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Learn Foundry. Build clarity.

Structured paths to help you master the system from first idea to portfolio-level thinking.

30 modules·3.7h of content·Hands-on simulations

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Foundations

Learn the core mental model, project lifecycle, and daily operating surfaces.

17 modules0%
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Operating Rhythm

Master weekly reviews, project journal, and decision lifecycle.

5 modules0%
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Advanced Governance

Use scoring, overload detection, and portfolio-level thinking.

4 modules0%
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Simulations

Practice real scenarios and apply what you've learned.

4 modules0%
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All Modules

All Modules30Foundation17Core Objects4Workflows9
Foundations17

The Work Hierarchy

The six-layer framework that makes Foundry a coherent operating system

foundation~10m

Today. Your Daily Cockpit

The 2-minute scan that orients your entire workday

foundation~6m

Capture. The Intake Surface

30-second intake that routes itself when you pick the right type

foundation~6m

Vault. Your Compounding Library

Ideas are ephemeral; assets compound. The vault is where the difference shows up.

foundation~7m

Triage. The Scoring Engine

How to evaluate ideas systematically and assign outcomes

foundation~8m

Projects. The Organizing Unit

How projects structure your work and relate to everything else

foundation~5m

Decision Log. The Memory of Why

How to record, revisit, and learn from decisions over time

foundation~6m

Focus. The Sustainability Dashboard

Strategic Priority lives here. So does the burnout early-warning system.

foundation~8m

Commitments. The Layer 6 Promise Ledger

External promises sit at their own layer because they cost relationships, not just hours.

foundation~7m

Relationships. Make the Implicit Explicit

The knowledge graph that turns scattered objects into institutional memory.

foundation~8m

Recommendations. The Diagnostic Engine

8 deterministic rules that diagnose your workspace. Each one names what's broken and how to fix it.

foundation~6m

Weekly Review. The Hypothesis Loop

15 minutes that close last week's loop and place this week's bets.

foundation~7m

Capacity Governance. Saying No on Purpose

Why capacity is a constraint you set on yourself and how to defend it.

foundation~7m

Workspace Health. Reading the System's Vital Signs

Overview, recommendations, and review history are diagnostic, here's how to read them.

foundation~7m

AI-Powered Assistance

How Foundry uses AI to augment your decision-making

foundation~8m

Sharing, Export, and the Portability Guarantee

Read-only links for strategic context, full JSON export so vendor lock-in stays off the table.

foundation~5m

Plans & Upgrade Triggers

Two tiers, three concrete moments that justify the upgrade.

foundation~4m
Workflows9

The Full Idea Pipeline

Capture → triage → classify → convert. The five-stage flow that keeps ideas moving and rejects the ones that shouldn't.

workflow~11m

The Decision Learning Loop

Log → Revisit → Record → Learn

workflow~8m

The Weekly Operating Rhythm

Three nested cadences, daily, weekly, monthly, that keep the system from rotting.

workflow~8m

Project Lifecycle Management

Starting, running, pausing, and closing projects cleanly

workflow~7m

Building a High-Value Vault

Creating and curating reusable assets that compound over time

workflow~8m

Strategic Portfolio Review

The quarterly debugging session where you find out what's actually running and what's just sitting there.

workflow~10m

How It All Connects

Trace how a single thought becomes strategy through every Foundry surface

workflow~12m

Working With Foundry's AI

9 AI features, finite monthly budgets, and a clear rule for which to use when.

workflow~10m

Quarterly Planning From Data

Use 90 days of Foundry data to plan the next quarter, not vibes, not aspiration.

workflow~12m