Practice beats theory.
Eight assignments. Three days.
Real capability.
Expert-led 3-day intensive workshop for corporate teams ready to move from understanding AI to working with it.
AI Practice Workshop
A three-day intensive workshop for corporate teams ready to move from understanding AI to working with it.
Delegates gain a comprehensive, product-agnostic map of the AI landscape — types, architectures, applications, risks and governance — then apply every concept through guided hands-on assignments using real commercial and open-source tools.
Who This Course Is For
This workshop is built for corporate leaders, architects, and technology teams who are embracing AI — and need genuine, practical grounding rather than vendor marketing.
Enterprise Architects
Business Architects
Digital Transformation Leads
Senior Solution Architects
Data & Information Architects
Technology Executives
IT Strategy Teams
What You’ll Gain from This Course
After three days you will be able to:
✔ Understand how AI evolved and where it is heading in 2026 and beyond
✔ Distinguish the types of AI — narrow, generative, agentic, deterministic — and know which is right for which problem
✔ Describe the training and inferencing architectures required, including local and open-source options
✔ Evaluate and select models from commercial and open-source environments (including Hugging Face)
✔ Understand agentic AI, context management, and agentic engineering — and the architectures that support them
✔ Integrate AI into your application landscape and customer-facing products effectively
✔ Assess your organisation's AI maturity and plan a roadmap for rapid improvement
✔ Plan for governance, risk, and responsible AI in a corporate context
✔ Experience generating an application, including intent, requirement, model generation and adjustment, test specification and deployment
✔ Use AI tools personally — for research, strategy, slides, code and more — from day one
This is probably the fastest, least painful, and most immediately applicable way to build genuine AI capability across your leadership and architecture teams.
Why Inspired & ecosystem.Ai?
Inspired is the leading provider of architecture methods, skills training and tool support in South Africa. We provide world-class frameworks, models, methods and techniques across enterprise, business, information, application and solution architecture. We integrate business and IT strategy to deliver effective digital transformation.
Our courses are known for depth, practicality and the ability to apply learning immediately — not just pass an exam.
ecosystem.Ai is the leading provider of AI expertise, models, integration and commercial application — both in South Africa and internationally, with particular strength in customer-facing AI systems at scale.
The two organisations have collaborated for several years. Together they bring unique depth at the intersection of enterprise architecture and applied AI — exactly what 2026 demands.
Course Leaders
Graham McLeod
Principal Architect & Founder, Inspired.org
Jay van Zyl
AI & Data Architecture Lead, ecosystem.Ai
Content and Structure
The workshop combines live TED-style lectures with eight substantial hands-on assignments.
Every concept is immediately applied.
Sessions are recorded; supporting notes, slides and references are provided.
Delivery is product-agnostic — examples are drawn from the most capable and widely-used commercial and open-source tools available.
Core Topics
Theory, algorithms, models, products and industry applications. Where we are now — and the waves of change coming in the next 18 months.
Narrow vs General AI; task-specific AI; deep learning; generative AI; RAG; agentic AI; hierarchical, semantic and deterministic AI. What each is suited for — and where each falls short.
Data preparation and pipelines; GPU clusters; distributed training; human guidance and Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF). Inferencing infrastructure including cloud, on-premises and local/edge options. Open-source model deployment. Commercial offerings and their trade-offs.
What agentic AI is, how it works, and how to architect for it. Context windows, memory, retrieval and orchestration. MCP (Model Context Protocol), N8N and workflow integration. Guardrails and fine-tuning. The architectures that enable autonomous AI in production.
Integration patterns, APIs, AI operating systems. Embedding AI in existing enterprise systems. Architecture of customer-facing AI products. Solution architecture patterns for 2026.
Assessing organisational AI maturity. Planning rapid improvement. Risk identification and mitigation. Responsible AI frameworks. Governance models for enterprise-scale deployment.
Personal AI roadmap. Enterprise AI readiness canvas. Integrating AI into Business and IT Architecture. Preparing your organisation for the next wave.
8 Hands-On Assignments
Each assignment is practical, guided and immediately applicable. Participants use real tools and leave with working outputs, not just exercise sheets.
Workshop Mode
Scene-setting lectures and curated video content
Individual and group assignments with structured debrief
Live debate, discussion and expert feedback throughout
Bring your own context, questions and opinions
Full session recordings available to all attendees for review
Notes, slides and references provided throughout
Enrolment and Pricing
Choose your country and booking type to see your price and available early-bird discounts.
We offer fair pricing for developed and developing economies. Discounts vary depending on how early you book and whether you are self-funded, company-funded, or part of a team.
This tool provides an estimate. Final amounts, including any applicable taxes, will be confirmed at enrolment.
Ready to build real AI capability in your team?
Places are limited to 24 delegates. Enquire now to secure your seat.
Please contact us if you want to arrange an in-person or in-house course and we will review the request.
FAQs
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You should be comfortable using browser-based applications. Some exposure to AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini is helpful, but not required.
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The course is moderately technical. Participants should be IT-literate, but do not need to be IT professionals or developers.
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The course is primarily practical, supported by relevant theory and current best practices to ensure a solid conceptual foundation.
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Yes. The workshop is designed to focus on real-world application, enabling you to apply what you learn directly in your day-to-day work.
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No. The focus is not on building or coding AI models. Instead, you will learn how to select appropriate models, provide effective context, and adapt AI tools to your specific business use cases.
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Yes. The workshop includes hands-on exposure to leading AI tools, including ChatGPT, Claude, and NotebookLM, among others.
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We cover key AI risks and introduce practical principles for responsible use, including how to identify, manage, and mitigate potential risks in real-world scenarios.
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You will need a laptop, notebook or tablet with the appropriate software for participating in the Zoom sessions as well as team assignments. Useful software to have on the device includes:
A presentation program (Microsoft PowerPoint, Apple KeyNote, Open Office Impress)
A spreadsheet (Microsoft Excel, Apple Numbers, Open Office Calc)
A word processor (Microsoft Word, Apple Pages, Open Office Write)
Zoom conferencing software
Optional: A drawing / diagramming / modelling package of your choice
We understand this is not always easy, but ensuring you have good internet connectivity will greatly improve your experience in the live sessions.
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The course is delivered via Zoom, which allows for interactive sessions, group exercises, and live Q&A. You can join via the Zoom app or directly in your browser; just make sure your device is compatible if you want to participate fully in the hands-on exercises.
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All course materials, recordings, and resources are hosted on Ruzuku, an easy-to-use online learning platform. You can access content anytime, from any device with an internet connection, so you can review lessons at your own pace.
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