Free community for owner-operators and department heads
Build AI staff your business can actually trust.
CEO Leverage helps business leaders turn real work into clearly assigned, bounded AI employees, one job at a time.
Think like the CEO. Build the system. Train the AI staff.
More AI tools do not create accountable AI staff
Useful AI work starts with a real job, clear authority, an approved way of working, evidence, and a human manager who remains accountable.
A management method for AI-enabled work
- See the work. Find recurring work worth understanding.
- Design the job. Separate bounded execution from human judgment.
- Hire on probation. Require an approved playbook and evidence before trust expands.
- Lead the staff. Review, retain, retrain, restrict, or replace.
What is included free today
- Start Here: six lessons for orientation, privacy, evidence, and choosing your path.
- Book 1 Field Labs: four private-by-default Field Labs with sixteen lessons. No book purchase is required.
- Book companion resources: dedicated Book 1 and Book 2 centers with free toolkits and chapter-organized Sources & Notes in PDF and editable DOCX formats.
- Bookshelf: the three-book journey, companion context, and book-status updates.
- Resource Directory: maintained AlexTran.com resources and guidance for reading evidence.
- Community: announcements, questions and discussion, and optional anonymized evidence from the field.
For leaders responsible for real outcomes
CEO Leverage is for owner-operators and department heads willing to define work, retain human accountability, test bounded AI roles, and decide from evidence.
It is not for prompt collecting without implementation, magical-results expectations, autonomous consequential AI, pitching, or spam.
Led by Alex Tran
Alex Tran is an author, operator, and speaker who teaches business leaders to treat AI work as management work: define the role, set authority, require evidence, and keep accountability human.
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Frequently asked questions
Is CEO Leverage free?
Yes. The resources listed on this page are available through free community access.
Do I need to buy the book?
No. The companion resource centers and Book 1 Field Labs stand on their own; the books add context and depth.
Is this only for company owners?
No. Accountable department and function heads are welcome when they work within their authority and remain responsible for results.
Will AI make decisions for me?
No. CEO Leverage teaches bounded roles, explicit authority, evidence, escalation, and human accountability.