With Cogent Language, It's All About You!

For growing project know-how that works, one's own experience is the best ground. And so, your experience is the basis for all of our programs at Cogent Language. We don't do cookie-cutter training, we don't make assumptions about you, we don't presuppose a "standard" or "best practices" in projects, and we don't ask you to spend on pre-made talking-head videos.

Instead, with us, it's all about you. Choose one or more projects you've worked on, past or present, troubled or trophy. From them, you will grow your own project know-how, and learn how to keep growing it.  To show you how, we offer lots of ways, all informed by six great paradigms of project practice, by a strategic mapping of the project field, by the fundamental PDSA quality cycle (Plan, Do, Study, Act), and by our 20+ years of experience in global consulting and coaching. 

Below are the programs available at the start of 2025 – collaboration, live coaching, case study, or not. Look them over and choose the ones that fit you best. Because growing project know-how should be all about you.

Independent Learning

• In our "Grow Your Own" program, start where you are, and grow know-how from your projects, at your own pace, for your career
• As context and story board, you get a big picture map of today's project practice, our Project Know-how Panorama™
• Bring your own projects - troubled and trophy.
• From them, learn how to grow your own by our short course  ("Solo") and by AI coaching  on six project know-how paradigms
• Enjoy 60 days of chat-based Q&A, and, if you like, caring, and sharing in our online community "Grow Your Own Together"
• $10.00 USD

AI Coaching 

• Free advice, built on 6 global paradigms of project know-how.
• Bring your own projects to discuss with an AI coach.  Because your own experience is the best ground for growing project know-how.
• Get coaching on your projects based on Agile, Plan-driven, Kaizen, Design, Systems, or Business know-how. 
• That's right, We have 6 different AI coaches, one for each paradigm 
• Still just toddlers, but they are learning very fast! 
• And so can you! 

Live 1:1 Coaching  

• Learning opportunities on the project know-how you want now
• In collaboration with Cogent Language principal, Dan Clapper 
• PMP (2007- ); Agile Hybrid Project Pro (2023- )
•  20+ years experience coaching early career professionals in Asia, Americas
• Consultant to Fortune #1 company for 10+ years
• Award-winning programs designed for top global schools, US gov't agencies
• MA, MEd, MS (Cybernetic Systems) 
•  Stanford University grad, Phi Beta Kappa 
• Silicon Valley/SF Bay Area roots; neighbor of Steve Jobs

Group Coaching

• It's all about you, singular and plural
• 20 hours of live coaching, case study, and collaboration
• No talking-head videos, textbooks, or cookie-cutter tasks!
• Experiential learning – Bring your own projects, troubled, trophy, and/or current
• Start where you are in either of two programs!
• Get the big picture of the global practice - fast! 
• Nurture your team work and collaboration skills 
• Map, plan, track, and grow your own know-how
• Contribute more to what your teams need in 2025
• Sessions begin early January

 Video Playlists  

• Free video library on the seeds of know-how: project constructs
• Constructs curated by project team purpose and paradigm 
• Each construct links to playlist of high-quality videos 
• Binge watch videos you need for your practice!