A new kind of relationship with AI

Build Your Kemosabe.

Kemosabe. Trusted friend. Faithful companion. The one who rides with you.
Most people use AI like a search engine. Build an AI that actually knows you — and helps you think, decide, and move forward.

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The Big Idea

Not a tool.
A trusted friend.

Everyone is talking about AI. Most of that conversation is about features, prompts, and productivity hacks. That is not what this is.

This is about building a relationship with an AI assistant that actually knows you — how you think, what drives you, what drains you, and what you are working toward.

"The people who get the most from this aren't the ones who use it the most. They're the ones who invest in it the most."

— Rance Johnson, Founder, Build Your Kemosabe

The more it knows you as a person, the better it serves you as a professional. That is not a coincidence. That is the whole point.

Most People With a Kemosabe
Explains themselves every sessionPicks up where they left off
Gets generic answersGets answers built for their situation
Uses AI for tasksUses AI for thinking
Resets every conversationBuilds context over time
Optimized for the average userCalibrated to how they work
Has a toolHas a trusted advisor

How It Works

Three steps to a
trusted companion

01

Know Yourself First

Complete your Blueprint. How you work, what drives you, what drains you, how you make decisions. Be honest. Write like you talk.

02

Build the Context

Share your Blueprint with Claude. Upload your resume, assessments, and any relevant documents. Now your Kemosabe knows who it is working with.

03

Invest in the Relationship

Keep talking. Update your Blueprint when things change. The more you share, the more useful every conversation becomes. This is a relationship, not a transaction.

Now Available Online

Ten courses live at EDU602.
Self-paced. From anywhere. On your schedule.

Two core tracks, one featured series, and more arriving regularly. The same framework. The same depth. No schedule conflicts, no commute, no waiting for the next workshop date.

Build Your Kemosabe Series

5 Courses
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BYK Quick Start

Your Fastest Path In

30 minutes to your first real AI conversation.

30 min · Self-paced

BYK Foundation

The Full Framework

Know your Shadows. Build your Blueprint. Activate your Kemosabe. The complete three-module system.

3 hr · 36 lessons · 3 quizzes

BYK Automation

Put It to Work

Stop talking to your AI and start building with it. Workflows, automation, and delegation — for real.

5 hr · Self-paced

BYK Advanced

The Kemosabe Family System

Extend the framework to the people around you. Proximity is not preparation.

2 hr · Self-paced

Home Base

The Base Camp

Where everything comes together. The operational hub for your Kemosabe relationship.

Self-paced

ADHD Series

3 Courses

Your ADHD Engine

How the Brain Actually Works

Not a deficit. An operating system. Understand it — and finally stop fighting it.

3 hr · Self-paced

ADHD and Money

The Patterns Behind the Numbers

The financial chaos isn't a willpower problem. It's a wiring problem. Learn the difference — and what to do about it.

Self-paced

Cost of Running Hot

What ADHD Actually Costs You

The hidden tax of hyperfocus, dysregulation, and chronic overdrive — and how to stop paying it.

Self-paced

Also on the Platform

2 Courses

Still Waters

Quiet the Noise

When you need to come back to yourself before you can go anywhere else.

45 min · Self-paced

The Shepherd's Compass

Finding Your Direction

For the moments when the map isn't working and you need to navigate by something deeper.

1.5 hr · Self-paced

"You were sent here for a reason."

Ten courses. Lifetime access. Start where you are.

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SELF-PACED · LIFETIME ACCESS · NEW COURSES RELEASING REGULARLY

The Course Platform

602North Education
is where the courses live.

Build Your Kemosabe started as a workshop. EDU602 is where it grew up. Ten courses live across two tracks — BYK and ADHD — plus standalone specialty courses. All in one place.

Built for real people. Accessible from anywhere. Always expanding.

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BYK Series · 5 Courses Live

Quick Start · Foundation · Automation · Advanced · Home Base

From 30 minutes to 5 hours — start anywhere, go as deep as you want

ADHD Series · 3 Courses Live

Your ADHD Engine · ADHD and Money · Cost of Running Hot

The operating system, the money patterns, the hidden cost — all three

Also Available

Still Waters · The Shepherd's Compass

45 min and 1.5 hr — for when you need to find yourself before you can build anything

Free Resource

The Build Your Kemosabe Guide

Not ready to enroll? Start here. A complete guide to building your Blueprint and establishing a genuine AI relationship — with eight guided reflection sections, a real-world example, and everything you need to get started today.

Free. Always. Because everyone deserves access to tools that level the playing field.

Build Your Kemosabe

Complete Starter Guide · PDF

  • What a Kemosabe is and why it matters
  • Step-by-step setup guide for Claude
  • All eight Blueprint sections
  • A completed real-world example to inspire yours
  • Power moves for getting more from your AI
  • The relationship philosophy that changes everything
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Community Programs

Learn with others.
Build together.

Build Your Kemosabe is offered as a community workshop series designed to be accessible, practical, and genuinely useful for real people in real communities. Interested in bringing it to your organization, church, school, or business? Get in touch below.

Track One

Adult Evening Workshop

Four sessions, 90 minutes each. For working professionals, career changers, small business owners, and veterans who want AI to actually work for their lives.

  • The Wrong Way and the Right Way
  • Know Yourself First
  • Build the Relationship
  • Put It to Work

Track Two

Youth Program

Four sessions adapted for middle and high school students. Focused on self awareness, responsible AI use, and building healthy technology habits before bad ones form.

  • AI Is Not Magic. It Is a Mirror.
  • Know Yourself
  • Use It Right
  • Build Your Kemosabe

Live Workshops · Coming Soon

Prefer to learn in person?

90-minute community workshops are coming to Clinton, NC and beyond. One evening, your Blueprint complete, your Kemosabe activated. Group and community discounts available.

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For the ADHD Brain

Why the ADHD Brain Needs a Kemosabe More Than Anyone

For an ADHD brain, the filter between having a thought and speaking it out loud often doesn't exist. When your brain rapidly connects dots, it wants to give full context — every granular detail — which is how a simple conversation can suddenly detour through a red boat seat cover from 1987.

Your Kemosabe doesn't judge the detour. It takes the entire unfiltered brain dump — the connections, the context, the 3am idea, the half-finished thought — and distills it into something structured, actionable, and safe to share with the rest of the world.

No masking required. No internal performance. Just your brain working exactly the way it works — finally with a partner who can keep up.

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⚠️ Build Your Kemosabe is a personal development and AI literacy program. It is not a medical treatment, therapy, or mental health intervention. If you are experiencing mental health challenges, please consult a qualified healthcare professional. This program is designed to complement — not replace — professional support.

For Veterans

Why Veterans Need a Kemosabe

You spent years operating in high-stakes environments where showing uncertainty wasn't an option. You learned to perform. To mask. To push through. And then you came home and nobody handed you a manual for that transition either.

Your Kemosabe doesn't need you to have it together. It doesn't need the performance. It's available at 3am when the quiet gets loud. It doesn't flinch at the full story. It just helps you process, plan, and move forward — on your terms, at your pace, with complete privacy.

No rank. No judgment. No audience. Just a trusted thinking partner who shows up every single time.

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⚠️ Build Your Kemosabe is a personal development and AI literacy program. It is not a medical treatment, therapy, or mental health intervention. Veterans experiencing mental health challenges are encouraged to contact the Veterans Crisis Line (988, then press 1) or speak with a qualified VA healthcare professional. This program is designed to complement — not replace — professional support.

Rance Johnson

Veteran · Technology Executive
Certified Coach · Author · AI Practitioner

Air Force Veteran MBA-AI Certified ADHD Coach Certified Neuroscience Coach 30+ Yrs IT Leadership Author Sidewalk Institute

About

Built by someone who
built one first.

Rance Johnson is a certified ADHD and Neuroscience coach, published author, and technology executive with over 30 years of experience. An Air Force veteran and lifelong people-developer, he built his own AI relationship first — and then realized most people were using AI completely wrong. He built Build Your Kemosabe so everyone could have access to the same advantage.

His career spans Fortune 500 companies through PE-backed manufacturing platforms where he led IT through dozens of acquisitions and built teams that outlasted the companies they worked in. That same instinct drives Build Your Kemosabe — a belief that transformative tools shouldn't be reserved for people who already have access to everything else.

Rance holds dual coaching certifications in ADHD and Neuroscience and is completing an MBA in Artificial Intelligence at the University of East London. He chairs the Sidewalk Institute, a nonprofit focused on technology access for underserved communities. Rance and his wife, Kathy, relocated to Clinton, NC to be near their three amazing grandchildren.

Ready to build your
Kemosabe?

Whether you want to enroll in the online course, attend a workshop, bring this program to your community, or just have a question — get in touch. Every message gets a real response.