Your AI tools are underperforming.

Two days can fix that.

Most teams treat AI as autocomplete and get autocomplete results. This workshop installs the mental models that unlock compound productivity gains.

1x Manual coding
1.2x AI as autocomplete
10x AI as partner
85% of devs use AI tools
46% distrust the output
2 days to unlock the shift
Brian Graham
Brian Graham 15+ years engineering leadership. From programmer through manager-of-managers. I teach the workflows that actually work.
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Why Your AI Investment Isn't Paying Off

30%
can't deploy AI
at competitive pace
19%
drop in productive
output per developer
66%
cite inaccurate
suggestions as #1 issue

Teams get licenses, not mental models. They vibe code instead of building feedback loops. Skepticism grows. Adoption stalls.

Tools without workflow.

The Paradigm Shift

The difference between teams that struggle and teams that thrive isn't the tool. It's the mental model.

Developer writes code with AI

  • AI as autocomplete
  • Human drives, AI suggests
  • Constant context-switching
  • Marginal gains

AI writes code with developer

  • AI executes, human supervises
  • Feedback loops catch errors
  • Compound productivity gains
  • Engineers solve bigger problems

What You'll Learn

Self-Correcting Workflows

The techniques that work don't rely on AI "getting it right the first time." They build in feedback loops that catch errors and steer toward correctness automatically.

Spec-Driven Development

How to brainstorm with the agent, generate unambiguous specifications, and implement phase-by-phase with validation at each step.

Anti-Patterns & Guardrails

The 8 failure modes that kill productivity. How to spot them. How to fix them. Security, context management, and when human review matters.

Why This Works

Three things have to work together:

  • Structured specifications that eliminate ambiguity before coding starts
  • Tool integrations that let agents verify their own work
  • Feedback loops that correct errors automatically instead of hoping the first attempt is right

It's a system. Each part makes the others work better.

Two Days That Change Everything

Day 1: Greenfield

The "Aha" Unlocking
  • Framework presentation: feedback loops, technique comparison, anti-patterns
  • Live demonstration: watch a real app get built from scratch
  • Build a greenfield project together to see what's possible with the right workflow
  • Hands-on parallel development in your preferred stack. This is about the workflow, not the technology.
  • Real-time coaching as you work

Day 2: Brownfield

Real World Application
  • Take a real task from your actual backlog
  • Apply the framework to your existing codebase
  • Navigate legacy code, existing patterns, real constraints
  • This is where habits stick, because it's your actual code
  • Ship something real before you leave

What Becomes Possible

Real projects. Built with the workflows you'll learn. One developer, one AI agent.

6 significant projects. 5 days. 1 developer.

These projects ran simultaneously, interleaved across the week. Each colored block is 5 minutes of active development. Dark gaps are idle time or breaks.

Who This Is For

≤15

Up to 15 developers per session

Everyone brings a laptop and their Claude Code license. Larger groups on request.

CTO

CTOs without bandwidth to figure this out

You know AI coding matters. You don't have weeks to research and teach it yourself.

?!

Skeptics who want to see it work

No hype. You'll build something real and see exactly why the techniques work.

EU

EU, Switzerland & UK companies

On-site in Europe. English language.

Ready to unlock your team's AI potential?

Two days. Real skills. Applied to your actual codebase. No hype. Just the workflows that work.

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or email brian@buildingbetterteams.de