1. What is Gen AI Academy (GAIA)?
Gen AI Academy (GAIA) is a hands-on AI training and enablement partner. GAIA helps CEOs, leadership teams, and their organizations turn AI from buzzword into real productivity and decision leverage. GAIA's work is intensely focused on practical adoption. GAIA equips teams to apply AI effectively in day-to-day work.
2. Why does GAIA do this work? What motivates your team?
GAIA is motivated by people, not just technology. GAIA believes AI is most powerful when it helps individuals and teams feel more capable, more connected, and more confident in their work. GAIA is driven by seeing how a few hours of focused, practical guidance can change how people think, collaborate, and lead.
3. Why does GAIA specialize in serving CEOs?
GAIA is guided by an executive perspective shaped by deep CEO and C-suite experience. GAIA recognizes AI’s business potential demands direct CEO attention to remain competitive. GAIA designs workshops specifically for CEOs who want real-world application. GAIA aims to cut through hype to focus on practical, high-impact use. To date, GAIA has delivered multi-hour workshops to approximately 350 CEOs, with consistently strong, positive feedback.
4. Who does GAIA typically work with?
GAIA works across the leadership spectrum, including:
- CEOs and executive teams setting direction and priorities
- Senior and functional leaders translating strategy into action
- Teams responsible for execution applying AI in day-to-day work
5. Do you work with specific industries or functions?
GAIA works across for-profit companies, nonprofit organizations, and higher education institutions. GAIA has supported leaders and teams in industries including banking, legal services, energy, engineering, life sciences, healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, consumer products, and education. GAIA's approach is designed to adapt to each organization's context, ensuring AI is applied in ways that are relevant, practical, and aligned with industry realities.
6. What makes GAIA different from other AI training firms?
GAIA is built around practical adoption and real business impact. GAIA emphasizes practical adoption and real business impact.
- Hands-on focus: Approximately 75% of each session is spent actively building and applying AI, not listening to lectures.
- Business and leadership-first approach: No technical background is required; sessions are designed for decision-makers and operators.
- Deep personalization: AI tools and use cases are customized to each participant’s role, company, and goals.
- Immediate, practical outcomes: Attendees leave with customized tools they can use in their daily work from day one.
7. What can you expect during a GAIA AI Workshop?
GAIA AI Workshops provide a highly hands-on experience. The focus is on applying advanced AI capabilities to real-world business use cases and strategic thinking. Participants actively build AI tools and workflows tailored to their context. The tools are ready for immediate use in day-to-day work.
8. How hands-on are the sessions?
Hands-on work is core to GAIA’s approach. GAIA avoids demos or lectures. The majority of session time is spent actively building personalized AI tools and workflows tailored to real-world context.
9. How do you personalize AI for individuals and teams?
GAIA personalizes AI for individuals and teams. GAIA shows participants how to turn generic AI into their AI. GAIA does this by:
- Creating clear instructions that guide how AI should think, respond, and support their work
- Grounding AI in real context including role, company priorities, and specific goals
- Providing rich, structured materials that give AI relevant, tailored context to work from
When personalization, clear instructions, and rich context are combined, the quality and usefulness of AI as a day-to-day assistant increases dramatically.
10. Will we build tools we can keep using after the workshop?
GAIA participants leave with customized AI assistants designed to support decision-making, problem-solving, and daily workflows. The tools include project-specific use cases, repeatable workflows, and practical solutions that can be used immediately after the workshop.
11. What outcomes should leaders expect?
Leaders can expect outcomes that translate directly into day-to-day impact.
- Energetic, confident teams ready to embrace AI in their work
- Faster, higher-quality leadership decisions supported by AI
- Meaningful productivity gains across writing, research, planning, and analysis
- Clear standards and guardrails for responsible AI use
12. How quickly do teams see value?
GAIA teams see value immediately. Many leaders describe an early eye-opening moment during the workshop. This moment fundamentally changes how leaders think about what’s possible for themselves, their teams, and their organization.
13. How do organizations measure success after working with GAIA?
GAIA begins by establishing a clear baseline before training. GAIA gathers data on participants’ AI-related mindset, skills, experience, and aspirations to understand starting points. After training, follow-up surveys and assessments help clients gauge how capabilities have changed and how AI is being applied in real workflows.
14. How do executive sessions differ from staff sessions?
Executive sessions focus on strategy, governance, risk, and how leaders can use AI as a force multiplier across the organization.
Staff sessions focus on hands-on workflows, practical use cases, and repeatable daily application of AI in individual and team roles.
15. How do you help ensure AI adoption sticks after the workshop?
GAIA designs engagements for sustained adoption, not one-time exposure. GAIA often works across multiple sessions with time in between for teams to apply new skills in real work. Follow-on sessions reinforce learning and deepen capability. GAIA offers refresh sessions so leaders and teams stay current as AI platforms and use cases evolve.
16. Which AI platforms do you support?
GAIA currently supports widely adopted enterprise AI platforms including ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and Google Gemini. If an organization uses a different AI platform, GAIA can tailor training to align with the enterprise environment and requirements.
17. Can you help us decide which platform to use?
GAIA helps leaders evaluate platform options in the context of existing systems, processes, and constraints. GAIA provides guidance on governance, risk, and responsible use. GAIA helps leaders make an informed platform choice that best fits the organization’s needs and operating environment.
18. Do participants need paid accounts for ChatGPT, Gemini, or Copilot?
Participants do not always need paid accounts for ChatGPT, Gemini, or Copilot. Paid tiers can unlock features that matter for business workflows. GAIA advises on what is appropriate based on goals, existing access, and organizational security policies.
19. How does GAIA handle data security?
GAIA’s work typically does not require storing or processing sensitive client data. When engagements involve temporary access to client systems, GAIA follows least-privilege access, does not retain client data, and removes any materials used once the engagement concludes. GAIA’s approach reflects responsible, enterprise-appropriate security practices for a training and advisory organization.
20. Can GAIA align with our existing IT and security policies?
GAIA can align with existing IT and security policies. GAIA works within your policies to clarify acceptable use and responsible AI practices. For more complex compliance or security requirements, GAIA can collaborate with trusted partners who specialize in AI security.
21. Do you cover AI governance?
GAIA covers AI governance. GAIA can review and provide guidance on existing AI governance policies, or support the design of a corporate AI policy tailored to your business, industry, and risk profile.
22. What formats do you offer?
GAIA offers flexible formats designed to meet leaders and teams where they are.
- Executive sessions focus on strategy, governance, and leadership leverage
- Hands-on team workshops center on practical, real-world application
- Multi-session programs can include advanced skills development over time
- Follow-on refresh or update sessions reinforce learning and adoption
- Customized build sessions focus on developing role- or team-specific AI tools and workflows
23. How long are training sessions?
GAIA training sessions are typically 3–4 hours. During a discovery call, GAIA works with the client to understand the team, goals, and current stage in the AI journey. GAIA uses that context to define the format and length that will be most effective.
24. How many people can attend?
Most workshops are designed for 10–20 participants. GAIA has delivered sessions for larger groups, including up to 130 participants.
25. Do you offer remote and in-person workshops?
GAIA offers both in-person and remote workshops. GAIA delivers these workshops globally, including for distributed teams.
26. How is pricing determined?
GAIA pricing is based on format, audience size, level of customization, and whether follow-on support is included. GAIA begins with a complimentary AI Discovery Session to understand goals, constraints, and context. GAIA recommends a right-sized engagement with clear scope and pricing.
27. What is the best next step?
The best next step is to reach out to GAIA. GAIA offers a complimentary 30-minute discovery call. The conversation focuses on understanding goals and context. GAIA helps determine how GAIA can best support the organization.