Sixteen Seats, Held
When a cohort fills we open a waiting list rather than adding chairs. Everyone speaks every week and the instructor reads everybody's work. More on the cap.
Professional training since 2022
Training for people who already have a job to do.
Beesy Academy runs short, cohort based courses for working professionals. Sixteen seats, one live session a week, and practice applied to the work already on your desk.
- 12courses
- 16seats a cohort
- 4intakes a year
Next Cohort
Applications open- Q4 2026Monday 5 October 2026
- Q1 2027Monday 11 January 2027
- Q2 2027Monday 12 April 2027
- Q3 2027Monday 5 July 2027
Applications for the Q4 2026 cohort close on Friday 18 September 2026. We reply to every application within two business days.
How we teach
Three commitments we have not moved on since 2022.
Practice On Real Work
You bring a live project, a real team or an actual document. Every week ends with something to try before the next session, and the next session opens with how it went.
Instructors Who Still Practice
Nobody here teaches full time. Every instructor works in the field they teach, which is why the examples are current and the answers are specific.
Catalog
Seven fields, twelve courses.
Every course runs at least once a year. Pick a category to filter the catalog, or read the full list.
Leadership and Management
Courses for people who have just started leading, or who inherited a team that needs steadying.
2 coursesProject Management
Planning, sequencing and landing work when the deadline is real and the resources are fixed.
2 coursesData and Analytics
Getting an honest answer out of the numbers you already have, and reporting it so it counts.
2 coursesDesign
The craft behind interfaces people find obvious, from single screens to a shared component library.
2 coursesCommunication and Public Speaking
Speaking, writing and facilitating so that the room understands you the first time.
2 coursesProductivity
Designing a working week that holds up when the workload does not get any smaller.
1 courseWeb Development
Building for the browser from first principles, with an eye on speed and accessibility.
1 course
Start here
Four courses people most often take first.
All four are beginner level and assume no prior training, only that you have work to apply them to.
LM-110
First Ninety Days as a Manager
Move from doing the work to leading it, with the conversations and structures that make the first three months count.
Beginner with Ilene Castorena
PM-120
Project Delivery Fundamentals
Plan, run and land a project end to end using the small set of tools that hold up when things go wrong.
Beginner with Desmond Whitlark
DA-130
Spreadsheet Analysis for Decision Makers
Turn a messy export into an answer you can defend in a meeting, without learning to code.
Beginner with Yasmin Halloran
DS-140
Interface Design Foundations
Learn the craft behind screens that feel obvious: layout, type, color, states and the words on the buttons.
Beginner with Soren Klepacki
Enrollment
Cohorts open quarterly. You apply, and a person replies.
There is no checkout button and no instant access. We read every application because putting somebody in the wrong course helps nobody, and a few times each quarter we tell an applicant to wait or to take something else first.
- 01
Send an application
Use the enrollment form or write to us. Tell us the course, what you want to do differently, and how much time you can protect.
- 02
We reply in two business days
A real person reads it. If a different course suits you better, or a later quarter does, we will say so.
- 03
Take your seat
If it is a fit, we send a place offer and a payment link. Your seat is held for seven days.
- 04
Start with your cohort
Sixteen people, one live session a week, and practice applied to your own work between sessions.
Who teaches
Five instructors, each still working in their field.
Read a full profile to see how each of them runs a room, and which courses they teach.
Ilene Castorena
Manager transitions and team performance
Every session ends with a sentence you have to say to a real person that week, and the next session starts with how it went.
Desmond Whitlark
Delivery planning and workload design
You bring a live project. By the last week you have a plan for it that survives contact with your actual stakeholders.
Yasmin Halloran
Analysis and reporting for people who are not analysts
We work with genuinely messy data, including the duplicate rows and the inconsistent dates, because clean sample files teach the wrong instincts.
Soren Klepacki
Interface design and front end craft
Nothing is finished until the empty state, the error state and the loading state are drawn. Those are the screens your users will actually meet.
Beatrix Onwuka
Speaking, facilitation and workplace writing
You will be recorded speaking in the first session and again in the last one, and you will watch both. Progress you can see is progress you keep.
From the blog
What we have learned running cohorts.
Why We Cap Every Cohort at Sixteen
The cap costs us money every quarter. It is also the reason the teaching works.
Ilene CastorenaThe Skill You Practice Is the Skill You Keep
Why our speaking course records you in week one, and makes you watch it.
Beatrix OnwukaChoosing a Course When You Only Have Six Hours a Week
A short method for picking between courses, from someone who plans work for a living.
Desmond Whitlark