Moving years of product data
About three hours with the operations manager of a British e-commerce business, and a first corrected file for over 6,000 product kits.
Put your AI
to work.
I coach senior professionals, one to one, on using AI in their work. Usually two or three hours, with your hands on the keyboard.
Or write to phil@lenirai.com.
- CoachingOurselvesCo-founded with Henry Mintzberg in 2007
- Speech recognitionFifteen years, from Bell‑Northern to Nuance
- A U.S. patentCo-inventor, speech recognition
- MontrealEnglish and French
Thirty years in your field, and a business of one. Your AI can become your right hand, helping you grow your business.
Who it’s for
Senior people who run a one-person business (consultants, advisors, specialists, coaches) and want their AI to build their website, create their presentations, do their research and manage their project plan.
Operations and senior people in organizations, too, who want their AI to get work done for them, quickly and effectively.
And people with a cause who want to learn to use AI to move it forward.
I’m here to help.
How it starts
First hourAn interview. About half an hour on Google Meet, with AI transcribing. You tell me about your business: why you do this work, what you offer and to whom, how clients find you, where you want to go. My questions help you get to the real answers, and as we go I add instructions for your AI, so it understands what you mean.
First hour, continuedYour AI gets to work. I send you the transcript and you paste it into Claude or ChatGPT. From then on, your AI knows your business: it keeps your project plan and your weekly priorities, and checks with you when something drifts from your goals. By the end of the hour it’s usually working for you already, on a presentation, say, or some deep research.
Second hourThen you drive. You share your screen and keep your AI going on the tasks you need done, or start something bigger: your own website, or an app you build with AI. That’s how you learn to do it on your own.
A third hourSomething real. We finish the bigger piece: your website, set up so you can run it and make your own marketing material from then on, or your app, taken further, whether you’re new to vibe coding or already at it. Or we simply do more of your tasks.
You work in your own AI account: Claude, which I recommend, or ChatGPT if you already use it.
One hour is $350, in Canadian dollars, taxes extra. Most people take two or three.
I’m Phil LeNir.
I spent fifteen years building speech recognition middleware and applications, from Bell‑Northern Research in the early 1990s to SpeechWorks and Nuance Communications. I’m a co-inventor on a U.S. patent from that work. In 2007 I co-founded CoachingOurselves, peer learning for managers, with Henry Mintzberg. I’ve coached and facilitated hundreds of senior professionals.
In their words
“I was absolutely thrilled about your coaching, directness, knowledge and honesty.”
“Phil was fantastic to work with. He helped us understand how AI could be used practically within our business and gave us the confidence to start applying it in meaningful ways. He has a wealth of experience, explains things clearly, and was incredibly helpful throughout. I’d happily recommend him to any business looking to get started with AI.”
“Phil brings an engineering mindset to business problems. He gets to the heart of the issue, explains technical possibilities clearly, and keeps the conversation focused on what would be useful in practice. I value his thoughtful, grounded approach and would recommend him to any business looking for a sensible way to explore AI.”
“Working with Phil was a game changer. He helped me take the way I use Claude to an entirely new level. With his guidance, I was able to create a beautiful new website that I’m incredibly proud of but even more importantly, he gave me the knowledge and confidence to manage it myself. I’m now fully autonomous when it comes to making updates and evolving my site, which is something I never thought I’d be able to do on my own.”
Things I’ve built with AI
Many of them on my own time.
The advice in my sent email
An AI designer that helps learning and development professionals plan a custom CoachingOurselves program, drawing on years of my own sent email.
The lake association newsletter
A volunteer newsletter, drafted with AI in plain French and checked by the board before it goes out.
Voice practice
People rehearse a hard work conversation out loud with an AI character. I designed and built the voice-to-voice system behind it.
Latest article
AI entertainment vs. true outcomes
Working with AI can feel as satisfying as a good game. The real results start with a conversation, and not with the AI.
One message is enough.
Let’s talk
Or write to phil@lenirai.com.