Description

A focused course, tailored for you

AI Research Scientist's Practice-Anchor Playbook

How an HCI and applied AI research scientist at a tier-one consultancy anchors a practice when the firm restructures.

When the firm restructures around AI delivery, research scientists without a published practice anchor read as bench. Scientists with one read as the practice the firm cites externally.

$199 one-time

Tailored to your situation. Access within 24 hours. 30-day money-back.

Includes a hand-built implementation playbook delivered alongside course access, generated for your specific situation.

Why this course

Tier-one consultancies running large AI-delivery restructures reorganise research arms in the same cycle. Research scientists who continue producing client-specific research without a published practice anchor are read by the deck as bench. Scientists with an anchor are read as practice IP.

The scientists who survive own a published practice anchor under their byline, a productised methodology the field can pitch, and a weekly practice-state artefact the principal forwards.

The course covers the three artefacts and the 90-day path to practice-anchor framing. Plus a hand-built implementation playbook against your real research work.

What you walk away with

A published practice anchor under your byline.
A productised methodology the field can pitch.
A weekly practice-state artefact the principal forwards.
A clean translation from client-specific research to practice-anchor scientist.
A defensible answer when the restructure asks which practice your work is associated with.
A 90-day plan to land the framing.

The 12 modules

Module 1. Reading AI-delivery restructure for research-scientist implications

AI-delivery restructure at tier-one consultancies reorganises research arms in the same operating-model cycle. The diagnostic for the research scientist layer specifically. What 'restructure' means at research-scientist level inside the firm.

Module 2. Client-specific research vs practice-anchor research

Two structurally different framings of the same research scientist seat. Client-specific research reads as bench; practice-anchor research reads as the IP the firm cites externally. The three artefacts that mark the shift.

Module 3. Your published practice anchor

Identify one research anchor under your byline. The anchor document with format, customer references, methodology endorsement. Worked examples for HCI, applied AI, and ML research anchors.

Module 4. Productised methodology

Turn the research into a productised methodology the field can pitch. Format, scope, success criteria. The methodology document the field adopts. Worked examples.

Module 5. Weekly practice-state artefact for the principal

Format, cadence, content of the weekly practice-state artefact the principal forwards. Three worked examples for tier-one research arms in restructure.

Module 6. Working with capture, BD, and partner channel

Research work overlaps capture, BD, and partner channel during sold engagements. The collaboration pattern that strengthens research-anchor positioning.

Module 7. Conferences and academic talks

Conferences and academic talks position research-anchor scientists externally. The talks the firm endorses (CHI, NeurIPS, ICML). The customer reference that follows.

Module 8. Customer references

First customer implementation becomes the reference. The reference-shaping conversation. The case study with your name on the research.

Module 9. Open-source contributions

OSS contributions strengthen anchor positioning when they connect to the published research. The integration that makes OSS work part of the practice rather than separate side-work.

Module 10. Scope statement: research scientist vs senior research scientist / fellow

Two overlapping seats. The scope statement that puts you in the senior research scientist or fellow track defensibly.

Module 11. Promotion mechanics inside tier-one research

Internal path inside tier-one research arms. The promotion artefact. The two reviewers who matter.

Module 12. Your 90-day move to practice-anchor framing

Day-by-day plan. Research anchor target chosen by week one. Anchor v1 written by week two. Methodology drafted by week three. Principal conversation in month two. Senior research scientist conversation in month three.

How this addresses your situation

Specific modules that map to what you said you are dealing with.

Modules 1 and 2 cover the diagnostic.

Modules 3 to 5 produce the three artefacts.

Modules 6 to 9 cover capture cadence, conferences, references, and OSS.

Modules 10 to 12 cover scope, promotion, and 90-day execution.

What you get with this course

The 12-module course delivered as text plus downloadable templates.
Templates for the practice anchor, the productised methodology, and the weekly artefact.
A hand-built implementation playbook generated for your specific work.
Three worked examples of the weekly artefact.
Scripted talking points for the principal conversation.

What you will have in hand by Day 1, Week 1, Month 1

Day 1: Practice anchor scaffold drafted.

Week 1: Anchor v1 written; methodology v1 drafted.

Month 1: Weekly artefact landing with principal; practice-anchor conversation scheduled.

Before and after

Before

You produce research work. Deliverables land. The restructure is being discussed.

After

Your practice anchor is in the firm's positioning. The productised methodology is what the field pitches. The weekly artefact lands with the principal. The senior research scientist conversation is scheduled.

What happens if you do not address this

AI-delivery restructures redraw research benches within one or two cycles.

Who it is for

For HCI and applied AI research scientists, ML practitioners, and senior researchers at tier-one consultancies in active restructure.

Who this is NOT for. Junior researchers. Scientists at product companies. Scientists at firms not in restructure.

How it arrives

Text-based course via LMS, plus downloadable templates and the hand-built implementation playbook.

Time investment. Roughly 10 hours of reading and 12 to 16 hours producing your real artefacts.

Why $199 is the right number

Internal research training is academic. External research communities cover technique. A senior research scientist mentor would cover maybe four of these 12 modules informally. $199 buys the focused playbook plus the implementation document for your real research work.

FAQ

Will the field actually pitch my methodology?

Module 4 is built around the format the field pitches.

What if my research is mostly basic-research style?

Module 3 covers that case.

What is in the implementation playbook for me specifically?

A draft practice anchor; a draft methodology; a 90-day plan with conversations against your principal.

30-day money-back guarantee. If after a week of working through the materials this is not what you needed, reply to the receipt email and a full refund is processed. No questions, no forms.

Within 24 hours your account in the learning environment is provisioned and the tailored implementation playbook is delivered alongside it.