15 Days of AI

A few engineers were experimenting with AI. Now the whole firm has a baseline.

Structural engineering
Vancouver, Canada
109 people

Glotman Simpson is a structural engineering firm in Vancouver. A few keen engineers were experimenting with AI, but most of the office used it like a search engine or not at all. On day one, more than half rated their confidence with AI at 1 or 2 out of 5.

The firm's principals wanted everyone, not a handful of people, using AI meaningfully within three months.

In August 2026 the whole company joined 15 Days of AI: principals, engineers, drafters, construction administration, accounting, marketing and IT. Each person did fifteen short lessons on their own work, and we measured their AI skill before and after.

109

The whole firm took part

Principals, engineers, drafters and support teams, across eight departments.

61 to 78

AI skill rose by more than a quarter

Average AIQ out of 100: 60.9 before, 78.0 after.

28 of 32

Nearly everyone got better

Almost nine in ten improved their score, half of them by 20 points or more.

1 to 14

Strong AI skill went from rare to common

One person scored 80 or more at the start. Fourteen did by the end.

2.5 to 3.3

People feel more confident using AI

Self-rated confidence out of 5. Of the 18 who started at 1 or 2, 13 finished at 3 or higher.

Leaders learned alongside their teams

Three of the firm's principals finished all fifteen lessons.

AIQ is our assessment of how well someone works with AI, scored out of 100. AIQ figures are for the 32 people who took it before and after. Confidence is from 34 people at Day 15.