Build-a-Skill - Session Folder
The hands-on, no-code session of Innovation Day. Participants turn one real, repeated task into a reusable AI “Skill” - a one-page recipe they paste into any chatbot to get a dependable result every time.
Who it’s for
Programme managers, operations, admin, HR, procurement, and finance staff - non-technical, mixed confidence. No coding, no installs, no setup. If you can use a web chatbot (ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude - whichever you have) and you do the same task most weeks, this session is for you.
This runs in parallel with the technical spec-first-build session - different room, same five ways of working.
What’s here
| File | What it is |
|---|---|
| participant-one-pager.md | Self-service guide: what a Skill is, the 3 habits, the 7-section template at a glance, the steps you’ll follow, and where to keep finished Skills. Start here. |
| SKILL-template.md | The 7-section template you fill in. The deliverable of the session. |
| ways-of-working-cheatsheet.md | Printable pocket card pinning the 3 habits - describe first, human signs, mind the data - to plain examples. |
| monday-commitment-card.md | Fill-in card: the one task you’ll automate next week, your accountability buddy, and the check-in date. |
| sample-data/ | Synthetic, safe-to-paste practice data - meeting notes, an expenses sheet, a request list, and a few short docs. |
How to run it
For participants:
- Read the participant-one-pager.md.
- Skim the ways-of-working-cheatsheet.md - three habits, that’s the whole posture.
- Pick one real task you do most weeks (smaller is better).
- Copy the SKILL-template.md and fill it top to bottom - write the Output section before the prompt.
- Practise on your own anonymised sample, or borrow one from sample-data/.
- Find one thing the AI got wrong and fix it. Save the Skill where your team will reuse it.
- Fill in your monday-commitment-card.md before you leave.
For facilitators: timing cues, scoring, and troubleshooting live in the facilitator guide.
See also
- Parallel session: spec-first-build - the technical team builds a real API contract-first against the RISE Mini app.
- The five ways of working: ways-of-working.md - single source of truth, shared by both sessions.
- Innovation Day overview: docs/innovation-day/README.md - how the whole day fits together.