A new kind of relationship with AI

Build Your Kemosabe.

Kemosabe. Trusted friend. Faithful companion. The one who rides with you.
Most people use AI like a search engine. You can build something far more powerful.

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The Big Idea

Not a tool.
A trusted friend.

Everyone is talking about AI. Most of that conversation is about features, prompts, and productivity hacks. That is not what this is.

This is about building a relationship with an AI assistant that actually knows you — how you think, what drives you, what drains you, and what you are working toward.

"The people who get the most from this aren't the ones who use it the most. They're the ones who invest in it the most."

— Build Your Kemosabe

The more it knows you as a person, the better it serves you as a professional. That is not a coincidence. That is the whole point.

Most People With a Kemosabe
Explains themselves every sessionPicks up where they left off
Gets generic answersGets answers built for their situation
Uses AI for tasksUses AI for thinking
Resets every conversationBuilds context over time
Optimized for the average userCalibrated to how they work
Has a toolHas a trusted advisor

Three steps to a
trusted companion

01

Know Yourself First

Complete your Personal Operating Profile. How you work, what drives you, what drains you, how you make decisions. Be honest. Write like you talk.

02

Build the Context

Share your POP with Claude. Upload your resume, assessments, and any relevant documents. Now your Kemosabe knows who it is working with.

03

Invest in the Relationship

Keep talking. Update your POP when things change. The more you share, the more useful every conversation becomes. This is a relationship, not a transaction.

Free Resource

The Build Your Kemosabe Guide

A complete guide to building your Personal Operating Profile and establishing a genuine AI relationship. Includes eight guided reflection sections, a completed real-world example, and everything you need to get started today.

Free. Always. Because everyone deserves access to tools that level the playing field.

Build Your Kemosabe

Complete Starter Guide · PDF

  • What a Kemosabe is and why it matters
  • Step-by-step setup guide for Claude
  • All eight Personal Operating Profile sections
  • A completed real-world example to inspire yours
  • Power moves for getting more from your AI
  • The relationship philosophy that changes everything
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Learn with others.
Build together.

Build Your Kemosabe is offered as a community workshop series through cooperative extension offices, community colleges, and school programs across Eastern North Carolina. All courses are designed to be accessible, practical, and genuinely useful for real people in real communities.

Track One

Adult Evening Workshop

Four sessions, 90 minutes each. For working professionals, career changers, small business owners, and veterans who want AI to actually work for their lives.

  • The Wrong Way and the Right Way
  • Know Yourself First
  • Build the Relationship
  • Put It to Work

Track Two

Youth Program

Four sessions adapted for middle and high school students. Focused on self awareness, responsible AI use, and building healthy technology habits before bad ones form.

  • AI Is Not Magic. It Is a Mirror.
  • Know Yourself
  • Use It Right
  • Build Your Kemosabe
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Currently serving Sampson County, NC

Workshops delivered through the NC Cooperative Extension office and community partners. Interested in bringing Build Your Kemosabe to your community, school, or organization? Get in touch below.

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Community Educator · AI Practitioner

Air Force Veteran MBA-AI 30 Yrs IT Leadership Sidewalk Institute

About

Built by someone who
built one first.

Build Your Kemosabe was not created by a tech company or a Silicon Valley startup. It was developed by a 30-year technology executive, Air Force veteran, and lifelong people-developer who built his own AI relationship first and then asked himself: why isn't everyone doing this?

The answer was simple. Nobody had shown them how.

This program grew out of a belief that transformative tools should not be reserved for people who already have access to everything else. Farmers, small business owners, working parents, kids in rural schools — everyone deserves a trusted companion in their corner.

That belief is grounded in a career spent finding potential in people others overlooked, investing in them, and watching them become something nobody expected. Build Your Kemosabe is that same investment at community scale.

Audio Series

Listen and Learn

Conversational audio episodes walking through the Kemosabe philosophy, the POP process, and real stories from people building their own trusted AI companions.

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Episodes Coming Soon

The first episode is in production right now.
Check back soon or get in touch to be notified when it drops.

Ready to build your
Kemosabe?

Whether you want to attend a workshop, bring this program to your community, or just have a question — get in touch. Every message gets a real response.