For individuals
The Anchor Method cohort.
For the domain expert who wants to walk the path themselves — in good company, at a considered pace, with the artefact in hand at the end.
Six weeks
Online with one in-person closing
Selective
By application, ~12 people
Three phases
Take Bearings · Charting Course · Open Waters
One artefact
A working AI agent built around your expertise
The path
Three phases. Six weeks. Real work.
The cohort walks the full Anchor Method, in order. You can move at the pace your life allows — but every phase is non-optional. Each one earns the next.
I
Take Bearings
Map the system you've been running quietly for years. Find your true north. Without an anchor, you drift.
II
Charting Course
Turn your trained instinct into a working AI agent. No terminal. No code. The system that ships in your name.
III
Open Waters
Sail on your own terms. Become the person who ships — immune to the conference-and-hackathon noise.
Who this is for
Domain experts with real expertise.
The cohort is small and considered. Selectivity isn’t aesthetic — it’s how the experience is protected for the person who’s ready to do the work.
- Mid-to-senior professionals who get paid for the way they think — for the questions they ask, the patterns they spot, the recommendations only they would have made.
- Founders, consultants, and operators who are done with the conference-and-hackathon merry-go-round and ready to ship instead.
- People who suspect that “just learn to code” was always the wrong frame.
- People who would rather move slowly and properly than quickly and shallowly.
- People who, when they read “what about my work do I want to protect from being commoditised,” had a real answer.
Apply to the cohort
The application is part of the work.
The questions below take fifteen to twenty minutes to answer properly. They’re built to surface the substance behind your work — the part of it that doesn’t fit on a LinkedIn profile. We read everything that comes through. Applications are reviewed weekly; you’ll hear from us within seven days, sometimes sooner.
Form coming soon
The application form is being finalised. Until it’s live, drop your name — we’ll write personally when applications open and walk you through the questions.
A preview of the questions
1
Tell us, in concrete terms, what you do that you're paid for. Not your title — the actual work. The thing clients or employers come to you for that they couldn't easily get elsewhere.
2
Describe a recent moment where the way you think caught something that someone less experienced would have missed. What did you see, and how did you know?
3
What part of your work would you most hate to lose if AI replaced it tomorrow — and why does that part matter to you?
4
Who in your professional life knows your work deeply enough to speak to its substance? You don't have to name them publicly here — just describe the relationship.
5
What's something you've quietly disagreed with in your field that you've never said out loud — but you know you're right about?
6
This program will start with three weeks of unglamorous work on the parts of your expertise you've never written down. There will be nothing to post about during that period. How does that land for you?
7
If we end up working together, what's something you'd want me to know about you — that wouldn't fit on a LinkedIn profile?
Substantial answers take time. There’s no rush, no word count, no penalty for sitting with a question for a day before answering it.
What happens after
1
We read carefully.
Each application gets a real read. If your answers reveal substance and fit, we'll write back inviting you to a thirty-minute conversation. If not, we'll tell you, kindly, and we'll mean it.
2
A thirty-minute call.
Less an interview, more a mutual diligence. We'll talk about the work you're doing, what you'd like to build, and whether the rhythm of the cohort is the right shape for your life right now.
3
An offer or a kind no.
If it's a yes, you'll get the full structure, dates, and investment in writing. If it's a no, you'll get a brief, honest reason. Either way, you'll know within a few days of the call.
4
The work begins.
Cohort weeks 1–3 are Take Bearings. Mostly written work; little to post about. By the end of week 6 you've shipped a working AI agent built around your own expertise.