
Ed.D.
candidate, Educational Leadership
1M+ visits
across publications, per site analytics
16k+
subscribers and followers across platforms
Venues include the EMU Gen AI Summit and the Relational AI Virtual Summit. Reach figures combine analytics from Shared Sapience, The Century Report, and social platforms.
Proof you can check
Can this person actually teach me, and get results?
That is the right question to ask anyone who wants to teach you about AI. Here is how the people in my sessions answer it.
“I would take any course if Ben was teaching it.”
“Best AI teacher. Bar none.”
“Finally! I felt like I could actually do what this presenter was presenting.”
“Hands down the most actionable AI training I've done.”
“This presenter had a rare gift. He makes complex topics seem easy to understand.”
“Ben talked about the human part and the AI part with equal skill... I took the workshop last week and am still using the prompting tool he showed us.”
“A refreshingly balanced view... guardrails, ethical considerations, real-world limitations. That intellectual honesty is exactly what I needed to feel confident advocating for AI adoption to my board.”
EMU Gen AI Summit · #1 of 65 sessions“Your workshop was the highest rated at our last Summit, so we greatly look forward to having you back.”
“Ben is basically a unicorn when it comes to the AI education world. We will definitely be having him back.”
#1-rated AI session
My EMU Gen AI Summit workshop ranked first of 65 available sessions, based on attendee surveys.
Published textbook author
Author of Microsoft Word 2019 & 365 and co-author of Building a Foundation with Microsoft Office 2016 (Labyrinth Learning), used by schools nationwide.
10+ years teaching
Corporate training, college classrooms, and academic leadership - rated among the top 10 New Horizons instructors worldwide, out of thousands.
Ed.D. candidate
Doctoral candidate in Educational Leadership, with research focused on educational technology and institutional change.
The mind behind The Century Report
My most popular work reaches readers every single day
The Century Report is a daily AI briefing read around the world - researched, written, and published by an automation pipeline I designed and built. It is the most visible example of how I work: honest analysis, delivered daily, running on a system I made myself.
Work with me
Four ways in
Every engagement starts with the same goal: you and your people leave more capable than you arrived.
Speaking
Keynotes and summit sessions on practical AI - clear, honest, and grounded in systems I build and run myself.
For: Conferences, summits, campuses, and corporate events.
Outcome: An audience that leaves with usable skills and a presenter your attendees rate at the top of the program.
Book a talk→Workshops
Hands-on sessions where people build a real AI-enabled tool during the workshop, then leave with a repeatable method.
For: Teams, faculty groups, and professional development programs.
Outcome: Participants who can actually do the thing afterward, with artifacts they keep using for months.
Plan a workshop→Consulting
AI enablement, self-hosted AI architecture, workflow automation, and AI literacy programs for teams.
For: Organizations and individuals who want AI working in their actual environment, on their terms.
Outcome: Working systems, clear recommendations, and a team equipped to run them.
Book an intro call→Community
Shared Sapience - a long-running community for people building a life through the AI transition, with ongoing guidance between sessions.
For: Anyone who wants steady, honest help rather than a one-time talk.
Outcome: A place to keep learning with people on the same path.
Join the community→The proof behind the teaching
I build with AI every day, so the teaching stays relevant
Everything I teach comes from systems I designed, built, and still run. These are a few of them.
The Century Report
A daily AI publication written and published by a 14,000+ line automation pipeline I built. When I teach automation, this is the system behind the lesson.
Sam
A commercial AI social media manager, shipped and sold as a real product. When I talk about taking an AI idea to done, I have done it.
WorkAgent
A RAG assistant for curriculum work with human-in-the-loop review, running inside a real institution. Workplace AI advice, tested in an actual workplace.
Obi
An AI podcast participant with persistent memory and a live voice loop, on air with real people. Voice and agent design, demonstrated in public.
40+ service home lab
A self-hosted stack of 40+ services with full monitoring, backups, and secure networking. Self-hosting guidance from someone who runs it daily.
Custom RTX 4090 workstation
A hand-built Ryzen 9 / RTX 4090 machine for local inference, image generation, and transcription. Local AI taught from local hardware.
Beyond one-time talks, there is a community
Shared Sapience is the long-running community where I keep teaching between sessions - honest guidance, working examples, and people building their own path through the AI transition. If my approach resonates, you are welcome there.
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