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A field-tested playbook for AI-first teams

Get your whole team speaking the language of AI. Not just the few.

Everybody In by Ben Kalkman is a practical playbook for building a shared AI language across your team in 90 days. Move beyond a few AI power users.

Coming soon. Every copy will include the companion Field Guide.

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The 90-day system behind a 20+ person agency that went all-in on AI By Ben Kalkman, CEO of Rocket Media

The real problem

It isn't your tools. It's drift.

When AI knowledge stays with a few people, the gap across your team keeps growing. Buying another tool won't close it. Your team needs a shared way to learn and work.

An illustrative AI adoption mix

Illustrative proportions, not measured results or a benchmark. Actual adoption varies by team. Adoption is not a switch you flip. Plan for the shape, and connect the few to lift the many.

From private dialects to a shared language

A shared vocabulary connects the islands, so ideas and small wins can travel.

The one idea

AI adoption is a language problem, not a tools problem.

A shared vocabulary for prompts, workflows and agents makes one person's breakthrough easier for everyone to use. Your team can build on what it learns together.

What you'll run

A real 90-day program, not a pep talk.

Three phases. One owner per part. Clear gates between each stage. By Day 90, training isn't something you do on the side; it's simply how your team operates.

The 90-day path to a shared language

  1. Day 0 — Measure
  2. Days 1-30 — Phase 1: Foundations
  3. Days 31-60 — Phase 2: Role Rotation
  4. Days 61-90 — Phase 3: Build & Demo
  5. Day 90 — Showcase
  6. Ongoing — Operating Rhythm
Day 90 is not a finish line. It is a switch: training stops, operating begins.
  1. 01

    Foundations

    Days 1 to 30. Build a shared vocabulary and get every person to a first real win.

  2. 02

    Role Rotation

    Days 31 to 60. Explore AI across roles, assign one owner per part, and pass clear gates.

  3. 03

    Build & Demo

    Days 61 to 90. Build useful solutions and demonstrate results. Day 90 switches training to operating.

Included with every copy

The book gives you the thinking. The Field Guide gives you the doing.

The Everybody In Field Guide is a companion training course for individual learners and team facilitators. Put the 90-day method into practice with guided lessons, private online tools, downloadable worksheets, and session plans.

  • Readiness Assessment
  • Master Prompt Builder
  • Four Levers + The Stack
  • 4Ds Workflow Audit
  • Agent Design Worksheet
  • Starter Prompt Library
  • WIN Post
  • 8-Session Plan
  • Day 90 Showcase
  • Use Case Journal
  • Operating Rhythm
  • The Team Harness

Inside the book

From a two-person AI company to a whole team that speaks it

Part One

The Problem

Why AI skill concentrates in a few people, how drift sets in, and what it quietly costs a team that thinks it's keeping up.

Part Two

The Plan

The full 90-day program: phases, owners, gates and sessions, exactly as one 20+ person agency ran it.

Part Three

Make It Yours

How to adapt the method to your size, industry and starting point, and keep a shared language growing after Day 90.

Portrait of Ben Kalkman

Your guide

Ben Kalkman

Ben is the founder and CEO of Rocket Media. When he noticed AI fluency drifting into the hands of just two people at his own 20+ person company, he stopped buying tools and started building a shared language. Ninety days later, everybody was in. This book is the exact system he used, written so any leader can run it.

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FAQ

Questions, answered

No. If you can write a clear email, you have everything you need. The method is built for leaders and teams, not engineers.

The Everybody In Field Guide is the book’s companion training course for individual learners and team facilitators. It combines guided lessons, private online exercises, downloadable worksheets, and session plans for a 90-day rollout.

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No. The story starts in a 20+ person agency, but the method works for any team in any industry.

Both. Verified readers can use the Field Guide’s online tools and download the available PDF and Word worksheets. Saved online exercises are private to the reader; exporting an exercise does not share it automatically.

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