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Blank Collar Certified

The flagship. Five weeks, five variables, one rewired role — you finish able to direct machines and own the verdict, with a capstone to prove it.

Cohort 01 20.10–27.11.2026
Sessions Tue · 16:00 CET
Format Live · Zürich + remote
Tuition CHF 1,900
01 / What it is

Not a course. A role, rewired.

Most programmes teach you a tool, then leave. Certified rebuilds how you work, one variable of the equation each week, on your own real work — and certifies the behaviour at the end, not the attendance.

You'll direct, not doLead agents through real tasks and own the verdict — the core Blank Collar move.
You'll ship, not studyEvery week produces something you keep: a brief, a workflow, a reclaimed process.
You'll prove itA capstone reviewed against a public rubric — a credential that means a behaviour, not a seat.
02 / The spine

Five weeks. Five variables.

The equation, taught one term at a time. Each week ends in something you keep.

Blank Collar Certified — week by weekV · D · P · HX · AI
Week · variableWhat happensWhat you produce
Week 1V · Vision
Frame the work before you touch a tool — intent, audience, and the verdict you're aiming for.
A one-page vision brief for a real piece of your own work.
Week 2D · Data
Find the data your work runs on, connect an agent to it, and make it move.
One workflow an agent runs on your real data.
Week 3P · Process
Map a recurring process and hand the routine to the machine.
A process off your plate, with the hours reclaimed measured.
Week 4HX · Human Experience
Build the interface so a colleague can run what you built.
A human-usable surface someone else can pick up.
Week 5AI · the exponent
Compound it — direct the agents, judge the output, ship the verdict.
A directed piece of work with your judgement on the line.
03 / The climb

From white collar to blank collar.

Certification places you on the ladder. The top credential is earned after the cohort, with evidence — see the capstone.

The laddercurrent target → blank collar
01White collarprocess-bound
02Operatoruses the tools
03Orchestratordirects the workflow
04Blank collarowns the verdict
04 / Three ways in

Solo, team, or in-house.

Same cohort, same rubric. We publish every price — no “schedule a call” for a number.

Solo seatCHF 1,900One seat, the full five-week cohort.
  • All five live sessions + recordings
  • Capstone review against the rubric
  • Verifiable credential
  • Reimbursement letter for your employer
TeamCHF 1,200 / seatThree or more from one company.
  • Everything in Solo
  • A shared team channel
  • One company invoice
ChampionCustomBring Certified in-house as your manager programme.
  • Private cohort on your stack
  • Mapped to your org
  • Part of The Cascade
05 / The rubric, in public

We certify behaviour, not attendance.

Here is exactly what we look for. Published, because a rubric you can't see is a certificate that means nothing.

The behaviourWhat counts as evidence
Direct, don't doYou led an agent through a real task and owned the call — not the keystrokes.
Routine to the machineYou moved a recurring process to AI and measured the hours reclaimed.
Vision before outputYou framed the intent and the verdict before opening a tool.
Strong HXYou built a surface a colleague could actually use.
Judgement on tapYou caught an output that was plausible and wrong, and corrected it.
Teach oneYou brought one colleague one rung up the ladder.
06 / The capstone

The top credential needs evidence.

Operator and Orchestrator are earned inside the five weeks. The Blank Collar credential is earned after.

It takes a 90-day piece of real, directed work — something you shipped at your own job, with your judgement on the line — reviewed against the public rubric. No exam, no quiz, no certificate of attendance. The evidence is the work.

This is the line most programmes never draw. We’d rather certify ten people who changed how they work than a thousand who watched a video.

What you submit
  • A piece of work you directed, not did.
  • The before and after — the hours reclaimed, measured.
  • One thing it changed for someone other than you.
07 / What you leave with

Three things, all real.

01

A credential

Operator, Orchestrator, or Blank Collar — verifiable on the public register.

02

A capstone

A real, directed piece of work, reviewed against the rubric.

03

A cohort

Twenty-five operators who climbed the same ladder, in one channel.

08 / Questions

Real answers. Every one.

Yes. On enrolment you get a one-page letter for your manager or L&D that maps the cohort to Article 4 (AI literacy) and to your role — most employers cover it as professional development. We invoice your company directly if that's easier.

Full refund up to 14 days before the cohort starts, no questions. After that, you can transfer your seat to the next cohort once at no cost. We'd rather you join the right cohort than the wrong week.

Both. Sessions run live on Tuesdays at 16:00 CET and are built remote-first; if you're in Zürich you're welcome in the room. Sessions are recorded for enrolled participants who miss one.

English. The cohort is international; the work you produce is in whatever language your job runs in.

One live 90-minute session, plus three to four hours applying it to your own work. The output is your work, not homework — you finish with things you actually use.

Anyone after a certificate to frame rather than a behaviour to change. If you want a tool demo, this isn't it — the tool is not the transformation. We'll happily point you to the free Open Codex first.

We invoice in CHF. Swiss VAT is shown on the invoice where it applies. Company invoicing with a PO is fine — note it in your application.

09 / Apply to Cohort 01

Twenty-five seats. One verdict.

Applications are read by a human. We reply from a real inbox, usually within two working days.

No tracking, no auto-newsletter. A person reads every application.

Stop being white collar.

Cohort 01 runs 20 October to 27 November 2026, Zürich and remote. Twenty-five seats.