We're here to increase your capabilities.
Fundamentals and limits, taught plainly and from first principles. You are empowered to ask the right questions, read between the lines, assess vendor claims, detect possible risks, and decide.
AI is changing what the world expects of you.Master it on your own terms.
Private, confidential coaching for executives who intend to have real command of AI — the fundamentals, the limits, and the judgment to use both. Built around you: your pace, your questions, your situation at work or in the role you are moving towards.
Everyone is talking about AI. Few actually have command of it.
You are expected to have a view on AI but there are many unknowns. Exposure is not understanding. You are here because you want to close the gaps.
The questions that matter most are the simple ones. You will not ask them in a board meeting. You should ask them here.
Your next role demands AI fluency. Courses teach tools. This builds judgment.
How the coaching works
One person at a time. Tailored to your context and shaped to your learning style — sessions in French or English.
Grounded in reality, not pure theory
We work on your current business situation: your decisions, your own workflows. We identify the internal winners, promote the right champions, put your business on track to succeed in the accelerating world of AI.
Discreet, and independent
No commissions, no referral fees, no platforms to sell. Zero social marketing, no names, no case studies. Notes encrypted, returned or destroyed at the end.
UNDER NDA · ONE PERSON AT A TIME · NOTHING TO UPSELL
No question is too elementary
This is the room for unanswered questions. How the models actually work, where they fail, what a vendor claim omits, what a term means. Real fluency - no more impostor syndrome.
What the first conversation is for
Half an hour, under NDA on request, without obligation. One purpose: to establish exactly where you want to get to, and confirm I am the right mentor to take you there.
- Define your North Star goal.A decision at work, a role you are moving towards, or the confidence to speak on the subject without hesitation.
- Set your learning style.Mechanics from first principles, or tradeoffs and failure modes. Your preference drives the plan - not a fixed curriculum.
- Agree to a plan, or don't.You get a plan: what you will learn, how often we meet, and when it ends — agreed upon before we discuss any fee. You are in charge.
Your counterpart
Lam Paturle. Twenty years leading product and teach teams across Paris, New York, Los Angeles, and Berlin. HEC Paris. Bilingual French and English.
Lam has been continuously staying abreast of the latest AI, machine learning and data science advances including certified curriculum at Mines Paris PSL as well as enterprise data engineering courses at Artefact School of Data. He now builds sophisticated products with AI with teams a tenth the size that he used to at 10x velocity. He has bridged business to product to tech, therefore he can clearly explain how changes in technology will impact business to the leadership.
What we can work on
- How the models actually work, from first principles
- Reading vendor and model claims critically
- Where AI genuinely helps your work, your company, your mission
- Finding your competent voice with technical leadership, data scientists and engineers
- Determine what needs to be aligned to meet the promise of AI: data management, operations, change management
- A personal path into an AI-first facing role or career
- What to learn yourself, and what to delegate
Fit
Not a good fit
- A certificate to put on a profile.
- Keynotes, cohort courses, general inspiration.
- Implementation. I teach and advise.
- Certainty. We build judgment.
A good fit
- Executives and senior leaders who want genuine command of the subject, not internet chatter.
- Someone who would rather have answers, guidance, and a sounding board.
- Executives who want their problems and situation addressed.
- Leaders moving into an AI-facing role, or desiring to upskill before changing their role.
A first conversation should clarify what advisory you need — me, or someone else.
Book a conversation
Choose a time and tell me briefly what you need guidance with. Three or four sentences are enough. You will hear back from me, not a team.
Your note is treated as confidential from the first word. An NDA is available before any substantive exchange. A conversation does not commit you to anything.
Or write directly: hecaton@rawdata.space
Half an hour · in French or English · no obligation