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How LLMs Work
Beginner to Intermediate4-6 hoursWorking mental model + reference materials

What actually happens inside a Large Language Model — from the moment you type a prompt to the moment it responds. No math. No fluff. Just a clear picture you can hold in your head.

...dot product between queries and keys, run through a softmax to produce weights, then applied to the values. The 2017 paper that introduced this — "Attention Is All You Need" — is the foundational paper...

2 DaysIntensive
Beginner FriendlyNo math required
Architecture Governance
Intermediate to Advanced (SA, EA, TS)5-6 hoursGovernance model canvas + architecture principles register + escalation path template

How to design, implement, and measure architecture governance — the mechanisms that ensure decisions are made consistently, applied correctly, and aligned with strategy.

...specific enough to guide decisions and flexible enough to apply in different contexts. They connect values to rationale to implications. A bad principle: "We prefer simplicity." A good principle: "We...

1 DayIntensive
PracticalSA · EA · TS
Emerging Technology Scanning
All levels — SA, EA, TS3-4 hoursTechnology radar template + horizon scanning process + hype vs signal evaluation criteria

How to monitor what is coming, filter signal from noise, and make deliberate decisions about when and how to adopt new technologies — before being forced to react.

...works Regulation changes Compliance gap — reactive Already designed in — proactive The scanning value chain: Monitor — track sources systematically. Raw signal list. Filter — apply relevance criteria....

Half-dayIntensive
PracticalSA · EA · TS
Standards & Reference Architectures
Intermediate (SA, EA)4-5 hoursReference architecture library starter + standards register + architecture principles catalogue

How to create, govern, and operationalise architecture standards and reference architectures — the agreed patterns and structures that create consistency, reduce duplication, and accelerate delivery at scale.

...inconsistent controls Better security — common baseline The spectrum of standards: Principles — guiding values. "API-first," "Data owned by domains." High flexibility — interpreted per context. Patterns —...

1 dayIntensive
PracticalStandards exercise
Technology Leadership & Organizational Excellence
Intermediate to AdvancedLeadership roadmap and team enablement plan

Learn to lead high-performance engineering organizations with clear decision rights, distributed leadership, and AI-augmented team management for the future of work.

...opportunities. They fail to adapt to the new reality where AI handles routine work and humans focus on higher-value activities. Examples or metaphors: Cockpit vs autopilot — pilots (engineers) remain responsible...

2 DaysWorkshop
FoundationFor all leadership roles