We teach what we ship.
Trusted by product and engineering teams at Boeing, Asana, and Realtime Networks.
What we do
021:Events works with practitioners and teams building real AI systems inside production environments. Our programs are used by product and engineering teams at enterprise organizations, leaders responsible for AI adoption, and teams moving from experimentation to deployment.
Select programs are delivered in partnership with Northeastern University's Khoury College of Computer Sciences, where participants earn a recognized micro-credential upon completion.
Why 021:Events exists
Most AI training fails in one of two ways. It is either high-level strategy that never translates into execution, or technical tutorials disconnected from real product work. Neither helps teams ship.
021:Events exists to close that gap. The focus is on how AI systems are actually built, how they integrate into real products, and how teams operationalize them inside engineering and product workflows. Every workshop is grounded in systems we are actively designing and deploying.
Led by practitioners
021:Events is built and led by operators working directly in product, engineering, and AI systems.
David Gratton
Founder, 021:Events
David leads AI product and systems work at 021Shift. He has spent over 15 years building and running an enterprise product and engineering studio, working with organizations including Boeing and Asana. He contributes to AI-focused executive education and micro-credential programs at Northeastern University's Khoury College of Computer Sciences.
Ryan Smith
Senior Partner
Ryan leads product strategy and platform development across 021Shift engagements. His work includes building Skillsmith, a proprietary platform for scalable AI capability development. He focuses on translating AI capabilities into production systems and product architectures that enterprise teams can operationalize.
Part of 021Shift
021:Events is part of 021Shift. 021Shift works with organizations to drive enterprise transformation through AI, helping leadership teams move from experimentation to operational capability.
The relationship is intentional. 021:Events builds practitioner capability through workshops. 021Shift scales that capability across teams and organizations. Many enterprise engagements begin when individuals attend a workshop and bring the approach back to their teams.
How organizations engage
Organizations typically start in one of two ways. Individual practitioners attend public workshops to build hands-on capability, then expand into broader team training or transformation initiatives. Or organizations engage directly to run private workshops, develop internal AI capability, and accelerate adoption across product and engineering.
Talk to us about a private workshop.
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