The Workplace Readiness Program for the AI Era

TAKE
BACKAGENCY*

You went all-in on AI. Now make it pay off, without burning out the people running it. We pair hands-on AI coaching with life coaching so your team uses these tools effectively, spends sustainably, and stays healthy doing it.

✓ Article 4 Ready ✓ Two Coaches, One Program ≈ $300 / Session
Why Now

AI ILLITERACY =EMOTIONAL BURNOUT

Companies that pushed AI fast are getting two invoices at once: a runaway token spend bill and a direct human cost. They look like separate problems. They aren't.

Bill 01 · The Spend
$3.4B

Uber burned through its entire annual AI budget in four months.

  • 73% of enterprises blew past their AI cost projections in 2026.
  • One firm ran up ~$500M in coding-tool charges in a single month, no usage cap.
  • "Token maxing": reaching for the priciest model for every task, with no one watching the meter.
Bill 02 · The People
83%

of workers report some level of burnout, and AI is making it worse for many.

  • 88% of heavy AI users say the tools have added to their stress, not eased it.
  • Only 1 in 10 employees feels genuinely comfortable using AI in their job.
  • Just 1 in 3 believe their employer cares about their mental health, down from 41%.
Same
problem.

People who were never shown how to use AI well tend to overspend on it, fear it, and burn out on it. Teach them to use it confidently and support them while everything changes around them. That's one fix, not two. We deliver both halves.

73%
of enterprises overshot their AI budget in 2026.
88%
of heavy AI users say the tools added to their stress.
~8%
of managers currently have adequate AI skills.
1 fix
for the spend, the burnout, and the law, together.

The Program

Both problems orbit

the same solution.

When people don't know how to use AI effectively, they overspend on it, fear it, and burn out on it. The spend problem and the people problem come from the same root.

Teach them to use it confidently and support them while everything changes. That's one fix, not two.

Most AI training ignores the accompanying fear, while most wellbeing programs ignore the reality that AI is driving current worker anxiety. We address both challenges simultaneously alongside you and your team.

One program that pays for itself in leaner spend and compounds in the people who stay.

Meet the coaches
The TBA Coaches
Paul
Kerry
+
AI Coaching Paul Shellooe
Paul Shellooe

Effective AI Use

Hands-on coaching on getting real work done with AI: choosing the right tool for the task, building habits that stick, cutting token waste, and keeping good judgment in the loop. A builder who knows where these tools shine and where they don't.

Practical Economical Ethical Sustainable
Life Coaching Kerry Pastine
Kerry Pastine

Balance & Wellbeing

Professional life coaching on the human side of a job that keeps changing: workplace burnout, AI anxiety, self-knowledge, and self-care. The support that keeps people steady, healthy, and whole while they grow into new ways of working.

Burnout Self-Knowledge Self-Care Work / Life Balance
Product Design & Tech Expert + Life & Career Coach = One coherent benefit for humans in the AI era.
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The goal isn't more AI or less AI. It's people who use it well, spend wisely, and still feel like themselves at the end of the day.
The Take Back Agency
EU AI Act · Article 4

AI literacy is
now the law.

If your company deploys AI in the EU, Article 4 of the EU AI Act requires documented evidence that your staff have a sufficient level of AI literacy. Enforcement begins 3 August 2026, and only about 8% of managers currently have adequate AI skills. Our workshops build that evidence by delivering practical AI literacy training along with session records authorities can verify. Plus, the workshops are a natural front door to everything else we do.

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The Starter Offer

START SMALL.PROVE IT. EXPAND.

Run the pilot with one team. See what changes in a few weeks. Then move to a monthly retainer once it's clearly working. No year-long procurement, no risk.

Pilot Team Bundle

The Take Back Pilot

$4,500 ≈ $300 / session
vs. $300–600 market hourly
  • 10 hands-on AI coaching sessions with Paul
  • 5 life coaching sessions with Kerry
  • Run with a single team, measurable from week one
  • Converts cleanly into a monthly retainer
Start The Pilot
Ways To Work Together

FROM A SINGLESESSION TO A SYSTEM

Six ways in, ordered from the fastest help to the deepest change. Most companies start with a teardown or a pilot, then grow into a retainer.

01
Core
Coaching · 1:1 & Team Bundles
One-to-one coaching & the pilot bundle

Individual AI coaching, plus the combined pilot that opens most new accounts. The fastest, friendliest way in.

$200
/ session · bundle $4,500
02
Recurring
Retainers · PEPM
Monthly team retainer & per-employee programs

A block of sessions plus a recurring workshop, billed monthly. For bigger headcounts, a premium per-employee program.

$4,000
/ month · or $14 PEPM
03
Compliance
Workshops · Article 4 Readiness
AI literacy workshops, half- or full-day

Practical, ethical, economical AI use for a whole group at once. Delivered with session records that satisfy Article 4's evidence requirements.

$2,500
half-day · $4,000 full
04
Diagnostic
AI Spend Teardown
Find the waste, get a plan to cut it

A fixed-scope audit of how your team really uses AI, with model-routing and guardrail recommendations. Usually pays for itself in month one.

$3,500
fixed scope
05
Leverage
Cohort Course & Digital
Four-week group workshop, guides & toolkits

A group version of the coaching for teams who can't do one-to-one, plus a catalogue of practical guides and an AI cost-control toolkit.

$750
/ seat
06
Upside
Speaking · Retreats
Keynotes & the AI-detox retreat

Talks that build authority, and a higher-ticket "refocus" retreat in Lisbon or your location that combines Paul's AI expertise with Kerry's wellbeing coaching.

$2,500+
/ talk
Pricing

PLAIN NUMBERS.NO SURPRISES.

Starting figures in USD (EUR for EU clients). Built to be tested and raised as demand proves out.

OfferingPriceNotes
AI coaching, 1:1 60 min
$200 / €185
Single session or pack of 5/10.
Life coaching, 1:1 60 min
$180 / €165
Delivered and billed by Kerry.
Pilot team bundle land offer
$4,500
10 AI + 5 life coaching sessions.
Monthly team retainer
$4,000 / mo
~12 sessions + 1 workshop per month.
Per-employee program 50+ staff
$14 PEPM
High-touch, human: a whole-team readiness program.
AI literacy workshop half-day
$2,500
Group up to 25. Documented AI literacy training with Article 4 evidence.
AI literacy workshop full-day
$4,000
Deeper, hands-on.
AI spend teardown
$3,500
Fixed-scope audit + savings plan.
Fractional AI advisor
$3,000 / mo
Ongoing advisory, 1–2 clients.
Cohort course seat 4 weeks
$750
10–20 seats per cohort.
Keynote / talk
$2,500+
Authority builder.
Why It Works

THE WHOLE FIX,FROM PEOPLE WHO LIVE IT

Most AI training ignores the fear that comes with it. Most wellbeing programs ignore what is making people anxious right now. We do both, together with you and your team.

Both halves, one relationship

Teaching people to use AI well and supporting them through the change are two parts of the same fix. You buy one program and get both, from two specialists who refer to each other.

ROI you can point at

Leaner AI spend, fewer wasted tokens, faster confident adoption, and people who stay. The teardown often pays for itself in the first month; the rest compounds.

Human, opinionated, AI-native

Not generic e-learning nobody remembers, and not a hotline with no AI angle. Real coaching from practitioners who use these tools every day and care about the people behind them.

Let's Talk

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Tell us where AI is costing you — in dollars, in energy, or both. We'll map a pilot for one team and show you exactly what changes. No pitch deck, no pressure.

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Make your AI pay off. Keep your people whole.