The future of work is changing. Are your teams ready?

Turn everyday work into practical AI workflows.

Many people know how to use AI tools. But are they using them effectively to save time, improve productivity and deliver better results, while protecting sensitive information and respecting data privacy?

I coach teams to apply AI to their everyday work, from reports and spreadsheets to presentations and processes. They learn by improving their own tasks and leave with practical workflows they can use the next day.

Beyond the tools, I help people build the mindset, confidence and judgement to work effectively and responsibly alongside AI.

40 years in technologyBuilding AI systems since the 1980sHRD Corp Accredited Trainer

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Franklin Styne guiding participants through a hands-on AI exercise in a corporate training room
HRD Corp Accredited TrainerID 13169
AI training sessions delivered since 2023
200+
Participants trained since 2025
1,500+
Groups trained since 2025
90+
Countries: Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, India
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Watch a 1-minute lesson

From an Excel list to an interactive PowerPoint dashboard with Copilot.

This is how I teach: a real workplace task, a clear method you can follow and a result you can use the same day.

  1. Start with your data in Excel
  2. Give Copilot a structured prompt
  3. Get a working, filterable dashboard slide
Microsoft 365 Copilot lesson, 70 seconds. Sample data only.

My signature approach

Learn it. Apply it. Present it.

Every programme follows the same four steps, so participants leave the room having already used AI on their own work.

  1. An Excel sheet of employee records, the starting point of an exercise

    Bring a work challenge

    Teams start with a real task from their own job: a report, a dataset, a presentation or a slow process.

  2. A structured Copilot prompt shown during a lesson

    Learn the method

    A structured prompting framework and the right tool for the task, practised hands-on from the first hour.

  3. Participants building an AI solution together in a group

    Build a solution

    Groups apply AI to their challenge and build a working output, with coaching as they go.

  4. A participant presenting the group's AI solution to the class

    Demonstrate the result

    Each group presents what they built and the time it saves, so the organisation sees the result before the day ends.

Programmes

Where should your team start?

Each programme runs as a 1-day or 2-day session, in-house, public or live online, and is HRD Corp claimable when delivered through a registered training provider.

New to AI

AI Foundations for Workplace Productivity

Prompting, checking AI output and using ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude for writing, analysis and everyday tasks.

See the programme

Using Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365 Copilot

Copilot inside Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams, applied to your own documents and meetings.

See the programme

Reduce repetitive steps

AI Automation

Working automations with n8n and Power Automate that take manual steps out of reporting, email and approvals.

See the programme

Ready for agents

AI Agents for the Workplace

Designing agents with clear goals, tools and guardrails, and keeping people in control of the results.

See the programme

Why organisations choose me

Technology, business and teaching, in one trainer.

Years in management mean I understand the pain points your people face, from reporting and approvals to meetings and team communication.

  • A mindset for working with AIParticipants learn to work side by side with AI and build it into their daily workflows, beyond any single tool.
  • Proven programme designRefined over more than 200 sessions, with clear outcomes and a structured prompt engineering framework.
  • Engaging and approachableLively, interactive and jargon-free, so participants enjoy the learning and leave confident, whatever their starting point.
  • Capacity for large groupsA network of experienced trainers and facilitators delivers organisation-wide rollouts with consistent quality.
  • Long-term partnershipsOrganisations consistently return for further cohorts and advanced programmes as their AI adoption grows.

In their words

What participants say.

Shared with permission from each participant and their organisation.

ParticipantMaybank
ParticipantOSRAM procurement and supply chain
Assistant Director, Cyber MediaJabatan Penerangan Malaysia

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Organisations trained

Trusted across sectors and the region.

  • Maybank
  • Intel
  • Altera
  • Keysight
  • Osram
  • Unicharm
  • DSG
  • Maxell Tohshin
  • KMWE
  • Kiswire
  • Oryx
  • Technip Energies
  • Mitsui & Co
  • Ministry of Education
  • JKR
  • HRD Corp
  • PSDC
  • Malaysia Airports
  • Jabatan Penerangan Malaysia
  • RTM
  • TV3
  • Bernama
  • UNITEN
  • Taylor’s University
  • Swinburne University
  • Low Yat Group
  • Flexiparking
  • Prudential
Portrait of Franklin Styne

About Franklin

Passionate about AI since the 1980s.

MBA, MCIM, PhD (Candidate). I began my career as a computer programmer and systems analyst building expert systems, an early form of AI, then led international market expansion as Head of International Business Development for a global company. Over 40 years, that combination has given me a deep understanding of how technology works, how businesses run and how adults learn.

Today I help corporate, government and education teams across Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia and India save time on repetitive work with the right AI tools. I am an ICDL AI and Microsoft 365 Copilot certified productivity coach, an HRD Corp Accredited Trainer and an adjunct MBA lecturer.

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Get in touch

Planning AI training for your team? Let’s talk.

Tell me about your team, the work they do and what you want AI to improve, with preferred dates and the number of participants. I will recommend a programme and send a course outline.

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