Grow Your Own

Project Know-how

With Cogent Language

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. 

From your team experience, even just a little, you can grow your own project know-how, and learn how to keep growing it.  Cogent Language programs can show you how. They are all about you and your actual teams, going forward. 

Spring programs are set out below. Start with just a map, or with self-directed learning, or with a 1:1 coaching session. Or do case study and collaboration in one of our scheduled group programs.  Look them over and choose the ones that fit best. Because growing project know-how should be all about you and your teams.

Map of Project Know-how 

Get the Big Picture – Fast – for Free!
  •  It is our Project Know-how Panorama™
  • Gigantic canvas of today's practice, in handy PDF format 
  • More than 80 actionable constructs that help teams achieve the 8 purposes they have in every project, organized by 6 great perspectives on project know-how
  • Each construct links a purpose to ways teams achieve it
  • Zoom in to any construct for a link to a curated video playlist
  • Zoom out for AI coaching on any of six great perspectives on project constructs and know-how

 

Group Coaching

Get More Information and Schedules
  • It's all about you – singular and plural!
  • 20 hours of live coaching, case study, and collaboration
  • Start where you are, in your own workplace, projects and practice!
  • Bring your own projects, troubled, trophy, past and/or present
  • Get the big picture of the global practice - fast! 
  • Nurture your team work and collaboration skills 
  • No talking-head videos, textbooks, or cookie-cutter tasks! 
  • Map, plan, track, and grow your own know-how
  • Contribute more to what your teams need in 2025
  • Spring sections begin in April
  • All sections open for registration now

 

AI Coaching 

Open 6 Perspectives on Project Know-how
  • Free advice, based on 6 great global perspectives on project know-how: Agile, Plan-driven, Kaizen, Design, Systems, or Business. 
  • Bring your own projects to discuss with an AI coach.  Because your own experience is the best ground for growing your know-how.
  • We have 6 different AI coaches, one for each perspective  
  • Thery are still just toddlers, but they are learning very fast! 
  • And so can you! 

Independent Learning

Purchase "Grow Your Own" Program
  • 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 perspectives on project know-how
  • 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

Individual Coaching 

Free 45' Session, Starting in April

         All coaching by 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

 Video Playlists

Visit Our Vlog "Project Constructs"
  • Free video library on the seeds of know-how: project constructs
  • Constructs curated by project team purpose and perspective  
  • Each construct links to playlist of high-quality videos 
  • Study videos you need for your practice!