Build a better way to work.

Get to a higher quality output from a more enjoyable, sustainable input. The Seven Core Skills program is a breakthrough workshop series that will teach you how to make your ideas come to life by building a fundamental set of inter-related skills.

7 Weeks
7 Workshops to transform your work

Unblock the path to your full potential.

The Spring 2023 program is full

 
 
 

The Seven Core Skills in 90 seconds


Unblock Your Ideas

You have great ideas waiting to come out. Ideas that have the power to launch businesses, change your life, and maybe even change the life of someone else. You are smart and hard working.

There’s just something in the way.

Those are ideas are stuck. You are a product of your environment & upbringing. So much of how we see work has to do with the scripts that are so deeply ingrained in all of us. They are the limiting beliefs that challenge how we think about our work.

When we learn to identify these limiting beliefs, we can rewrite them and discover new pathways to reaching our peak. And, with practice, we can get reach that peak more often.

We’ve worked with some of the top companies out there to uncover the necessary skills to succeed in today’s world.

These workshops, once only available to our clients, are now offered to you.

In distilling the insights from the highest performers, it’s clear to us what makes the difference: a solid foundation of inter-related skills.

Without these seven core skills that build on one other, workers are vulnerable to the internal and external obstacles that impair satisfaction and progress.

You work every day. But now it’s time to do it well.

 

What are the Seven Core Skills?

 

Week 1 - Foundation

Work Systems and Deep Work

Week 2 - Flow

Reaching Peak Performance

Week 3 - Focus

Regulating your nervous system and attention

Week 4 - Energy

Avoiding burnout

Week 5 - Creativity

Generating ideas and overcoming resistance

Week 6 - Self-Knowledge

Understanding your conscious / subconscious

Week 7 - Relationships

Improving work partnerships
 

If you’re going to use your brain to create ideas that change the world, you’re already in the right place.

Go deeper in The Cave.

 

The Core Skills Program
in a nutshell

The Core Skills program was written and designed by the entire Caveday team. It covers the fundamental skills for knowledge work all the way to more complex skills for navigating relationships at work.

Who is it for?

The Core skills program is for those that are seeking a shift in their work. Something to get them unstuck and to go deeper into their understanding of how to reach their peak. It’s for those wanting to learn new frameworks in order create a better balance in their lives so they can be more effective at work and get closer to their potential.

How Will it Work?

The Cores Skills Program has two components:
  1. The Lessons
    Seven 1-hour Workshops taught over seven weeks.
    Part lecture, part discussion, part self-reflection. Held at multiple times:
    • Mondays - 12pm ET - Live
    • Mondays - 8pm ET - Replay
    • Tuesdays - 4am ET - Replay
    Recordings will be available to all participants.

  2. The Labs
    1-hour weekly Caves to do the homework and go deeper on that week's topic.
    • Fridays - 12pm ET
When you sign up, you'll select an options so it gets in your calendar.

What is the Commitment?

The duration of the program is about 2 months (7 weeks). We kick off May 1 and wrap on June 13. You should expect to spend 1 hr/week in the workshop and 1 hr/week doing the assignments and engaging in discussion on the Caveday Forum.

What is The Cost of Tuition?

$300 for Caveday members
$450 for non-members

We also are offering a premium tier that includes four 1:1 coaching sessions.


Cavedwellers recommend it

 

“The content delivery was engaging and fun. The content itself was interesting and provided a new perspective on how to think about work.”

 

“Caveday's 7 Core Skills is a MUST for anyone who hopes to work successfully in the modern era.”

“It can be hard to create the space to work on how you work. This is important but not always urgent.”

 

“The world of work is changing, and this is the most comprehensive course to prepare knowledge workers for the future!”

 
 

Be a More Effective Knowledge Worker

Each individual workshop teaches a skill that addresses a problem nearly all knowledge workers face. The program, as a collective experience, is holistically curated and built to improve YOUR relationship to work, building on topics, frameworks, and assignments from previous workshops to create a more comprehensive learning experience.

You’ll learn researched techniques for managing your focus and attention. Additionally, you’ll do some personal work, uncovering your own blockers, limiting beliefs, and distraction loops in order to rewrite scripts and work with them.

The combination of learning these researched & scientifically-backed techniques plus the deep personal exploration will help build a foundation for a better relationship to work.

 

Your ideas will flow faster.
You’ll feel more energized.
Your work will improve.

You’re ready for a shift.

 

Upgrade Your Experience

In addition to the weekly workshops, the “premium package” includes four one-on-one coaching sessions with a certified coach. These participants will be provided a comprehensive and personalized learning experience to help them level up their skills and knowledge in a supportive and engaging environment. Sessions will be scheduled at times that are mutually convenient for the participant and coach

 
 
 

Detailed Curriculum

We use the latest research in productivity, psychology, neurobiology, and sociology to design all of our workshops.

 

Foundation

This workshop is about the fundamental tools and practices needed for optimal knowledge work. We’ll talk about our relationship to work and introduce the forces that shape that relationship. Then, we’ll introduce a framework for thinking about improving that relationship through focus. This session includes a 30 minute work sprint, so bring something to work on.

 
 

Flow

Learn the foundational concept of deep work and how we can reach our peak performance. The framework here is based on how top athletes and musicians get into an altered state of consciousness and how we can intentionally get there in our work. We’ll learn to trick our brain on how to get into “flow.” Finally, we’ll summarize the tips for finding flow and doing deep work, whatever and wherever your work might be.

Focus

In this workshop, we’ll dive deep into our brain to better understand our nervous system. It’s responsible for our alertness and activating our focus. Not just that, but there are obvious players trying to vie for our attention (eg technology and other people) We’ll explore ways to protect your focus and consider new ways to remove distractions and overcome interruptions.

 
 

Energy

You'll learn the principles of energy management in this workshop. How to identify and prepare for the things that drain us at work. And then how to design better practices to energize yourself through the day– from taking more intentional breaks to better daily habits. Not just for energy throughout our day but sustainable for our career, ultimately avoiding burnout.

Creativity

Whether you identify as a creative person or not, much of our work in The Cave is creative. We’re asked to solve a problem and try something that might not work. This workshop is all about what happens when you have time blocked off for deep, creative work (like in The Cave). You’ll learn some of the challenges that get in the way for everyone, tools and techniques for overcoming creative stuck-ness, and a new understanding of creativity to empower you and motivate your next best creative idea.

 
 

Self-Knowledge

Because no one ever taught us how to work, we’ve pieced together advice, suggested ways of working, and things that might have helped us in school. But the more we can deeply learn about ourselves, the more we can show up our best. We’re able to reach our potential and achieve more. We’ll look at some of the blockers that get in the way of truly knowing ourselves, and review qualities we know about how we work, but never had a vocabulary or time to explore more deeply.

Relationships

Regardless of the kind of work we do, nearly everything comes back to relationships. We collaborate and connect with others to make better work than we could’ve made on our own. In this final workshop, we’ll explore the framework of a team operating system– getting clear about the way partners and teams collaborate.

 
 
 

Interested in bringing this program to your entire team as a training program?

Email us to learn about corporate discounts

 

Meet your facilitator

The Core Skills program is led by Jake Kahana. He spent the first decade of his career making ad campaigns and products you may remember. During that time, he was also an adjunct professor teaching courses in creative process, ideation, writing, and branding. Since early 2018, he has been a faculty member with The School of Life, leading workshops in topics of emotional intelligence for teams across the world.

He’s always had a passion for teaching the topics that no one ever taught us in school.

This is the 5th time Caveday has run the Core Skills program. Jake and the entire Caveday team are excited about the improvements and new content included in this session.

 
 

FAQ

What are the workshop times again?

Workshops are 1 hour long and we’re offering a live session and two replays with live chat.
Mondays - 9am PT / 12pm ET / 5pm GMT (Live)
Mondays - 5pm PT / 8pm ET / 1am GMT +1 (Replay)
Tuesdays - 1am PT / 4am ET / 9am GMT (Replay)

The lab is also 1 hour and will include a short discussion and Cave time to do that week’s homework.
Fridays - 9am / 12pm ET / 5pm GMT (Live)

 

WHat if I can’t Make all the workshops?

We understand that schedules change or can’t always be flexible for a weekly commitment. We encourage you to attend as many as you can. Replays are scheduled so you can put them in your calendar… aaaaand each workshop will be recorded and shared for the cohort to review.

 

Is there a Money-Back Guarantee?

We expect our participants to do the work, come prepared, and implement what they're taught. We cannot make you do it, but our MBG is contingent upon it. If you find within the first 2 weeks that this is not for you, then email hi@caveday.org with your completed assignments and share any feedback, and we will gladly refund your investment. 

We want people in our classes who actually want to be here (and we hope that's YOU!). In the event it isn't, we understand. We hope you’ll continue to join us in The Cave and be a part of our community.

 


How much EXTRA WORK will there be?

It’s up to you. Our assignments will be tiered for each workshop and will include a recommended one hour task a week. But we’ll also offer a suggested daily habit to schedule, and ongoing learning in a book or project to take on if you’re interested in diving deeper. The intention is for you to have fun and integrate the lessons and research into your lives in a practical way. Most of it will pertain to the work you're already doing.

But again, it's up to you.

 

Will I be able to say, "I’m Caveday Certified” and put it on my LinkedIn?

Obviously.

 

Can my whole team sign up to do this?

Sure, but we also do corporate team training. We offer discounts for groups and have additional resources and materials for teams looking to level-up. Email us for more information

 
 
 

You’re ready.

 
 

SEVEN CORE SKILLS

May 1 - June 13

3 session options to attend.
Recordings will also be available.

In this 7-week program you will:

  • •strengthen your ability to focus
  • •build habits to manage distractions
  • •learn new frameworks for creativity
  • •improve your self-knowledge
  • •transform your relationship to work
  • •get clear on the forces in the way