Source of truth for what we are running. Sept 21 – Oct 22, 2026. Five weeks, four virtual, one day onsite in Chicago (Thu, Oct 22).
High-level flow: Product Thinking → Data → AI² → Storytelling → Finale
Upon registration, participants receive an invitation email from Frank & Erin.
Open items are marked
TODO. Five of them as of this writing. Weeks 2 and 3 each have an unnamed third teaching topic, Week 3 has no mini-session, and two guest speakers are unconfirmed.
Pre-cohort setup. No participant-facing session.
| Slot | Content |
|---|---|
| Covers | Decision mesh · supply chain personas · Lenny’s Product Principles |
| OMG moment | Demo the Agents — synthetic data agent, decision agents, experience agent, build-your-own-App agent, Docs Agent |
| Assignment | Product Requirements Doc — the who / what / where / when / why of your product |
| Optional mini-session | Troubleshooting in Lyric Studio |
| Guest speaker | Sara Hoormann |
Reusable material: ../shared/simple_decision_mesh.html, ../shared/strategic_persona.html,
../shared/tactical_persona.html, ../shared/execution_persona.html.
Pilot precedent: ../../pilot/sessions/session-3.html (product principles, Lenny’s, Sara).
| Slot | Content |
|---|---|
| Covers | Pitfalls of data at scale · common sources of data · TODO third topic |
| OMG moment | Demo the Data Jockey |
| Assignment | Create synthetic data into a blue note (or notes), and write a short description |
| Optional mini-session | Auto-Scenarios & Inventory |
| Guest speaker | TODO — pilot graduate who uses all the data tools in Lyric |
Algorithmic intelligence × agentic intelligence.
| Slot | Content |
|---|---|
| Covers | BYOA philosophy · composability philosophy · TODO third topic |
| OMG moment | Demo application with BYOA App Agent + HTML Report |
| Assignment | Build the Product, and write a short description |
| Optional mini-session | TODO |
| Guest speaker | TODO — pilot graduate |
Same as pilot.
| Slot | Content |
|---|---|
| Covers | Hero’s Journey · Seven Stories · Tips |
| OMG moment | The GLR story — TODO confirm. Source material: ../week-4-storytelling/glr-emergency-orders.pdf |
| Assignment | Trailer video building hype for your problem / application |
| Optional mini-session | Using Scheduling & Syncs |
| Guest speaker | Ganesh and Mike |
Pilot precedent: ../../pilot/sessions/session-5.html (storytelling),
../../pilot/sessions/session-6.html (rehearsal).
Same as pilot. One day in person, Thu Oct 22. Ten-minute presentations, Best Storyteller award, cohort dinner.
Pilot precedent: ../../pilot/sessions/finale.html.
The public page at lyric.tech/crescendo does not describe this outline. As of
1 Sept 2026 it advertises the earlier plan — Week 1 synthetic data, Week 2
“compose like an engineer”, Week 3 persona app design — and says thirty seats.
The superseded landing mockup in ../../internal/fall-2026-landing-mockup/ says
forty. Weeks 4 and 5 match. Three of five weeks on the live registration page
are wrong. Fixing that page is not a repo change.