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Description

Personal Knowledge Management and AI: Capture, Organise and Reuse Your Working Knowledge

Build a personal system in which information read once remains findable and reusable on the day it matters

  • 0.43 days — 3 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • Intermediate
  • Up to 6 participants

Notes pile up across applications, articles are saved and then forgotten, and meeting records stay buried in mailboxes. The result: the same content is read again week after week and analyses already completed are rebuilt from scratch. The arrival of generative assistants amplifies the problem by producing even more text to sort.

In three hours online, this workshop sets out the architecture of a personal knowledge management system supported by AI: what to capture and what to let go, how to name and link notes, and how to query your own knowledge base rather than starting from a blank page.

Learning objectives

  • Define the information flows worth capturing and the criteria for letting content go
  • Structure a base of linked notes rather than a tree of folders
  • Write atomic notes that can be reused across several contexts
  • Query your personal knowledge base using a generative assistant
  • Set a review routine that keeps the system alive

What makes this programme different

Each participant leaves with a written folder structure and naming conventions
The workshop runs on the participant's real notes rather than a fictitious data set
A weekly sorting routine is calibrated to the time genuinely available

Programme

1Framing your knowledge system

Deciding what deserves to be kept

  • Review of current sources and where information is lost
  • Distinction between reference archive and working material
  • Explicit capture criteria and criteria for letting go
  • Choice of the core tool and the role of satellite tools

2Structuring and linking notes

Writing for your future self

  • Atomic notes titled as statements
  • Links between notes and thematic entry notes
  • Naming and tagging conventions that hold up over time
  • Breaking long documents into reusable units

3Putting AI to work on your knowledge base

Moving from searching to questioning

  • Summarising and rephrasing existing notes without losing the source
  • Prompts for cross-cutting synthesis across several notes
  • Checking outputs and preserving original references
  • Weekly review routine and pruning

Who is it for

Consultants, project managers, managers, market intelligence officers, trainers and knowledge professionals who handle a large volume of documents and notes.

Prerequisites

Regular use of a digital note-taking tool and a generative AI assistant.

Dates & locations

12 scheduled dates between November 2026 and December 2027. Seats are confirmed in the order enquiries are received.

November 2026

December 2026

January 2027

February 2027

March 2027

April 2027

May 2027

June 2027

September 2027

October 2027

November 2027

December 2027

None of these dates suit you? We open additional sessions on request, and any programme can be run privately for your team.

Practical details

Before the programme
Online positioning questionnaire. Your development objectives are shared with the trainer, who tailors the practical case studies to your context.
Teaching methods
Theoretical input, workshops and practical case studies. Digital course materials and method sheets provided.
Assessment
Multiple-choice tests and role-play exercises. Assessment of learning at the start and end of the programme, with immediate and 60-day follow-up evaluations.
After the programme
One year of access to the e-learning platform. Self-assessment of the skills acquired and a 30-day follow-up session with your trainer.
How to register
Registration online or on the basis of a quotation.
Lead time
11 working days after confirmation of registration.
Accessibility
Accessible to people of determination. Contact our accessibility coordinator to design a suitable solution: contact@mpf-academy.ae
Start dates
Rolling intake: in addition to the scheduled sessions, this programme can start on request.