The Manager Experience

Three badges.
One year.
AI native by December.

By December 2026, you have earned three universal badges that prove your AI fluency to yourself, your team and Mews. One capstone per badge. The bar is calibrated to your role.

What you will experience. What you will earn. What it looks like in your role.

Section 1

The three badges

COPILOTMEWS × STHREEI

Copilot

What it means
You use AI as a personal partner in the flow of your work.
Capstone
A personal AI workflow prototype that you ship by end of June.
Evidence
Time saved per week. The number you hand to your manager.
You walk away with
A working AI co-pilot setup tailored to your daily work.
BUILDERMEWS × STHREEII

Builder

What it means
You build AI capability into how your team works.
Capstone
A tool or AI agent your team adopts. Shipped by end of September.
Evidence
Adoption rate and output uplift across the team.
You walk away with
A team capability that compounds, owned and run by you.
ORCHESTRATORMEWS × STHREEIII

Orchestrator

What it means
You lead a hybrid team of humans and AI agents.
Capstone
One team workflow redesigned as a human + AI delivery, by end of November.
Evidence
Output uplift attributable to the new design.
You walk away with
A redesigned operating motion for one part of your team's work.

Section 2

Your journey

  1. 1May 2026

    Diagnose

    You complete the AI readiness baseline. You see your starting point.

  2. 2June 2026

    Copilot

    You attend the cohort hackathon. You ship your Copilot capstone.

  3. 3July to September 2026

    Builder

    You take part in the modular rollout. You ship your Builder capstone.

  4. 4October to November 2026

    Orchestrator

    You lead the adoption sprint. You ship your Orchestrator capstone.

Section 3

What it looks like in your role

Pick your function. The capstones reshape to fit the work you actually do.

[Draft — confirm with Mews leads]

copilot capstone

An AI-augmented pipeline brief that surfaces at-risk deals with rationale before your Monday review.

builder capstone

An AI agent that drafts personalised outreach for your top 20 target accounts.

orchestrator capstone

A redesigned QBR motion where AI prepares the data narrative and you bring the strategic call.

Section 4

What you walk away with

Three badges

Verified, named, public to Mews.

A portfolio of work

Three shipped capstones tied to your real role.

A community of practice

Cross-function peers running the same playbook.

An Ambassador track

Eligibility to join the first ambassador cohort if your capstones rank highest.

Section 5

The community

Monthly community check-ins

Cross-function showcase. Fifteen minutes of demos, fifteen of questions.

Cohort channels

Slack threads where your cohort works together between modules.

Ambassador track

Top performers across all three badges become eligible for the Mews Ambassador programme. Ambassadors run the next wave.

Recognition

Badge ceremony in December. Capstones showcased to leadership.