AI Capability Training for Business Owners and Managers
Advanced, hands-on AI training for the owner and senior managers of one business who already use AI day to day, or have completed Applied AI Training. Three sessions on your own systems, guided step by step. You build repeatable AI procedures for the recurring work of your business, capture them so the knowledge stays, and leave with a prioritised 90-day adoption plan already in use.
We’ve trained over 1,000 people how to use AI.
Through in-person, practical, hands-on workshops, not keynote events
Workshop at a glance
Three sessions of 4 hours, spaced so the work sticks
For the owner and up to 12 senior managers of one business
$5,950 + GST per business
30-minute pre-course intake and a 30-minute video check-in two weeks after, both included
Delivered in person across Nelson Tasman, Marlborough, Wellington and Canterbury
For people already using AI day to day
How it is delivered
Only your business in the room.
At your premises, or a venue you choose
All three sessions run for your people, and nobody else's. Before session one, you complete a short pre-course intake covering your business, your tools, your priorities and what you already use AI for, and the sessions are built from your answers. The work on screen is yours.
Up to 12 owners and senior managers of one business. Everyone needs a paid, business-grade AI account. We work out whether that is ChatGPT, Claude or both with you at the pre-course intake, so accounts are ready before session one.
Who it is for
Owners and managers, not technicians.
Built for the people who decide how a business runs: owners, directors, general managers and their senior managers who already use AI and know it should be doing more. Most arrive with a scatter of good moments in the tools and no system behind them. You need your laptop, your own accounts, and the recurring jobs in your business you want to stop doing by hand.
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What you leave with
Working tools, not notes.
Working AI procedures
Repeatable AI-assisted procedures and custom assistants, built by you during the course for the recurring work of your business, and kept after.
Standing workspaces
Project spaces that already know your business, set up by you for the functions that need them.
Packaged skills
Your most repeated jobs written up once, so they run the same way every time and the knowledge stays in the business when people leave.
An automation shortlist
Where automation and agents genuinely pay in your business, where they do not, and what each costs.
A 90-day AI plan
Prioritised, sequenced and written by you, with the first procedures already in use before the last session ends.
Data protection you set
Privacy and data settings configured by your own hands, with rules that hold up under the Privacy Act 2020.
How it runs
Three sessions, spaced so the training sticks.
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Pre-course
Every course starts with a short pre-course intake so the sessions run on your real work from the first hour. This consists of a questionnaire and a virtual 30-minute meeting.
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Depth in the tools
ChatGPT and Claude at the level most users never reach: models, projects, custom assistants and skills
Advanced prompting on your own work, and why context beats clever wording every time
Map the jobs across your business where AI could carry real weight, and pick the builds for sessions two and three
Set your privacy and data controls in your own accounts, so everything you build sits on safe ground
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Build for your business
Build custom assistants for the jobs you mapped, guided step by step, tested on live work in the room
Package your most repeated jobs as skills, so the output holds its standard every time
Set up standing workspaces for the functions that need them: quoting, reporting, client communication
Pressure-test everything built so far against real examples from your week
03
Automation, agents and your plan
Agents and automation in practical terms: what they reliably do, what they cost, when they are worth it
Refine what you built in session two now it has had real use between sessions
Score your AI opportunities by impact, confidence and effort, and sequence them into a written 90-day plan
Write your own rules for safe, private AI use across the business, so the plan runs inside clear lines
Who delivers the training
J Norness is the founder of ENDEVO and one of the most practical voices on AI for business in New Zealand.
He has spent 25 years across industries and continents, including eight years as an automation engineer, and now serves as AI Officer for companies across New Zealand and Australia. He delivers practical, in-person AI workshops and executive education across Te Tauihu, including through the Nelson AI Sandbox and Nelson Tasman Chamber of Commerce and has keynoted numerous events. His sessions are grounded in real use cases, real privacy obligations, and zero hype.
J has trained more than 1,000 people across Te Tauihu and beyond. He serves as a CMO and AI Officer for hire for multiple companies, which gives him invaluable real-life experience in real businesses, like yours.
I'm a developer who has dabbled with some AI here and there. The AI workshop that was held was an introductory workshop designed for users totally new to AI. What impressed me about the workshop (other than J's personable and entertaining style) was how it was able to introduce our newer users to AI effectively and still give me some insights and learnings to take away and apply. Would highly recommend.
Daniel Karolyi
Developer, Nimbus ERP Software
Life-changing stuff. Quoting that took two hours takes twenty minutes. Thank you
Mark Johnston
Construction Manager, Scott Construction
J from Endevo ran a foundational AI workshop for our team. As a software company, we assumed we were already ahead of the curve — but outside expertise gave us a much clearer view of how these tools can support a range of roles. We now share a common language and understanding to build on. J's approach engaged everyone, from expert users to complete beginners, and we're confident every team member will have a practical use case within the week. Productivity gains from AI are about to take off.
Gail Murdoch
CEO, Nimbus ERP Software
We brought J in to train our team on AI. The difference from a typical course was that everything was built on our actual work. No generic demos: the team learned on our real processes and documents. Sceptical team members started using it the next morning and were using it confidently a few days later. Just as importantly, they understand the boundaries regarding client information. J' training is practical and security focused which is required for our industry and made us feel even more comfortable. If you want your team actually using AI rather than just talking at about it, get J in.
Nicky and Steph
Directors, Redwood Insurance Brokers
J trained our team six months ago, and the training has held with the team picking up so many use cases and gaining efficiencies. Many were not confident enough to even start using AI, but after the training, everything changed. J has a way of making people feel safe in the workshops. His personable and entertaining style of presenting put our team at ease.
Tas
Director, Trillium Business Advisors
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