THE HUMAN INTELLIGENCE METHOD
The Founding Lab · Cohort One

For educators who want to become architects of thinking — not police officers of AI use.

A four-week working circle for thirty educators who will redesign one real assignment in their real classroom — and document what happens. Cohort One applications are now open.

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30 educators·4 weeks·online·application-based

What this is

This is not a course.
It is a working circle.

The Founding Lab exists to test, refine, and strengthen The Human Intelligence Method in real classrooms — with real assignments, real students, and real constraints. We will build the method by using it.

For the first cohort, I am looking for thirty educators who can carry one redesigned assignment through to a documented case. Together, we will collect what works, what fails, and what must be changed across different subjects, age groups, and school cultures.

The shape of the work

Four weeks. One real assignment.
One documented case.

01

WEEK ONE

The audit.

Choose one assignment from your current teaching. Audit it against the five principles. Where in this task is the student's thinking actually visible?

02

WEEK TWO

The redesign.

Rebuild the assignment using the five-stage shape — Before AI, With AI, After AI, Final Work, Oral Defense. Adapt it to your subject and age group.

03

WEEK THREE

The classroom.

Run the redesigned assignment with your real students. Watch what happens. Take notes on what the room does that it has not done before.

04

WEEK FOUR

The case.

Write a short, honest case. What worked. What failed. What you would change. Share it with the circle. The method is shaped, in part, by what you bring.

What you leave with

Five things, none of them theoretical.

  1. One redesigned assignment, in your own subject

    Not a generic template. A specific task you can keep using next term, the year after, and the year after that.

  2. One documented case from a real classroom

    A short written record of what happened when you ran it — what changed in the room, what students did, what failed, what surprised you.

  3. A small private circle of educators doing the same work

    Thirty educators reading each other's cases over four weeks. The conversations and connections often outlast the Lab itself.

  4. A draft of the method shaped, in part, by what you bring

    The Human Intelligence Method is a developing framework. Founding Lab cases will inform the next iteration of the principles, the protocols, and the published material.

  5. Founding Practitioner status

    A permanent designation as part of the first cohort. Founding Practitioners are first to be invited to future certification, training, and partner programs.

Who this is for

The Lab is small on purpose. Not everyone who is interested is the right fit.

This is for you if

  • You teach, or design learning, for ages 10–18.
  • You can run one redesigned assignment with real students during the four weeks.
  • You are willing to share what happens — including what fails.
  • You read the manifesto and felt recognition, not just interest.
  • You can commit roughly three hours per week, for four weeks.

This is probably not for you yet if

  • You are looking for a turnkey AI policy or compliance framework.
  • You want certification before doing the work.
  • You cannot run the redesigned assignment with real students this term.
  • You prefer to read about new methods before trying them in your own room.

Format & commitment

The practical details.

Founder · Museum Builder · Education Project Architect

Sofiko Bigvava

Creator of The Human Intelligence Method. CEO of Experimentorium, an interactive science museum in Tbilisi. Founder of Girls Who Change the World, an international education movement.

I read every application personally. Founding Lab is the work I most want to do this year.

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Applications · Cohort One

Apply to the Founding Lab.

The application takes about ten minutes to complete. I read every application personally. You will hear from me within fourteen days.

Up to 200 words. We will refine it together in Week 1.

Up to 200 words. Honesty more than polish.

By submitting, you agree to be contacted about your Founding Lab application. If you are not yet on the manifesto list, you will also be added to occasional letters from Sofiko about teaching, AI, and human intelligence. Unsubscribe anytime.

Your application is in.

I read every application personally. You will hear from me within fourteen days.

If something occurs to you between now and then — a question, a clarification, a thought — feel free to reply to the confirmation email.

— Sofiko