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COO Alliance · March 20, 2026

Superpowers for Your Team

An introduction to Claude CoWork
Your first steps into the agentic revolution

Vladimir Druts

horizin.ai

Act I · The Wake-Up

How many of you have ChatGPT or Claude open right now?

Almost everyone is using AI at some level.
Almost nobody has crossed the line from chatting with it to delegating to it.

Three Major Inflection Points

The curve went vertical in 2026

METR chart showing exponential growth in AI task complexity

1. Chat — ask a question, get an answer

2. Reasoning — it thinks step-by-step, solves complex problems

3. Agents — it uses tools, reads your files, takes action autonomously. We're here.

"Every company needs an OpenClaw strategy. This is the new computer." — Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, GTC 2026

The Window Is Open

The Adoption Gap

Agentic AI adoption rates — the gap between capability and actual use

75% of workers report using AI, but almost entirely for basic Q&A. Agentic adoption remains in single digits. Sources: Microsoft Work Trend Index, McKinsey.

Act II · The Cost of Doing Nothing

What AI-ready tasks cost you today

30
People on your team
×
8 hrs
Wasted per week on
tasks AI could handle
×
$75
Fully loaded
cost per hour
×
52
Weeks
=
$936K
Per year in operational drag

10% recovery = $94K back into real work

Claude Teams: $30/seat/month. 30 people = $10,800/year. Not software — capacity.

The Solution

Same brain, three interfaces

The AI Evolution — Chat, Office, Lab

The Crossing Point

Tool vs. Team Member

Tool vs Team Member — the crossing point

The first is a tool. The second is a team member. Once your team crosses it, you don't go back.

How the AI Thinks

Tokens are brain power

A token is a syllable of thought — roughly ¾ of a word. Every conversation burns energy. Crisp prompts spend it all on your problem.

Context Window

How much the AI can hold in its head at once. Like a human — the longer the conversation, the more it forgets. Keep it focused.

Conversation Hygiene

One topic per conversation. When you switch topics, start fresh. Too many threads = confused output. Trim the noise.

Two Models, Two Jobs

Sonnet — fast, everyday tasks. Opus — heavy lifting, deep analysis. 1M token context. Use the right one for the job.

Tokens as Brain Power — context management

How It Works

How the pieces connect

The Claude Ecosystem — Plugins, Connectors and Context Files

Skills are training.

Connectors are access.

Extensions are abilities.

Plugins combine them.

What Makes CoWork Different

Six superpowers

📁 Your Files
Reads and writes locally
Opens your actual PDFs, spreadsheets, docs, and CSVs. Produces new files from real data. No uploading.
🔌 Connectors
Plugs into your tools
Google Drive, Notion, Slack, Calendar. One-click auth. Data flows from where you already work.
⏰ Scheduling
Runs without you
Built-in task scheduling. Monday briefs, Friday reports, daily triage. Set it and forget it.
🌐 Browser
Browses the web for you
Opens Chrome, navigates sites, reads pages, fills forms. Web research, competitor audits, data gathering.
📱 Dispatch
Text it from your phone
Walking between meetings? Text Claude a task. It works on your files while you're away. Results ready when you sit down.
🔒 Governed
You control the data
Teams/Enterprise: Anthropic does not train on your data. Pro: training on by default — opt out in settings. Desktop app — files stay on your machine.

The Core Concept

Three .md files. That's the whole setup.

What they are

Plain text files. No code. Written in plain English. Drop them in any folder and CoWork reads them automatically.

Why three files?

One for the org. One for you. One for your style. The org brain gives consistency. The personal layers give relevance.

The unlock

Same AI foundation across the team, but every output feels like it was written by that person, not by a machine.

CLAUDE.md — The Business Brain
Company context, priorities this quarter,
guardrails, what Claude should never do
about-me.md — Your Role
Your title, responsibilities, current focus,
what decisions you make vs. delegate
voice-and-style.md — Your Voice
Tone, formatting rules, words you never use,
examples of writing you actually like

30 minutes to set up. Compounds forever.
💡 Use Wispr Flow (foxly.link/wisprflow) to voice-dump — 3x faster.

Demo 01

Morning Brief

Calendar + Slack + tasks + fires → daily brief in 90 seconds

Bonus Proof

SOP from Fragments

Rough notes + outdated checklist + edge cases → clean SOP with flagged gaps

The kicker: it flags what's missing, not just what's there

Demo 03

The Business Brain

A single context file that makes every team member's AI consistent

The Playbook

Start with one team. They become your evangelists.
Then expand.

Phase 01
One Team, One Workflow, One Win
Pick the highest-leverage workflow. Run it through CoWork. Prove it works.
Phase 02
Standardize the CLAUDE.md
One master CLAUDE.md for your org. Every team member, every folder, same foundation. Prevents context drift and inconsistent outputs.
Phase 03
Build the Asset Library
Prompts that work. Templates. Context files. Reusable across the team.
Phase 04
Expand After Proof
Only grow after Phase 1 delivers measurable value. Then repeat.

🔒 On the Teams plan, Anthropic does not train on your data. Conversations stay local. Full data isolation.

The Always-On Employee

Scheduled tasks:
it shows up without being asked

Mon 7:30 AM
Executive Brief
Meeting notes, KPIs, issue log — synthesized into a one-page brief before your leadership standup. The weekly version of what you just saw.
Fri 4:00 PM
Board Status Update
Compares actuals to targets, flags misses, drafts the update your board expects every week.
Daily 8:00 AM
Inbox Triage + Drafts
Scans email, categorizes by urgency, drafts responses in your voice. You just review and send.
1st of Month
P&L Summary
Pulls financials, categorizes expenses, builds a clean summary for leadership review.

Native cron scheduling in Claude CoWork. Set the cadence, define the output, it runs on autopilot.

Within 90 Days

The next level — and the window won't stay open

  • Parallel agents — 4 tasks at once. 1 hour → 3 minutes. This month.
  • QA agents — Never let AI grade its own homework. One drafts, another reviews.
  • Automated workflows — Morning briefs, inbox triage, competitor monitoring — running while you sleep.

Right now, every AI company is subsidizing token costs.

Just like early Facebook ads — pennies on the dollar. The companies that move now get the arbitrage. This window closes.

Anthropic chart showing which industries are being disrupted first by AI

Your Takeaway

You're getting the Business Brain template

A fill-in-the-blank .MD file. Every section you need to give Claude full context on your company.

Company overview Your customer Team structure Current priorities Tone of voice What Claude should do What Claude should NOT do Key metrics Products & services Processes

20 minutes to fill in. No code. It's a writing exercise.

Pro tip: use a dictation tool like Wispr Flow (foxly.link/wisprflow) — talk through each section, transcribe, paste. 3x faster.

Act V · Your Move

Start Monday

  1. 01 Download Claude Desktop (CoWork is built in)
  2. 02 Create a folder. Write 3 paragraphs about your company.
  3. 03 Run one meeting through it. That's it.

No six-month implementation plan. No IT ticket. No vendor evaluation.

When You're Ready

A glimpse of the lab

This is what my Tuesday looks like with Claude Code:

  • Terminal 1: Red-teaming a client's sales strategy
  • Terminal 2: Building an automated content pipeline
  • Terminal 3: Writing a 24-page research report
  • Terminal 4: Running a competitive audit across 6 companies

All at once. Not context-switching. They work in parallel while I review and steer.

CoWork

The on-ramp. Build the habit. Get comfortable.

Claude Code

The lab. Spin up teams. Run experiments. Become superhuman.

Where This Is Going

The next layer: a leadership support system

Chief of Staff

Briefs, decisions, follow-ups

PM Layer

Deliverables, risks, status

Coaching Layer

Team health, morale, retention

CoWork is the on-ramp. Build the habit and the context now — you'll be ready for what's next.

After This Call

Three things you can do right now

Run Your Numbers

horizin.ai/calculator — ghost FTEs, annual cost, recovery potential. Free.

Get the Research

30+ sources. The full 24-page report. Download free.

Start Monday

Download Claude Desktop. Build your CLAUDE.md. Run one meeting through it.

What's the ONE task in your organization that, if it disappeared tomorrow, would free up the most leverage?

That's your starting point.

You are not paying for software.
You are buying back capacity.

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