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Institute for Human Advancement

Build your capability.
Shape what comes next.

AI is changing how we work, build businesses, and make decisions. Learn to use it with judgment—and turn what you know into something useful for yourself and your community.

Start here Build your business

Start learning without an account. Keep work on your device, or sign in for account saving and AI practice support.

Your starting point

An idea is a beginning.
Evidence moves it forward.

Before asking AI for a business plan, answer three questions:

  1. 1

    Who needs this?

    Name a specific person and a problem they already experience.

  2. 2

    What have you learned?

    Separate what customers have told you from what you and AI assume.

  3. 3

    What can you test?

    Choose one small offer you can deliver and get feedback on.

Work through your idea

A place to begin. Room to grow.

What do you want to make possible?

Free lessons · Start without an account

Build your business

Explore a customer problem, shape an offer, check the numbers, and use AI to support delivery.

Start building your business

Free lessons · Start without an account

Grow your organization or mission

Listen to the people you serve, choose a useful workflow, and test AI with clear responsibility and evidence.

Build your organization’s plan

Free lessons · Start without an account

AI for everyday life

Practice everyday tasks, compare choices, check information, and protect what is private.

Explore everyday AI

Three credentials. One front door.

Earn proof for what you can do.

Google and the Chamber offer free AI overviews. IHA credentials ask you to check a claim, ship a useful result, and keep the judgment. Start free. Pay only when you want a reviewed Applied AI credential.

Free

AI Literacy

About 1–2 weeks

You can check an AI answer and use ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini on a real task.

Start here

$299

Applied AI

About 4–6 weeks

You ship a workflow or prototype you can demonstrate, explain, and keep improving.

See Applied AI

By conversation

Leadership Lab

Scoped with you

Your team runs a bounded AI pilot with named reviewers and written scope.

Talk with us

Anyone can check a credential number at /verify.

Learning with purpose

The useful result is what you can do next.

Use AI to explore possibilities. Test them against the real world. Keep the decisions—and the understanding—your own.

Choose your learning pathway
  1. 01

    Understand

    Explain the task, the people it affects, and what a useful result would look like.

  2. 02

    Build

    Create a draft, an offer, or a workflow using appropriate tools.

  3. 03

    Check

    Verify the facts, test the result, and identify what still needs human judgment.

  4. 04

    Adapt

    Revise with evidence and explain how you would handle a different situation.

Capability. Ownership. Opportunity.

Technology should expand what people can do.

IHA AI Academy is an initiative of the Institute for Human Advancement. Our purpose is to help people understand AI, use it with judgment, and shape how it enters their lives, businesses, and communities.

About the Academy

Choose the right kind of help.

  • Three free self-directed pathways help you practice and build useful work without an account.
  • Project labs begin with an inquiry about one useful deliverable, the feedback you need, and who will review it.
  • Community and team programs need an agreed delivery plan, access support, schedule, and price before enrollment.

Your business plan is a starting point. Customer demand and income require real-world evidence.

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