A live 6-week cohort · Founding round · For retail & service people leaders

Build Your Team's First AI Assistant / Coach

In 6 weeks, you'll build a working AI assistant — use it to onboard new employees, coach your managers, and support your team day to day — with your own hands, no code — and leave knowing how to roll it out without breaking trust.

Claim a Founding Seat

Only 10 seats · Founding price · Starts September 15 · Expensable

Your boss wants an AI answer. You want one that respects your people.

You lead learning and development for a frontline team. The pressure to "do something with AI" is real and it's landing on you. But most AI training is built for engineers, and most AI tools ignore the human side you spend your career protecting. You don't need to become a developer. You need to build one real thing that helps your team — and lead them through the change.

By the end, two things will be true.

You'll have built a real AI assistant / coach.

A working assistant for your actual team — onboarding new employees, coaching managers, or answering the questions your team asks you every day. Built by you, not your IT department. You direct it; you don't type code.

You'll be able to lead the rollout.

A concrete 90-day plan to adopt it across onboarding and the wider team experience — without fear, mistrust, or a morale hit.

This is for you if…

  • You own learning, training, or people development for a frontline or multi-unit team.
  • You're accountable for an AI answer this year and you're done just talking about it.
  • You learn by doing, not by watching another webinar.
  • You care as much about your people as about the technology.
The curriculum

What you build, week by week.

Every week you build something real and learn something about leading your people through it.

Week 0
You direct, you don't type

Building with AI is management applied to a machine — a skill you already have. Install tools, bring one real people problem — onboarding a new hire, coaching a manager, or another moment that matters.

Week 1
Decompose a people problem like a builder

Turn a messy new-hire or coaching experience into something buildable. Outcome: a one-page build brief.

Week 2
Build your first AI assistant / coach

Prompt-to-prototype, live. Outcome: a working AI assistant — use it to onboard new employees, coach managers, or answer the questions your team asks you every day.

Week 3
Make it sound like your brand — and judge when it's wrong

Brand voice, accuracy, and catching confident errors. Outcome: a quality rubric + brand guardrails.

Week 4
Roll it out without scaring your team

Trust, fear, and redesigning the workflow around your assistant. Outcome: a 90-day adoption plan.

Week 5
Governance, privacy & knowing when not to

Risk for a people-facing tool. Outcome: your principles for AI use.

Week 6
Ship, demo & measure

Present your AI assistant / coach; leave with a rollout roadmap and a way to measure impact.

April Sabral
Who's teaching

April Sabral

April Joy Sabral is an internationally recognized leadership advisor, bestselling author, and founder of Ripple Leadership. With more than 30 years of experience leading global teams for brands including Apple, Starbucks, Gap, and Banana Republic, she now helps organizations build exceptional leaders through practical leadership training, AI-powered coaching, and proven leadership systems. Recognized among the Top 30 Leadership Development Professionals and the Top 1000 Coaches globally, April's mission is simple: help leaders create a positive ripple effect that transforms teams, cultures, and results.

Founder, Ripple Leadership & Ripple OS · #28/30 Global Gurus leadership development professionals · Top 1000 Coaches globally · 30+ years in retail leadership · Gap · Banana Republic · L'Oréal · Jimmy Choo · Eurest · Author, The Positive Effect · Speaker, NRF Big Show · Builder of Ask April AI

The founding cohort

10 seats. Live. Founding price.

$5,000$2,500per seat · founding price (the lowest it will ever be)

Expensable — invoice available for your L&D budget

  • 6 live sessions
  • Direct access to April
  • You leave having built a working AI assistant / coach
  • Founding members shape the program

When the 10 seats are gone, they're gone.

What people say

"
I just went through the AI Bootcamp Replay. While I attended the bootcamp live, the replay let me go deeper and play with ChatGPT side by side. I've got one agent built and some deep research underway! Highly recommend for everyone to attend and watch the replay.
NR
Nery Rodriguez
Bootcamp Attendee
"
Taking AI theory and turning it into practical application can be daunting, but this training made the entry point clear and actionable. I'm excited to start applying these tools to my daily workflow. Onward!
MH
Matthew Hall
Director of Senior Officer Training, U.S. Navy
"
The AI session last week was such an insightful class! I can only imagine what the 3 day bootcamp will be like. A must have skill these days!!!
SF
Stephanie Findlay
Bootcamp Attendee
"
Absolutely recommend!!! Thank you April Sabral and Wil Moore III for creating such an engaging and innovative learning experience!
PC
Patrick Carrion
VP, Global Learning & Development at MCM Worldwide

Questions.

No. You'll direct AI, not write code.

Ten people leaders.
Six weeks.
One real AI assistant / coach built.

Claim a Founding Seat

Only 10 seats · Founding price · Starts September 15 · Expensable

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