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BeSkilled Academy — ReSkill, UpSkill, BeSkilled

AI literacy × High-vibe culture

Definingthe newworkforce.

Where master-level AI literacy meets high-vibe culture—rewriting the playbook for navigating the Future of Work.

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The BeSkilled learning experience

Your next chapter starts here

Future
Proof.

Learn the tools. Build something real.
Bring your human edge.

01 / ReSkill
02 / UpSkill
03 / BeSkilled
Meet the people behind your next move
AI literacyHuman capabilityCertificationReal-world applicationAI literacyHuman capability

BeSkilled Academy / The learning experience

Vibe Learning is now Future Proof

The world of work is changing. So can you.

FUTURE
PROOF.

Your next chapter is a skill you build.

Meet the next evolution of Vibe Learning: practical AI literacy, live co-creation and a culture that makes you want to learn. Bring your curiosity. Leave with something you can put to work.

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01 / THE MINDSET

Inspired by Death of a Job by Mike Johns.
Built for what comes after “what’s next?”

THE FUTURE OF WORKHUMAN × AI
Death of a Job: The Future of Work in the Age of AI, by Mike Johns
THE BOOK BEHIND THE EXPERIENCE
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01 / LEARN

Understand the shift.

Build AI fluency and the judgment to use it in your everyday work.

02 / BUILD

Make something real.

Work through ideas, prompts and practical workflows with people in the room.

03 / CONNECT

Find your frequency.

Live co-creation, curated music and conversations with fellow builders.

THE DEBUT / BESKILLED ACADEMY

BeSkilled
or Be Replaced.

This Future Proof experience brings the changing world of work into focus through hands-on AI learning and human connection.

YOUR NEXT MOVE STARTS HERE

30
SEPTEMBER 2026Wednesday · Ignite Studio

For founders, creators and professionals ready to turn AI awareness into practical capability.

Reserve your seat

FOUR WAYS IN

Get in the door free.
Or get everything.

Every paid tier is the same room, the same food and the same instructors. Choose how much of the year you get, and what you walk out holding.

Free account

Get in the door.

  • Register free to join the BeSkilled email list
  • Access session descriptions, speaker previews and the Death of a Job excerpt
  • Early notification when new sessions and tiers open
Request free registration Continue to BeSkilled America to request signup.

À la carte

Pay per session. No commitment.

$149 / session

  • One live in-person workshop of your choice
  • Session workbook
  • Food and one drink included
  • Digital badge for that module only
Buy this session

Full Series Pass

All 4 sessions, one price.

$497

Regular price · all four sessions.

  • All 4 live sessions, Sept 30 to Oct 21
  • Workbook plus session recordings
  • Food, full bar and DJ playlist at every session
  • BeSkilled AI Literacy digital badge upon completion
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Best value

BeSkilled Insider

The full transformation. This is the subscription.

$697 / year

Built for Arizona business leaders

  • Your copy of Death of a Job, signed by Mike Johns
  • All 4 Future-Proof AZ sessions plus all bonus AI and business modules released throughout the year
  • Merch drop each quarter
  • Full food, liquor and DJ experience at every event
  • One 1:1 session with a BeSkilled instructor
  • BeSkilled AI Business Certification
  • 20% off every other Digital Mind State and BeSkilled America event
  • Priority seating plus early access to future cohorts
Become an Insider Renews yearly. Cancel future renewals anytime.

Corporate / Group Insider

Bring your team.

  • 5 Insider seats
  • Dedicated 1:1 sessions for leadership
  • Custom onboarding
  • Sponsor recognition at all sessions
Starting at$2,497Get 5 Insider seats

Future-Proof AZ / Sept 30 – Oct 21, 2026

The four-part curriculum.

Based on Mike Johns’ Death of a Job: the learning framework behind Future Proof.

04milestones

  1. Sept 30Session 1 / AI 101

    Future Sense

    Cut through the hype. What AI actually is, what it is not, and how the shift is already reshaping Arizona businesses. The state-of-the-world session that gets everyone on the same page.

  2. Oct 7Session 2 / AI 202

    The Great Unbundling

    How jobs, roles and workflows are being broken apart and rebuilt. Map which parts of your own business are being unbundled, and where the opportunity sits.

  3. Oct 14Session 3 / AI 303

    The Proof Economy

    Move from theory to execution. Build, test and prove AI-powered offers, workflows or products with real data, not guesswork.

  4. Oct 21Session 4 / AI 400

    Be-Skilled

    Implementation day. Apply what you have learned directly to your business with instructor support, culminating in the BeSkilled AI Business Certification.

All four sessions are included in the Full Series Pass and Insider membership. Any single session can be purchased on its own for $149.

Choose your access

YOUR NEXT CHAPTER STARTS HERE

Become an Insider.

Don’t just attend the future. Subscribe to it.

Become a BeSkilled Insider · $697/year

Prefer to start smaller? Explore free registration and get the session previews first.

Future-Proof AZ · Sept 30 to Oct 21, 2026Venue and start times are confirmed by email after you register.

Flagship activation · 2026

Athletes × AI × Opportunity

Beyond the game.
Into what’s next.

Athletes and a coach work through a game plan with laptops and a tablet
Live learning modelTranslate strengths. Build proof. Create options.

The playbook

Elite habits become future-ready capability.

Athletes already know how to prepare, perform under pressure, read a changing field and lead a team. Beyond the Game with AI makes those strengths legible beyond sport—and pairs them with practical AI skills for career, brand and business growth.

  • Name and prove transferable strengths
  • Apply AI to career, brand and business ideas
  • Build a portfolio employers can understand
Register your interest

Football × AI literacy

Trench Mob Football

Dominating the Field. Mastering the Future.

BeSkilled Academy & Trench Mob Football Partner to Bring AI Literacy to Youth & Next-Gen Athletes

Where elite athletic development meets real-world artificial intelligence skills. Hands-on AI Literacy Workshops for student-athletes inside Trench Mob Football camps.

Explore the partnership & workshops

Announcement & overview

Reskill. Upskill. BeSkilled.

Where elite athletic development meets real-world artificial intelligence skills. Graduates of the BeSkilled Academy: Beyond The Game (With AI) protocol—former professional athletes and Super Bowl champions—are taking the lead to empower student-athletes with cutting-edge AI literacy right inside Trench Mob Football camps.

At Trench Mob Football, the focus has always been on grit, line play, technique, and discipline. Now, through an exclusive partnership with BeSkilled Academy, athletes gain a dual advantage: elite physical training on the field and essential digital fluency off it. Graduates of the Beyond The Game (With AI) program are returning to the gridiron not only as veteran mentors, but as certified AI leaders. They are introducing hands-on AI Literacy Workshops tailored specifically for athletes, showing student-athletes how to harness artificial intelligence to elevate their academic, creative, and professional potential.

Key Workshop Highlights

  1. 01
    Smart Academic & Athlete Prep

    Using AI tools for study management, SAT/ACT prep strategies, and time management balancing sport and school.

  2. 02
    Personal Branding & NIL Readiness

    Crafting professional digital profiles, managing social presence, and generating media content ethically using generative AI.

  3. 03
    Game Film & Performance Insights

    Understanding how AI data, motion analytics, and prompt engineering can help analyze playbooks and physical performance.

  4. 04
    Future Career Resilience

    Preparing for high-demand digital careers and tech-driven industries beyond their playing days.

Leadership & philosophy

“Football teaches discipline, execution, and resilience. By pairing elite gridiron training with practical AI literacy, we are ensuring our athletes win both on Friday nights and in the digital economy.”

— BeSkilled Academy & Trench Mob Football

Elevate Your Game On and Off the Turf

Enrolling in an upcoming Trench Mob Football Camp? Every participant gains access to the integrated BeSkilled AI Literacy Workshop. Prepare your athlete for leadership in sports, academics, and tomorrow’s workforce.

Explore Trench Mob camps

02 · The trailblazer model

Built to move at the speed of change.

Built for the
disruption.

We aren’t just teaching technology; we are building the blueprint for the next era of work. Structured, hands-on certification meets real-world workforce application—so learners leave with capability, not just information.

01

Understand

Literacy first.

Know what AI can do, where it fails and how to use it safely.
02

Practice

Apply it now.

Work on real tasks using repeatable prompts, context and judgment.
03

Build

Create proof.

Turn applied learning into workflows, portfolios and outcomes.
04

Lead

Set direction.

Move from using AI to shaping how teams and industries use it.

Prompt engineering

Applied workflows

Complex automation

Human leadership

BeSkilled Academy · 11 practical pathways

Choose what
you build next.

BeSkilled Academy is the immersive learning engine of BeSkilled America. Explore the complete pathway—then continue to the official program page to register your interest.

Explore all programs
01

Foundations

Open for interest

AI 101

Understand what modern AI can and cannot do, then apply it safely to everyday work.

See the program
02

Foundations

Open for interest

Beyond the Prompt

Turn one-off prompts into reusable context, workflows and better long-form collaboration.

See the program
03

Advanced

Open for interest

Intro to Agentic AI

Learn how AI agents plan, use tools and complete multi-step work with humans in control.

See the program
04

Creators

Open for interest

iCreate

Use AI across writing, design, audio and video without surrendering your creative voice.

See the program
05

Athletes

Open for interest

Beyond the Game with AI

Translate discipline, leadership and personal brand into AI-enabled career and business opportunity.

See the program
06

Youth

Open for interest

AI for Kids & Teens

Build safe, age-appropriate AI literacy through curiosity, critical thinking and making.

See the program
07

Business

Open for interest

AI for Small Businesses

Put AI to work across marketing, operations, research and customer service—practically.

See the program
08

Advanced

Open for interest

Growth & Automation

Design repeatable workflows, measurement and governance for organizations ready to scale.

See the program
09

Youth

In development

Virtual Homeschool with AI

A structured at-home pathway pairing AI literacy with core subject work under parent direction.

See the program
10

Advanced

Open for interest

Human & Robotic Relations 101

Lead alongside robotics, spatial computing, agentic AI and Human-in-the-Loop systems.

See the program
11

Business

Open for interest

AI-Powered Business Development

Build an AI-orchestrated growth system for research, outreach, qualification and closing.

See the program

03 · One movement. Two engines.

The vision,
made practical.

A / 01

The national initiative

BeSkilled America

Connects people to practical learning, employers to capable talent and communities to long-term prosperity in an AI-driven world.

Explore the initiative

B / 02

The learning engine

BeSkilled Academy

Delivers the cohorts, applied experiences and certification pathways that turn AI awareness into confident, visible capability.

Find your pathway

The next move is yours

The future doesn’t wait.
Neither should you.

Every industry is being rewritten. Join the professionals, athletes and organizations redefining productivity, innovation and autonomy.

Unlock your potential Partner to upskill your team

01 Learn what is new.

02 Strengthen what you know.

03 Lead what comes next.

The movement / 2026—2027

The BeSkilled journey.

One idea. Two branches. Follow the initiative, the training arm, and what comes next.

Death of a Job by Mike Johns

09milestones

  1. Jan 7 · 2026BeSkilled America

    CES 2026: BeSkilled or Be Replaced showcase

    UNLV Collegiate 100, sponsored by 100 Black Men of Las Vegas, announces a pilot AI literacy program with BeSkilled America. It includes a CES dinner with global startup founders.

  2. Mar 27 · 2026BeSkilled America

    National AI Literacy Day at the University of Arizona

    Mike Johns keynotes the fireside chat “Be Skilled or Be Replaced.” The university recap introduces the RUB framework: ReSkill, UpSkill, BeSkilled.

  4. Sept 15 · 2026BeSkilled Academy

    Beyond The Game (With AI)

    The Academy’s first press release announces a 30-hour program for former NFL players, Super Bowl champions and a DJ. They become Techfluencers™, with a CES 2027 showcase set for January 6.

    Read release 001
  5. Sept 16 · 2026BeSkilled Academy

    Future Proof (With AI)

    The second release announces a future literacy and AI program built with Byteable.ai for the Phoenix business community.

    Read release 002
  6. Sept · Date TBDSeptember 2026 milestones

    Official vendor for DeKalb County School District

    BeSkilled becomes an official vendor for the DeKalb County School District in Georgia.

    Date pending
  7. Sept 30 · 2026September 2026 milestones

    Future Proof series begins in Phoenix

    A four-part, in-person series begins in Phoenix, with weekly sessions built to move Arizona business leaders from AI insight to implementation.

    Scheduled milestoneExplore Future Proof
  8. October · 2026Coming up

    Future Proof continues

    The four-part Phoenix series continues through October.

    Scheduled milestone
  9. Jan 6 · 2027Coming up

    Beyond The Game cohort at CES 2027

    Former NFL players, Super Bowl champions and a DJ take the stage as Techfluencers™.

    Scheduled milestone

Timeline as of September 21, 2026. Scheduled milestones are plans, not confirmation of completion.