Novaris.club
A professional learning club

Work keeps changing. We should keep learning with it.

For people who want to understand what is changing, learn what is useful, and keep growing — through ideas, people and practical learning.

Read Ideas
Another newsletterAnother model launchAnother courseAnother list of toolsAnother predictionAnother podcastAnother frameworkAnother hot takeAnother newsletterAnother model launchAnother courseAnother list of toolsAnother predictionAnother podcastAnother frameworkAnother hot take
Why Novaris

Most of us stopped having a syllabus the day we started working.

Since then it has been an article here, a colleague there, a course saved for later. There is more to learn than any of us have time for.

The challenge is deciding what deserves attention.

SyllabusTerm 8 · Final
  • Wk 09Financial modelling II
  • Wk 10Strategy capstone
  • Wk 11Presentations
  • Wk 12Final examinations
  • Wk 13Graduation
  • Year 1
  • Year 2
  • Year 3
You are here
The filter

Everything we publish passes five questions.

If a piece cannot answer at least one of them well, it does not run.

01

What actually changed?

Not every announcement changes how people work. Some do. The useful part is knowing the difference.

02

Why does it matter to me?

The same development means different things to a founder, a marketer, a manager or an engineer.

03

What is worth learning?

You do not need to understand everything. When something becomes relevant, learn it properly.

04

What can I do with it?

A better workflow. A clearer decision. A new capability. A mistake avoided.

05

What can I safely ignore?

Knowing what not to spend time on is becoming a professional skill of its own.

Who is in the room

A room is only useful if the people in it are different from each other.

Ten people with the same job is a meetup. We keep the room varied on purpose, so someone always knows the thing you do not.

  • FounderMoves fast with very little.
  • EngineerKnows what the demo leaves out.
  • MarketerHears how people actually describe it.
  • ResearcherExplains why it works at all.
  • Product leadDecides what ships and what waits.
  • DesignerNotices where people get stuck.
  • SalesKnows which promises hold up.
  • ManagerMoves many people carefully.
  • ConsultantHas seen it fail in six companies.
  • First-year analystLearned the new tools first.
  • You?Bring a view the room does not have yet.
Inside the club

Think. Understand. Learn. Move.

Ideas

Think about something differently.

Original thinking and experienced opinion on technology, work and careers. Published when there is something worth saying, not on a schedule.

EssaysPractitioner perspectivesOpen to everyone
Ideas today

Open to everyone.

All Ideas
Working with AI6 min

Treat the model as a first draft, never a final answer.

The people getting real value from AI tools share one habit. They never accept the first output. Here is what they do instead, and why it works.

Priya Raman · 2 Sep 2026
Ways of working4 min

Meetings that end with a decision.

Most meetings end with a feeling. A simple closing ritual turns that feeling into a written decision, an owner, and a date.

Tom Achebe · 26 Aug 2026
Expert opinion7 min

What I actually want from AI, as a CFO.

Not forecasts. Not dashboards. A finance leader on the small, unglamorous tasks where the tools have already earned their place.

Helena Marsh · 19 Aug 2026
Field notes5 min

A week of writing everything with a model beside me.

Seven days, every email and document drafted with help. What got faster, what got worse, and the one thing I will keep doing.

Sam Okafor · 12 Aug 2026
Request an invite

The room is small. That is the point.

Step 01

Tell us what you do

A sentence or two. No CV, no cover letter.

Step 02

We read it personally

Every request is read by a person, not a filter.

Step 03

A reply within days

We keep the room varied, so timing depends on who is already in it.

Step 04

Start with Ideas

Then Briefing, Learn and Opportunities as they open.