HEALTHCARE PUBLISHER
140 PMs Transformed into AI-First Leaders
How First Principles delivered comprehensive AI-first training to a global scientific publishing leader, with specialized support from Nokshi
Workshops | Healthcare | Multinational
CLIENT
Global scientific publisher
Academic journals, research databases
CHALLENGE
AI skills gap across PM organization
140 PMs across multiple business units
OUTCOME
AI workshops
Comprehensive AI-first PM training program
The situation
A global leader in scientific publishing serving researchers, healthcare professionals, and academic institutions worldwide, recognized that AI would fundamentally transform their industry. With 140+ product managers across multiple business units, they needed a comprehensive training program to upskill their entire product organization. The challenge wasn't just technical knowledge—they needed practical, hands-on training that would enable their PMs to identify AI opportunities, improve their workflows with AI, manage AI-enhanced products, and lead AI initiatives with confidence.
Strategic partnership approach
First Principles designed and led this comprehensive transformation program, bringing in Nokshi as a specialized partner to deliver hands-on AI-first product management training. This collaboration combined First Principles' proven enterprise training frameworks with Nokshi's practical experience building and managing AI products in production environments and using AI in all parts of the PM workflow.
What we did
✔️ Lecture support and guidance
Helped PMs understand course concepts, answered questions, and provided clarification on AI product management topics
✔️ Moderated group learning sessions
Led collaborative workshops where PMs practiced AI concepts, discussed challenges, and learned from peer experiences
✔️ AI assignment support and grading
Provided hands-on guidance for practical AI exercises and delivered detailed feedback on completed assignments
Result
140+ PMs upskilled in AI
This was achieved through customized workshops, moderating small group sessions with peers, and AI assignments in collaboration with First Principles.