The Neuron Academy

AI courses for everyday work

Hand the busywork to AI: the email threads, meeting notes, documents and recurring tasks that eat your week.

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  • 22 lessons
  • 116 videos
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The path

Take them in this order

Beginner courses first and advanced ones last, going by the Academy’s own labels. Within each stage, full courses come before single lessons.

  1. Start here Steps 1–6
  2. Keep going Steps 7–22
  3. Go further Step 23

Start here

Steps 1–6 Courses the Academy pitches at beginners.

  1. Step 1
    Lesson · 8 min

    Automations for Beginners

    Learn how simple automations work and choose routine workplace tasks that are ready to automate.

    10 videos · notes · certificate

    Max Crampton-Thomas
  2. Step 2
    Lesson · 9 min

    Claude

    What are Claude Skills?

    Learn when reusable Claude guidance fits your workflow better than a one-off prompt.

    10 videos · notes · certificate

    Max Crampton-Thomas
  3. Step 3
    Lesson · 12 min

    Microsoft 365 Copilot

    What Is an AI Chief of Staff and How Do You Build One?

    Learn how to build an AI chief of staff in Microsoft 365 Copilot that organizes approved work context into a daily briefing.

    1 video · notes · certificate

    Corey Noles
  4. Step 4
    Lesson · 19 min

    Microsoft 365 Copilot

    A Microsoft 365 Copilot Walkthrough for Beginners

    Learn Microsoft 365 Copilot with this walkthrough of Chat, Search, Pages, Notebooks, Create, Agents, app features, and safe usage tips.

    1 video · 1 exercise · notes · certificate

    Corey Noles
  5. Step 5
    Lesson · 17 min

    ChatGPT

    How to Use ChatGPT for a Safer Personal Spending Review

    This beginner-friendly microlesson teaches a safer way to ask ChatGPT about your finances without letting it make decisions for you.

    1 video · 1 exercise · notes · certificate

    Corey Noles
  6. Step 6
    Lesson · 10 min

    ChatGPT

    Use ChatGPT Apps for Everyday Work

    Learn how to use ChatGPT Apps to research faster, stay organized, and connect AI tools to your everyday workflow.

    1 video · 1 exercise · certificate

    Corey Noles

Keep going

Steps 7–22 The rest of the path, full courses first.

  1. Step 7
    Lesson · 26 min New

    ChatGPT

    Turn One Listing Into a Full AI Marketing Kit

    Use one ChatGPT prompt to create coordinated listing marketing drafts, then edit the wording and check the property facts.

    1 video · notes · certificate

    Faithe Day, Ph.D.
  2. Step 8
    Lesson · 9 min New

    Gemini

    Build an AI Workflow in Google Workspace

    Turn information from Gmail and Drive into an organized, reviewed tracker and follow-up draft.

    7 videos · notes · certificate

    Faithe Day, Ph.D.
  3. Step 9
    Lesson · 33 min New

    Practical AI Workflows for Small Business

    Learn how to choose recurring tasks for AI, build a repeatable process around them, and keep human judgment where it matters.

    1 video · notes · certificate

    Corey Noles
  4. Step 10
    Lesson · 42 min New

    How AI Gets Built Into Real Production Systems

    A practical look at the MCP, AI coding workflows, product decisions, and guardrails TechnologyAdvice uses in production.

    1 video · notes · certificate

    Grant Harvey
  5. Step 11
    Lesson · 20 min

    Claude

    How to Get Started With Claude Cowork

    Install Claude Desktop and run a carefully scoped Cowork task using clear instructions and a safe working folder.

    7 videos · notes · certificate

    Grant Harvey
  6. Step 12
    Lesson · 11 min

    ChatGPT

    Find Project Risks and Priorities With AI

    Use ChatGPT to turn a project tracker into a verified brief showing where leadership attention is needed.

    1 video · notes · certificate

    Corey Noles
  7. Step 13
    Lesson · 25 min

    ChatGPT · Claude · Gemini

    Connect AI to Your Tools with MCP

    Learn how connectors and MCP give AI controlled access to the apps, data, and actions you use at work.

    10 videos · notes · certificate

    Grant Harvey
  8. Step 14
    Lesson · 12 min

    Gemini

    What are Gems in Gemini?

    Build a custom Google Gemini Gem for recurring workplace tasks, then test its instructions, knowledge use, boundaries, and sharing settings.

    7 videos · notes · certificate

    Faithe Day, Ph.D.
  9. Step 15
    Lesson · 10 min

    Gemini

    How to Use Gemini in Gmail

    Learn to use Gemini in Gmail to draft messages, summarize conversations, search the inbox, and verify AI-generated results before sending.

    7 videos · notes · certificate

    Faithe Day, Ph.D.
  10. Step 16
  11. Step 17
    Lesson · 14 min

    AI for Meetings: Find What the Summary Missed

    Use AI to reconstruct meeting decisions and identify alignment gaps that could interfere with execution.

    1 video · notes · certificate

    Corey Noles
  12. Step 18
  13. Step 19
    Lesson · 20 min

    ChatGPT

    ChatGPT as Your Work OS

    Learn how to combine chats, skills, plugins, Scheduled Tasks, Projects, and Workspace Agents into one practical ChatGPT Work OS.

    1 video · 1 exercise · notes · certificate

    Grant Harvey
  14. Step 20
    Lesson · 59 min

    ChatGPT

    First Look at ChatGPT Health

    Explore ChatGPT Health and how to connect health data, ask useful questions, prepare for visits, and share safely.

    1 video · notes · certificate

    Corey Noles
  15. Step 21
    Lesson · 14 min

    ChatGPT

    ChatGPT Scheduled Tasks & How to Use Them

    Learn how to schedule tasks so ChatGPT can run useful prompts later, repeat them on a schedule, or check for meaningful updates.

    1 video · 1 exercise · certificate

    Corey Noles
  16. Step 22
    Lesson · 10 min

    ChatGPT

    Personalize ChatGPT for Better Results

    Learn how to customize ChatGPT with better instructions, memory, and prompts to get more useful responses.

    1 video · 1 exercise · notes · certificate

    Corey Noles

Go further

Step 23 Courses the Academy labels advanced.

  1. Step 23
    Full course · 3 lessons New

    Gemini

    Advanced Gemini: Build Reliable Research and Analysis Workflows

    Use Gemini to ground research, analyze information, control complex outputs, and build reusable workplace workflows with human review.

    34 videos · 6 exercises · notes · certificate

    Faithe Day, Ph.D.

Common questions

Where should I start?

With Automations for Beginners (lesson, 8 min). It’s step 1 of 23; take the rest in the order above, or skip to whatever you need.

How long does it take?

The 22 lessons here run 8 min to 59 min and the 1 full course has 3 lessons. Each ends with its own certificate, so you can stop after any of them.

Do I need any experience?

No. None of the Academy’s courses need coding or a technical background. Membership starts with a 7-day free trial, and you can cancel anytime.

The Neuron Academy

Learn AI the way you read The Neuron: short, practical, no hype.

  • 73 courses and lessons, with new ones every week
  • Guided paths for 5 goals, from first prompt to first agent
  • A certificate for every course you finish
  • No coding or technical background required
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