For Employees & Builders · Sept 14–15 · Spooner, WI
Stop Playing With AI. Start Shipping With It.
One day for the hands-on builder: wire AI to real data, build a tool-connected agent with guardrails, and go back to work with something running — plus the language to make the case internally.
Sound Familiar?
You're the person on the floor who wants AI to actually change how work gets done. You're already experimenting — asking which model to use, how agents work, how to wire up your data — but you know you're only scratching the surface. Given the tools, you're the one who ends up building the ops system the company could never afford to buy.
The Problem
You see AI's potential but no one has shown you the real workflow — experiments everywhere, nothing in production.
What You Walk Away With
A tool-connected AI agent you built and shipped, and the recipe to build the next ten.
Which One Are You?
The Builder
A hundred half-finished experiments, and no one at work who can show you the next level.
You've prompted your way to a hundred experiments. This is the day one of them ships — wired to real data, with the guardrails to run it at work.
The Ops Analyst / Spreadsheet Owner
Your week is copy-paste between three systems; you know AI could do it but not how to start.
Kill the Friday report — the one you rebuild by hand every week. You leave with the agent that does it, and the skills to automate whatever's next.
The Front Office / Sales Support
Leads go cold in the inbox while quotes wait on somebody upstream.
You leave with an assistant that drafts the follow-up, preps the meeting, and answers same-day, every day.
Your Sessions on the Builder Track
Click any session for the full detail — what gets built, what you keep, and how it fits your day. Tracks run in parallel and you can switch at any time.
Claude Code Bootcamp: Real Data to Live Dashboard by Lunch
Hands-on with Claude Code — wire a real data source and stand up live operational metrics before lunch. Bring a laptop; leave with it running.
Session details
Wire AI Into Everything: Your Data, Your Apps, Live
Connect an AI agent to the systems a business actually runs — spreadsheets, a QuickBooks-style ledger, email, a job database — using MCP and plain APIs, live. Safety rails get built in as we connect, not bolted on after.
Session details
Old ERP, New Tricks: Let AI Upgrade Your Line-of-Business Software
Don't replace the twenty-year-old ERP — put AI in front of it. Plain-English questions, automated exports, and the reports the vendor would charge five figures for.
Session detailsPlus the Sessions Everyone Shares
The day opens and closes together — and ends with every attendee holding a written 90-day roadmap.
Welcome: The Day AI Gets Real
Session detailsWorking Lunch: Watch a Business Dashboard Build Itself
Session detailsLive AI Teardown: Bring Your Worst Workflow
Session detailsYour 90-Day Roadmap: Leave With the Plan
Session detailsBring Both Sides of the House
The retreat works best when leadership and the hands-on team hear it the same day. Here's what it looks like from the other seats:
Hands-On AI Training Within Driving Distance
The retreat draws employees & buildersfrom across western Wisconsin and Minnesota — most within a few hours by car of The Island in Spooner, WI. Can't travel? Attend every session live remote, or explore all our AI training for business options.
For Employees & Builders — Frequently Asked Questions
Ready to spend the day with us?
Tuesday, Sept 15, 2026 · The Island, Spooner WI · In person $495 (working lunch included) · Remote $250 · Limited seats.