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Carve AI

Expand your capacity with AI
£1,289 + VAT • $1,715 • Only 40 seats

  • Master AI prompting – from first principles to advanced techniques

  • Build no-code automations that save you hours every week

  • Create AI assistants and agents tailored to your role, no coding required

  • Become your exec's personal AI guide and an AI change agent in your team

Next cohort July 21-Sep 1, with live sessions Tuesdays at 8am PT | 11am ET | 4pm UK

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  • Learn the fundamentals of AI and how it works, current capabilities and limitations, and predictions for the future of the EA role. We’ll also cover tips for success in the course.

  • Dive into the most powerful tools of all: AI chatbots. You’ll learn about ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini and Claude and the strengths of each. Learn 100+ ways to use these tools at work, the keys to great prompt crafting and pro tips to get high value outputs fast. Understand key risks of AI right now, and the steps to take to mitigate risk at work.

  • In this session, we’ll dive deeper into AI chatbots, covering advanced prompting tactics and how to use the latest AI chatbot features. We’ll also hop into breakout groups to practice what we’ve learned with real-world projects.

  • Learn how to create reusable AI tools that work the way you do. We'll build AI assistant (custom GPTs, Gemini Gems, Copilot Agents), set up Projects, and design prompt templates you can use again and again – so you spend less time briefing AI and more time getting results.

  • Learn how to use tools like Zapier, MS Power Automate and Make to automate admin tasks in your workflow and take your productivity to new heights. Hear top use cases and learn how to get started with your first automations from Zapier’s own Director of Executive Operations Cortney Hickey.

  • Discover what agentic AI is and why it matters for the future of your role. We'll explore multi-step automated workflows, see AI agents in action, and get hands-on with vibe coding – building a working tool together, no coding experience needed.

  • Regroup and swap notes with your peers on what you’ve learned from the past seven weeks. Learn how to continue your learning from here, and how to step into the role of an AI change agent in your team and organization. Come away inspired to continue learning and exploring the universe of AI.

Learn from industry experts

Meet our facilitators – experienced professionals who've applied AI and automation in real-world roles. They'll guide you through practical, engaging sessions and help you build skills you can use immediately.

You'll also be supported by our global team of Associate Trainers – current and former EAs who co-facilitate sessions with their real-world experience. Think of them as your built-in support system throughout the program.

At Carve, you never learn alone.

Cortney Hickey
Director of Executive Operations at Zapier

Cortney is a no-code automation expert for EAs, with pro-level automations that have doubled her productivity. Cortney will train us on how EAs can automate their workflow and walk us through several automations she uses in her day-to-day for maximum efficiency and impact.

Fiona Young
Founder at Carve, AI expert and former executive assistant

Fiona is an expert in AI tools for everyday workplace productivity. In a former life Fiona was a L&D leader and an executive assistant herself, and since 2022 she’s been focused on giving assistants AI superpowers. She leads sessions on the essentials of AI, AI chatbots, AI assistants and agents.

AI skills that deliver real results

Work smarter, not longer

Our alums save up to 8 hours per week with AI and automation – meaning the course fee pays itself back in weeks.

Quality you can measure

Professionals see their work quality increase by 40% with ChatGPT.

Harvard Business School, 2023.

A proven learning experience

With an NPS of +89 and an average course rating of 9.8 out of 10, Carve AI’s learner feedback speaks for itself – proof of a truly impactful learning experience.

Who it’s for

This course is for you if you:

  • Are in an executive support role – EA, PA, executive business partner or similar

  • Are curious about AI and are maybe using it weekly or daily already, but feel you’re just scratching the surface

  • Have a boss who’s supportive of you using AI tools on the job

  • Are keen to take part in a lively cohort community, sharing your challenges, wins and learnings

This course is not for you if you:

  • Work for an organization that won’t let you use any AI tools right now

  • Are looking for a passive learning experience (this is very hands-on)

  • Are a total beginner looking for a gentle intro – we move fast and cover a lot of ground

  • Can't commit to showing up and doing the work

Course schedule

2-3 hours time commitment per week.
Our 7-week course is designed for real-world impact, combining live expert-led sessions, hands-on practice, and continuous support. You’ll build AI skills that stick – and a network to grow with.

    • Two options: Tuesdays at 9am Pacific | 12pm ET | 5pm UK or 12pm Pacific | 3pm Eastern | 8pm UK

    • 75 minute interactive live sessions led by our founder Fiona Young and expert guests, via Zoom

    • Session recording available if you’re unable to make it live

    • Dedicated breakout discussions in every session

    • Put what you’ve learned into practice

    • 30-45 minute practical exercises to bring what you’ve learned into your daily workflow

    • Designed to deepen your understanding and make AI a daily habit

    • Ongoing conversation with Fiona and your cohort via dedicated WhatsApp group, including weekly reflection points to consolidate what you’ve learned

    • One capstone project to consolidate all you’ve learned

    • Reinforce your learning by revisiting session resources in the Carve Hub, our dedicated members area

Carve Lead

Grow into a strategic assistant
£1,289 + VAT • $1,715 ‍• Only 40 seats

  • Build leadership skills so you can take on high-impact projects and deliver results. Gain confidence, feel more valued and carve out a broader role for yourself in the process.

  • Launching in 2026. Register to be first in line for enrollment.

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    • Program overview & expectations of you

    • Self-awareness: your strengths, weaknesses, passions and direction

    • Your career growth plan

    • Your personal brand

    • Imposter syndrome: what, why, how to overcome

    • Assertiveness

    • How to speak so people listen

    • Rethinking your role

    • How and when to delegate

    • Think creatively about priorities and how to get your work done

    • How to spot opportunities aligned to your career growth plan

    • How to ask to get a ‘yes’

    • 100+ ideas for stretch opportunities

    • Barriers - internal and external

    • Real talk on what to do and what not to do to expand your role

    • How to build a strategic mindset

    • Key strategy frameworks & concepts

    • Strategic planning

    • Change management essentials

Gain a Carve certification

Complete one of our high-impact courses and earn a certificate you can display on your LinkedIn profile and resume to set you apart from the pack.

What’s included in every course

  • Live sessions

    7 x 75-minute live, interactive learning sessions led by Carve founder Fiona Young and expert guest speakers, via Zoom.

  • Peer support

    You’ll get support, inspiration and troubleshoot roadblocks with your peers in our dedicated Whatsapp community.

  • Projects

    Practice what you’ve learned in live sessions with assignments and experiments designed to build your skills & confidence.

  • Online content

    You’ll get access to pre- and post-session content each week including session recordings, toolkits and further resources.

  • Purposeful networking

    Connect with like-minded assistants and build supportive relationships that extend way beyond the course.

  • Access to experts

    Learn from some of the brightest minds in the industry. Dedicated time in every session for discussion so you can get tailored advice.

  • Carve badge

    You’ll earn a Carve digital badge you can add to your resume to recognize your hard work and set you apart from your peers.

  • Leavebehinds

    We’ll leave you with access to the Carve Hub (including session recordings) for three months after the course ends.

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Our ethos
for learning

We have a strong view on what makes great digital learning honed from 15,000+ hours building learning programs for some of the world’s greatest organizations.

These six principles cut across all Carve courses.

  • We believe in the power of peer learning, that people learn best together and from one another. Learning with others motivates us to keep going, and holds us accountable to change. And it should never be one-directional (meaning an expert lecturing participants, AKA “sage on a stage”) — we all get more out of learning when we’re able to share our own experiences, reflections and insights.

  • Learning is stickiest when it happens a little at a time and often, unfolding over a period of several weeks or months, rather than crammed into a single week or day. This gives us a chance to practice what we’ve learned in the real world, then come back together to share reflections, wins and blockers. This format helpfully also fits better into a hectic schedule!

  • Our courses focus on the how and how now. Forget the preamble, forget the fluff. We get right to the juicy stuff, give you weekly exercises to try right away, and leave you with super practical guides (including key learnings, tools and checklists) that you can use and reuse after the course ends.

  • We tightly tailor every part of our courses to executive assistants, meaning they’re highly relevant and high value. This extends beyond course content to format, too — our courses take a choose-your-own-adventure approach with room for you to focus on what’s most relevant to you in your role.

  • We build our courses with input from an advisory board and a team of subject matter experts, as well as 1000s of external sources including whitepapers, academic research, thought leadership and everyday practitioners. We’re also passionate about creating learning experiences that make an impact. We go beyond basic assessments of whether learning happened to drill into the wider impact learning had on you, your career, your exec and your organization.

  • We’ve all experienced dull and outdated learning content — it’s no fun. Ours is fresh and cutting edge, designed to inspire the smart and savvy Carve executive assistant. It’s updated literally every week based on the latest headlines, launches and insight (with the pace of change in AI that’s essential!). We always strive to be the learning you want to do, not the learning you have to do.