Beyond Prompts: Flexing Automation for AI-Driven Growth
What you'll learn
- students can identify automation’s strategic purpose in responding to fast-changing technology landscapes.
- students can reframe automation from project-based tasks to strategic infrastructure that evolves with the business.
- students can map agentic AI systems to dynamic capabilities like sensing, seizing, and reconfiguring.
- students can model a cross-functional automation system that supports strategic flexibility and integration.
- students can identify common silos, design automation governance, and align workflows across functions.
- students can build a personalized strategic roadmap for implementing automation with measurable business impact.
Requirements
- Basic business strategy or transformation exposure
Description
Unlock the power of strategic automation and AI—not with gimmicks, but with a repeatable framework built for sustainable business growth.
In Beyond Prompts: Flexing Automation for AI-Driven Growth, you’ll go far beyond surface-level AI tools and one-off automations. This course is designed for entrepreneurs, consultants, and internal ops leaders who are ready to transform their business operations by integrating automation into the very foundation of how their organization runs.
What You’ll Get
A 100+ page companion book, Unleashing the AI Cashflow Machine, packed with actionable prompts, tools, and open-source AI techniques
A 16-page interactive workbook to help you apply each lesson in real time
Templates, frameworks, and bonus resources to turn theory into action
What You’ll Learn
Define the strategic role of automation in fast-changing tech environments
Reframe automation from one-off projects into scalable infrastructure
Harness agentic AI systems to sense, respond, and reconfigure
Design modular automation architectures that evolve with your needs
Eliminate silos with effective governance and workflow alignment
Create a 90-day automation roadmap tailored to your business
Whether you’re a founder looking to save time or a strategist ready to lead transformation, this course will help you move from “tinkering” to true AI-powered infrastructure—without needing to be a coder or techie.
Let’s move beyond tools. Let’s build the system that makes tools work for you.
Your AI cashflow journey starts now.
Who this course is for:
- Executives, consultants, innovation leaders, and transformation strategists deploying AI & automation & Seeking Strategic Guidance
Instructor
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Paul Malott is a globally experienced procurement executive, automation strategist, and business transformation advisor with over 15 years of leadership across the automotive, advanced manufacturing, and technology sectors. He brings deep expertise in direct materials sourcing, cost optimization, digital transformation, and supply chain governance in high-volume, margin-sensitive environments.
Paul is the founder of Automations24, a firm specializing in AI-powered procurement enablement and cost strategy for small and mid-market businesses. He currently serves as a Subject Matter Expert for Direct Materials Procurement at GEP Worldwide, where he helps Fortune 500 clients transform supply chains and sourcing functions through advanced digital tools and AI integration.
Previously, Paul was Director of Product Sourcing at Harman International, where he led global sourcing strategies for new product development, negotiated supplier contracts across semiconductors, outsourced assemblies, and mechatronics, and implemented early-stage cost optimization roadmaps. His strategic contributions resulted in the launch of seven product lines and millions in lifetime business awards. His tenure also includes pivotal sourcing and program leadership roles at General Motors, TRW Automotive, and Akwel.
Paul is a doctoral candidate in Business Strategy at the University of Michigan–Flint, with a research emphasis on open-source AI, digital procurement governance, and risk mitigation. His scholarly lens on business strategy, paired with pragmatic industry execution, enables him to bridge operational rigor with forward-looking boardroom guidance.
He brings exceptional relevance to Audit, Innovation, Compensation, and Risk Committees, especially in organizations facing digital transformation, ESG-driven stakeholder pressure, or complex sourcing landscapes.