Torque Academy | AI Training for Sales Teams & Business Leaders
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Now Enrolling · 90-Day Cohort

We install the machine.
Academy trains the team
that drives it.

The Torque Operating System is in your business. Now your executive team needs to own it — permanently. Torque Academy is the 90-day cohort that builds real operators: people who run the machine, evolve the formula, and never need us in the room again.

12 seats per cohort — Q3 filling now +1 (646) 645-4171
Where Torque Academy Fits

We embed. We build. We hand off.
You don't stop there.

The Torque engagement transfers the machine to your team. The Academy ensures it keeps compounding — so your organization becomes permanently resilient, not just temporarily current.

Torque Embed

We get inside.

Chris embeds with your leadership. We build the systems together, from the inside out.

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Build + Coach

We transfer ownership.

Every experiment generates a lesson. Every lesson lowers the cost of the next attempt.

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Hand Off

Your team takes the keys.

The embed ends. The system stays. Your people know how to run it — because they built it.

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Torque Academy

You keep building.

More experiments. More shots on goal. A leadership team that evolves faster than the AI landscape shifts.

Learning Principle 01

Lower the cost of failure. Multiply the experiments.

The only way to get truth inside an organization is to make it safe to find it. Academy isn't about reducing risk — it's about taking more intelligent shots. Fast. Often. With full accountability for the outcome.

Learning Principle 02

Extreme ownership. Extreme permission. Both.

People only take real risks when they personally own the outcome AND have permission to pursue it. One without the other produces paralysis. Academy builds both muscles simultaneously — because evolution requires both.

Learning Principle 03

Processes don't win. Outcomes do.

Most organizations celebrate perfectly checking boxes — while failing at the actual goal. The process became the point. Academy trains your team to interrogate whether the process is producing the outcome, and to cut it ruthlessly when it isn't.

The Transformation

Sporadic growth moments.
Versus Always-On Growth.

Occasional Growth
A campaign or product that worked — once
Growth driven by individual heroics, not system
Leadership addicted to answers, not experiments
Initiatives siloed, competing, canceling each other out
No commercial truth — unclear what problem you actually solve
Checking boxes and calling it progress
Always-On Growth
Growth machine embedded in your DNA — not dependent on any one leader
More experiments, more partners, more shots on goal
One growth operating system your whole team runs
Crystal-clear commercial truth — you know the problem, you own it
Asymmetric investment in your one irreplaceable asset
Documented ROI that compounds every quarter
What Is Torque Academy

Not a course.
Not a workshop.
A growth machine build.

You don't just learn new tools — you build the growth operating system your organization will run on permanently. Every session ends with a deliverable. Every experiment generates a lesson. Every lesson compounds. There is no "review the recording later." You show up, you experiment, you grow.

  • Live sessions with Chris Dessi — growth operator, not instructor — building alongside your team
  • Weekly accountability designed around experiments, not homework — more shots on goal, faster
  • Commercial truth workshops: find the real problem you solve, then build systems around it
  • Asymmetric investment framework: identify your proprietary gift and stop everything that isn't it
  • AI workflows, decision protocols, and experimental frameworks — all adapted to your business
  • Board-ready growth ROI narrative at program completion
90
Days from enrollment to deployed system
12
Maximum participants per cohort — by design
100%
Completion rate for enrolled teams
Amazon #1 bestselling author leading your program
The Program

4 phases. 13 weeks.
One Always-On Growth system.

Each phase builds on the last. You don't advance until the foundation is solid. That's what separates this from every AI course your team has already ignored.

Phase 1 · Weeks 1–2

AI Readiness Audit

We map your current AI posture across every department. Where's the leverage? Where's the drag? What's the highest-value first move your team can actually execute?

↳ Deliverable: Your Organizational AI Readiness Map
Phase 2 · Weeks 3–5

Leadership Alignment Sprint

Every executive speaks the same language about AI — including the skeptics, the cautious, and the overenthusiastic. Without this, everything stalls. With this, everything accelerates.

↳ Deliverable: Executive AI Charter & Shared Vocabulary
Phase 3 · Weeks 6–10

The Revenue System Build

This is where the actual work happens. AI-powered workflows for sales, marketing, and ops. Prompt libraries. Automation architecture. Tools your team uses next Monday — not next quarter.

↳ Deliverable: Deployed AI Revenue Workflow Stack
Phase 4 · Weeks 11–13

Measure, Report & Scale

Document the impact. Build the board-ready ROI narrative. Create the roadmap for expanding AI across the organization in the next two quarters — with accountability baked in.

↳ Deliverable: AI ROI Report + Q2 Scale Plan
Who It's For

Organizations ready to move, not just decide

Torque Academy works best when the urgency is real, the leadership team is committed, and the company is done waiting for someone internal to figure it out.

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Financial Services
Banks, insurance firms, wealth managers navigating AI and compliance simultaneously
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Legal & Professional
Law firms, accountancies, and consultancies facing pressure from AI-native competitors
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Healthcare Systems
Health networks where operational efficiency has direct patient care implications
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PE-Backed Companies
Post-acquisition orgs under pressure to modernize fast and show AI growth narrative
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Revenue Teams
B2B sales orgs where productivity, pipeline clarity, and messaging are all underperforming
Not the right fit

Torque Academy is not for AI-native startups, engineering-led organizations, or companies looking for someone to build the AI for them. We equip and activate your team — we don't replace it.

What People Say

Specific words from real people
about what actually changed.

★★★★★
Captivating, energetic, approachable, and dynamic. Not only did we learn best practices — we experienced how contagious high-energy enthusiasm and a love of what you do can be. If you're looking to motivate and energize your team, I highly recommend inviting Chris.
Jacqueline Merl Bamman — CHRO, Board & Compensation Advisor National Sales Meeting engagement
★★★★★
While he was presenting, I was looking around the room — it was a very pleasing sight. All eyes were on him and lots of questions were asked. I would highly recommend Chris if you're looking to increase sales and brand your business by leveraging AI.
Jerry Schavone — Director of Sales, Revenue & Operations Team training engagement
★★★★★
His presentation was one of the best I've ever sat in on. Awesome energy, and the personal touch put it over the edge. His approach was emotional and his lesson was received with rave reviews — it was unlike any other training I've experienced.
Jon Kinsella — Senior Manager, Digital Marketing & Platforms Corporate training session
Access & Pricing

Two ways in.
One outcome: a deployed system.

All tiers include live access to Chris and his implementation team, cohort accountability, and the full 90-day deliverable framework.

Individual Access
Executive Track
For individual senior leaders joining the cohort
  • Full 90-day curriculum access
  • Live weekly group sessions
  • Private community & resource library
  • Personal AI workflow build
  • Certificate of completion
Apply for Individual Access
See the Instructor

Chris Dessi isn't a professor.
He's the operator who built the systems.

Closed $100M+ in sales. Built and sold 8-figure companies. 15 years on national television. The frameworks you'll deploy in Torque Academy came out of real engagements — not academic research.

What Teams Build in the Program
Live AI Workflow Build
A real system built and deployed during a Torque engagement — this is the output standard.
Production AI System
Not a prototype — an actual deployed system running inside a real business.
Team Build Session
Your team — working live, building real — in a structured 90-day sprint format.
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12 seats. That's it.

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