ALYSSA CLARCQ / LEARN BY BUILDING

Build something
worth using.

I’m Alyssa. I help curious people use AI for research, writing, planning, and the everyday work they want to make easier.

Alyssa smiling during a seated conversation on a sofa.
Alyssa Clarcq / Builder + educatorHuman judgment included.
REAL WORK. CURIOUS PEOPLE.Research · Create · Plan · Get things doneFeatured in Business Insider ↗

01 / A little experiment

Watch the answer
get better.

A confident answer can still be wrong. Follow one fictional example from first draft to human review.

BUILD → INSPECT → VERIFY → REPAIR → CONTROLIllustrative walkthrough · not a live AI model

SOURCE / MEETING NOTES

What the team agreed

Draft ownerSam
Draft dueTuesday
ReviewerPriya
Before sharingReview

The sample AI turns these notes into a plan, but changes the deadline. Select each step to see how you catch and correct it.

FIRST DRAFT / CHECK REQUIRED

A clear plan. A wrong date.

Friday

The draft says Sam will finish on Friday and Priya will review it. The people are right, but the deadline has changed.

The skill is knowing what to check. Explore the shared-project learning lab →

Find your way in

Choose what you
want to do next.

Try it yourself, build with other people, or bring a practical AI session to your team.

01 / BUILD TOGETHER

The learning lab.

One shared project. Five steps from first attempt to a result you can explain. The next pilot is in development.

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02 / TAKE A SHORTCUT

Useful starting points.

Guides and a prompt toolkit for organizing context, connecting steps, and checking the work.

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03 / BRING YOUR TEAM

Make it click.

Plain-language teaching and hands-on sessions built around your audience and the work they do.

Speaking & training ↗

02 / Explore the trade-off

Time saved?
Let’s do the math.

Change the assumptions. See how drafting and human review affect the time a repeatable task could take.

YOUR WEEKLY WORKFLOW

ESTIMATED MINUTES / WEEK

Current process240 min
AI-assisted + reviewed120 min
CurrentDraftingReview
2 hours less

120 minutes less each week, with 56 minutes reserved for human review.

An estimate from your inputs, not measured results or a promise of savings. Setup time, tool costs and output quality also matter.

Live, curious, and figuring it out

Good questions
belong here.

Demos, conversations, and working sessions. Bring the thing you’re trying to understand.

See what’s coming up.

Confirmed public sessions and joining details live on the calendar.

Open the calendar
Past sessions →
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The person behind the experiments

Curious enough to try.
Careful enough to check.

I’m a builder, educator, and founder who uses AI in everyday work. I share what I’m trying, what breaks, and how to turn a promising idea into something useful.

What would you
like to build?

Let’s talk ↗