An Invitation · Exclusive Pilot Cohort · 20 Seats Only

Lyric
Crescendo

Become one of the world's best supply chain engineers. An immersive, cohort-based experience designed to change how you think, build, and lead.

20 Seats Only Apr 13 – May 7, 2026 Mon & Wed · 3:30 PM EST Chicago Onsite · May 7 10 hrs / week

You've been personally selected.

You were hand-picked for this cohort because of the way you engage with supply chain problems. Crescendo is built for people like you — technically and intellectually curious, and ready to operate at a different level. This pilot is free. Your seat is reserved. All you have to do is show up ready to build.


What makes this different

This is not a training course.

Most supply chain training teaches you the tool. Crescendo is designed to change how you think. The pace is aggressive. The projects are practical. Future cohorts will be paid. Your spot in this pilot is on us.

20
Seats — hand-selected cohort
4
Weeks — 3 virtual + 1 full day onsite
3
Real portfolio projects — one per week
Free
Your spot covered — valued at $800

Time commitment

10 hours per week —
including live sessions.

10
hrs / week

What that looks like

Each week requires approximately 10 hours of total engagement. Your two live sessions on Monday and Wednesday account for 3 hours — both are mandatory and part of your weekly commitment. The remaining 7 hours go toward async project work, peer review, and finalizing your deliverable. The commitment is real. So are the results.

Activity Format Time per Week
Monday: The Lyric Show Live session via Teams Mandatory 90 min
Wednesday: Office Hours / Co-Build Live session via Teams Mandatory 90 min
Project work Async, self-paced ~5 hrs
Peer feedback Async, via Circle ~2 hrs
Total ~10 hrs

The problem worth solving

Why most training stops short.

The standard approach

Hand horse-riders a car and offer a driving tutorial.

Live trainings. Video content. Certification tracks. Every platform does this. It teaches the tool — but it doesn't transform the person using it.

What's missing

Mindset. Identity. The ability to lead with your work.

The best supply chain professionals don't just build models — they design decisions and earn the room. That combination is rare, and it can be built.

That's Crescendo

Become the person who changes how their organization thinks.

AI-forward, analytically rigorous, and impossible to ignore. We're not teaching skills — we're building a new kind of supply chain professional.


People

Who you'll learn with

Leads

Frank Corrigan + Erin Watson

Program leads from the Lyric team

Support

Marco Benavides + Product Training Team

Hands-on delivery and co-build support

Guest Speakers

The Best in the Industry

High-energy supply chain experts across weeks 1–3

Your Cohort

20 Hand-Selected Engineers

Cross-company, cross-industry — people like you


The identity shift

You're becoming an
Upper-Right Engineer.

Supply chain decisions are technical and political. The best engineers win not by math alone — they combine quantitative rigor with the ability to move rooms. Crescendo is designed to get you there.

STRUCTURED / ANALYTICAL CREATIVE / NARRATIVE Many Consultants Many Engineers YOU
Rigorous + Creative
Build the model and see what others miss
Quantitative + Persuasive
Numbers that move rooms, not just spreadsheets
Builder + Narrator
Build the model and explain why it matters

The network effect

You won't just level up.
You'll level up together.

One of the most underrated parts of Crescendo is who you'll be in the room with. Twenty engineers from different companies, different industries — giving each other feedback, sharing approaches, and building professional relationships that outlast the cohort. The community is part of what you take home.

20
Engineers from across industries
Circle
Where your cohort lives and collaborates
Peer
Led — you learn from each other

The AI Advantage

You'll build with Claude as your co-pilot.

Crescendo doesn't just teach supply chain meta-skills — it teaches you how to leverage AI to move faster and build better than any previous generation of engineers. Using Claude as a co-builder, you'll go from idea to working prototype at a pace that wasn't possible before. This is the skill that defines the next decade. Note: a Claude subscription is required.


Curriculum · One project per week

What you'll build

Week 1

Build Synthetic Input Data

Pick a decision from the decision mesh. Figure out how it could be solved with the Lyric catalogue. Build a base-minimum synthetic input dataset to feed that note. Implement it. Use the Blue Note result reports to make a report with recommendations.

Project 1 of 3 · Due the following Monday
Week 2

Build End-to-End

How are apps different from analyses? Apps are gateways for less-technical users to access the math. Build an app that lets your teammates run an optimization and make a decision — without needing to understand what's under the hood.

Project 2 of 3 · Due the following Monday
Week 3

Build a Narrative

Browse the Lyric catalogue and select one or more notes that genuinely interest you — or that you think could be valuable in your world. Build the narrative around them: the insight, the business case, and the story that moves leadership to act. This is what you present in Chicago.

Project 3 of 3 · You present this in Chicago on May 7

Format

How your weeks work

Monday

The Lyric Show

Presentation, industry guest speakers, breakout rooms, and a live build exercise. This is where the week's challenge is set. 90 minutes at 3:30 PM EST.

Wednesday

Office Hours / Co-Build

Bring your blockers. Get unstuck. Push your project forward alongside your cohort and the Lyric team. 90 minutes at 3:30 PM EST.

Weekly Rhythm · In Circle

Your project schedule

Day Activity Notes
Monday 12:00 AM Circle Opens New week kicks off, your challenge is posted
Wednesday Midnight First Draft Due Submit to Circle for peer review
Thursday Peer Feedback Due Review and comment on your cohort's work
Following Monday Final Draft Due Before the next live session begins

Week 4 · Onsite

Chicago

May
7
Thu

You present. Then we celebrate.

Come to the Lyric Office in Chicago for one full day. You'll present your Week 3 narrative in front of the full cohort — your peers, the Lyric team, and guest experts. That evening, the whole group celebrates together.

Location — Lyric Office, Chicago
You present your Week 3 narrative
Party and dinner that evening

Where we work

Your tools

Circle
Community

Your cohort's home base. Post work, give peer feedback, follow along with the weekly rhythm, and stay connected between sessions.

Lyric
Lyric Studio
Where You Build

The platform you'll use to build every project — from synthetic datasets to full end-to-end apps and narrative analyses.

Microsoft Teams
Live Sessions

Every Monday and Wednesday live session runs here — 90 minutes at 3:30 PM EST. Both are mandatory.

Claude
AI Co-Pilot

Your AI co-builder throughout the program. Used for brainstorming, building, and pushing prototypes further, faster.

Subscription required

What you walk away with

Your takeaways

3 Portfolio Projects

Presentable, real-world deliverables you built during the program

Certificate of Completion

Formal recognition of your Crescendo cohort achievement

Upper Right Engineer Network

A lasting community of supply chain engineers like you


Where this is going

You're getting in early.

Cohort Timeline Details
Pilot Cohort — You are here April – May 2026 20 students. Free. Hand-selected.
1st Paid Cohort September 2026 $800 per student. You were first.

Schedule

Your full calendar

Week Theme Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
Week 1
Apr 13–17
Build Synthetic Input Data Apr 13
Live Session
3:30 PM
Apr 14
Async
Apr 15
Office Hours
3:30 PM
Apr 16
Peer Review
Apr 17
Async
Week 2
Apr 20–24
Build End-to-End Apr 20
Live Session
3:30 PM
Apr 21
Async
Apr 22
Office Hours
3:30 PM
Apr 23
Peer Review
Apr 24
Async
Week 3
Apr 27–May 1
Build a Narrative Apr 27
Live Session
3:30 PM
Apr 28
Async
Apr 29
Office Hours
3:30 PM
Apr 30
Peer Review
May 1
Async
Week 4
May 4–8
Onsite — Chicago May 4
Prep
May 5
Prep
May 6
Prep
May 7
Onsite Day
Chicago
May 8
Wrap-up