Courses – Kimberly McDermott, PhD
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Courses for scientists and technical leaders who want their work to go further

Self-paced learning with an AI coaching layer. Practical tools applied to your real work, not just examples.

A different kind of course, built around how you already think
Most professional development asks you to work through generic examples. In these courses, you bring your actual work. Your grant proposal, your pitch to leadership, your collaboration ask. By the end of each module, that real work has moved forward. The learning and the doing happen together.

AI coaching built in

Every module includes a structured AI coaching conversation that applies the concept directly to your specific situation, not a generic exercise.

Built for scientific minds

No generic frameworks retrofitted for STEM. These courses are designed around the way analytical, evidence-driven thinkers actually work best.

Your real work gets done

You choose your challenge at the start. Each module builds on the last. You finish the course with a real deliverable, not just a new framework.

Tiered access

Start self-paced. Add async feedback from Kim. Upgrade to include live coaching sessions. Choose the level that fits your situation and budget.


Storytelling · Influence · Communication

Science-Non-Fiction: Storytelling for Influence

For scientists and engineers who have important work that is not landing the way it should

Your idea is rigorous. Your evidence is solid. So why is it not getting funded, backed, or acted on? This course teaches you to build a story around your work the same way you build a case for anything: from the evidence out, with your audience at the center. You bring your actual influence challenge at the start of the course, and each module moves it forward. By the end, you have a complete, tested influence story built around your real work.

You will leave with
A finished influence story built around your real work, ready to deliver
A repeatable framework for every pitch, grant, and presentation going forward
Practical tools for reading any audience and adapting your message to what they need to hear
Confidence that the scientific mind is already built for this. It just needed pointing in a new direction
Project Management · Leadership · Research Operations

Project and Program Management for Scientists

For researchers and technical leaders running complex work and ready to run it more effectively

Project and program management frameworks have transformed how organizations run complex work. Most of them were built with engineers and business teams in mind, and while technical professionals in industry learn them on the job, they are rarely taught in a way that is tailored to how scientific and research minds think. This course brings those frameworks to life for researchers in biomedical, life sciences, and technical fields, adapted to the realities of non-linear timelines, shifting hypotheses, and collaboration-heavy work. You bring a real project you are managing, and the course builds around it.

You will leave with
Fluency in the PM frameworks your colleagues and collaborators already use
A hybrid approach adapted to the realities of research timelines and shifting hypotheses
Practical tools for running better team meetings, communicating progress, and managing stakeholders
A project plan built around your actual current work, not a textbook case study

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