Faster Zebra is an education company for people building ventures, brands and ideas. Practical kits and an intergenerational community across three realms of you: Mind, Skills and Soul. As you build something, it builds you back.
A hello from Charbel.
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Hi Reader, It's Charbel. Many of you know me from Velvet Onion, or from my years building Academy Xi. Some of you I've spoken with recently, and for others it's been far too long. Either way you've been on my mind, so I wanted to reach out properly rather than let another year slip by. I've spent the last while writing, building and testing my latest education company, Faster Zebra. It's finally live. I built it because one skill on its own isn't enough any more. The real world doesn't sort itself into single disciplines, and it doesn't segregate by age. Now that AI holds the information and anyone can spin up any course from a prompt, what's left is you: how you think, what you can build, and who you are. That's what Faster Zebra is built on, as you build something, it builds you back, across three realms of you, Mind, Skills and Soul. Team trainingThe piece I most wanted to tell you about is team training. I bring Faster Zebra inside your team and we build real capability in the middle of your actual work, on live projects rather than in a seminar room. Your people keep the skills and the ways of working long after I've gone, because they built them on the job. It's quickly become the work I'm proudest of. If bringing this to your team sounds worth exploring, hit reply and we'll find a time for a coffee or a call. A couple of other things you might find useful:
And if now isn't the moment, it's simply lovely to be back in touch. Good things come to those who make. My best, |
Faster Zebra
Faster Zebra is an education company for people building ventures, brands and ideas. Practical kits and an intergenerational community across three realms of you: Mind, Skills and Soul. As you build something, it builds you back.
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