Free 8-minute lesson · Human Approval Gate
5 Times AI Should Stop Before It Acts
Before AI sends a message or changes a record, decide what you need to check. The lesson shows five places to pause for a person’s decision.
AI training & practical tools
Keith Staggers.
Make AI useful. Keep humans in charge.
I’m Keith Staggers. I teach leaders and small teams to use AI at work and build practical tools for repetitive tasks. Start with a report, a plan or a project you want to finish.
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Teacher. Builder. Always learning.
Featured tool · First Officer
Less managing AI. More finished work.
A desktop dashboard for the projects you work on with AI. First Officer brings your saved progress, decisions and next steps into one place.
You’re still in charge.
Free early release · Mac and Windows
Interactive example · sample records
Changes stay in this example.
Review saved project progress, decisions and next steps in one place. See the download page for setup and AI requirements.
Learn it. Try it on real work.
Start with a free lesson on when a person should review AI’s work. Then use the Human Approval Gate guide and worksheet to plan that review for a task you already know.
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Workflow testing template
Find weak spots before people depend on the result.
Test before you trust it
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Free AI work templates
Download ten text templates for context, approvals, testing, proof, and recovery.
Open the free templatesReady to finish a creative project? Explore The Finish Loop, a $49 toolkit with a guide, planner and finish checks.
Want hands-on help?
Start with one task: a weekly update, meeting agenda or follow-up email. Work with Keith for 60 minutes on a useful first version you can build on.
One-to-one working session $250 · Work on one recurring task together. Receive reusable prompts and a written plan within 48 hours. Team training Help a team use AI responsibly on work they already do. Done-for-you workflow setup Turn a repeated task into a tested, documented process. Speaking Give leaders and teams a plain-English way to think about AI at work.
Selected work
See what Keith builds.
Explore a practice-building app prototype, an equipment finder and a private creative workspace. See the screens and the work behind each one.
Founder-built venture
CharterRN
What this screen shows
A practice dashboard with tasks, deadlines, and synthetic practice records.
What this screen shows
A compliance calendar with synthetic license and policy renewal deadlines.
Task and build
The task
CharterRN is a practice-building product for independent nurses. Keith designed and built the public site and a working local application.
The build
- A public CharterRN site designed and built by Keith.
- A working local application represented by a practice dashboard and compliance calendar.
- Synthetic practice records and deadlines used for demonstration.
CharterRN is Keith's separate venture. Local app prototype shown with synthetic demo data.
Explore CharterRNEquipment-finder prototype
GearSTAT
What this screen shows
A simulated unit map with made-up equipment locations and availability.
What this screen shows
A mobile equipment finder listing simulated availability.
What this screen shows
A seven-day signal dashboard with simulated workflow measures.
Task and build
The task
GearSTAT is a working demonstration of a nurse-facing way to find, claim, and report shared equipment in a simulated hospital environment.
The build
- A working demonstration of a find, claim, and report equipment flow.
- A simulated unit map, mobile finder, and seven-day signal dashboard.
- A made-up demonstration dataset with no patient information or staff locations.
Independent prototype using simulated equipment data.
Explore GearSTATPrivate production app
AI Canvas
What this screen shows
A private dashboard with recent creative production flows.
What this screen shows
A node editor connecting a reference image to a generated character sheet.
What this screen shows
A visual concept connecting image, voice, copy, and final-film steps.
Task and build
The task
AI Canvas is Keith's private workspace for connecting images, video, voice, music, captions, and reusable production flows.
The build
- A private workspace for connecting images, video, voice, music, captions, and reusable production flows.
- A dashboard for recent creative production flows.
- A node editor and visual production canvas for connected media steps.
A private tool built for Keith's own creative production.
Explore AI CanvasKeith teaches what he builds.
Explore the projects- 01Working nurse leader
- 0221 years as a Baltimore detective
- 03Author of Build the Workflow
- 04Builder of deployed AI tools and public resources
Three careers. One working standard.
Detective work taught Keith to observe carefully. Nursing taught him that judgment and consequences matter. Building with AI taught him how to turn both lessons into systems other people can use.
- 01 Detective 1992–2013
- 02 Nurse and nurse leader 2014–Now
- 03 AI trainer and builder 2022–Now
What would you like to make easier?
Bring a task that takes too long, a team that needs practice or a project you want to finish. Tell me what you are trying to do.