One shared home for everything we build together.
Organised by session: what to read before each one, and what came out of it.
If you read one thing, make it the pre-read at the top. Everything marked READ FIRST is meant to be done before the session, and takes the time shown.
We turn the Principles into rules people can actually follow: the data zones, the account rules, and the red lines.
The go/no-go framework for new tools, data ownership and vendor terms, and what to watch as usage grows.
Sessions built around what people actually do, pitched at the comfort level each group told us they were at.
The prompt library, the internal handbook, a light onboarding version for next year's new hires, and the AI Guides taking it forward.
Each session shows its outcome up front. Open one to see what we read going in and the evidence behind it.
What was agreed at the outset, and where each one stands. Click through to anything already delivered.
Where AI genuinely helps at Echidna and where it doesn't, drawn from both diagnostics, the January survey and the systems review, with the risks named against each.
The pathways, honestly costed, the live bake-off, the vendor evidence, and the decision the senior team reached on 21 August.
How the tools actually reach people: the AI Guides who carry it, who gets what, and the go/no-go framework for anything new that comes along. The all-staff note introducing it all is with Emily to send to the team.
The living policy: green, yellow and red data zones, account rules, grantee data handling, and the red lines. The draft is complete and with senior staff for the final decisions, then the AI Guides for a fresh-eyes review before sign-off.
Data ownership, storage, vendor terms and liability, and what to monitor as usage grows. Vendor and insurance questions surfaced for your counsel and broker rather than answered here. Built on the signed-off policy.
Two Foundations sessions for everyone, three clinics by function, weekly office hours, the prompt library and the internal handbook, with hands-on support on the first priority use cases.
Program officer portfolio dashboards. Automated monthly and quarterly EGGs reports. Portfolio forecasting. Research and literature scanning. The girls' education language project. Writing support agents, including second-language drafting.
These sit outside the foundation work your Board asked for. The list stays here so nothing gets lost, and we'll come back to it with options for how to take it on.
Leads the engagement end to end: strategy, tool selection, policy, and education.
aggarwal.shabnam@gmail.com
Human-centered design and policy researcher supporting discovery and training. Background →
Kim, Dana & Emily steering; Katrina coordinating scheduling, milestones, and logistics.
The full engagement proposal. Enter the leadership password when prompted — shared with Kim, Dana, Emily & Katrina. Open →