By Elana Etten — Fractional AI Strategist

How to AI
Like a Human

Stop learning to think like a machine. Build your S.H.A.P.E. profile, then learn how to recognize the S.H.A.P.E. of the AI platforms you use.

The book and course are live now. Bonus Content arrives Monday, June 8.

All products are digital and delivered immediately after purchase via email.

Fractional AI StrategistBuilt for real-world business use
Lean Six Sigma Master Black BeltSystems thinking, not prompt tricks
Engineering BackgroundPractical, structured, testable workflows
S.H.A.P.E. FrameworkHuman-first AI partnership method
The problem nobody is talking about

You were not meant to become more robotic just to use AI.

Most AI advice tells you to prompt better, format better, and think more like the tool. But the deeper opportunity is the opposite: teach the tool how you think, what you care about, how you decide, and what kind of support actually helps you move.

When AI understands your S.H.A.P.E., it stops acting like a generic answer machine and starts becoming a thought partner that can meet you where your mind actually works.

After you buy

What happens after you buy?

Everything is digital and delivered immediately. After purchase, you receive an email with access to your book, course, and CogniPrint — ready to use right away.

1

You purchase your bundle.

You receive a confirmation email with your book, course access, and CogniPrint code — everything you need to start immediately.

3

Start partnering, not prompting.

With your S.H.A.P.E. profile installed, your AI shifts from generic assistant to calibrated partner. Bonus content arrives June 8.

Your side of the partnership

Build the profile your AI needs before it can truly help you.

The course begins by helping you assemble your S.H.A.P.E. profile: the human context most AI platforms never receive unless you intentionally provide it.

S

Sound

Your authentic voice. Give your AI a sample of how you actually communicate so what it creates sounds like you.

H

Heart

Who you serve and why. When your AI knows your audience and purpose, it creates work that connects.

A

Accolades

Your expertise, strengths, and authority. This helps your AI build on what you know instead of explaining past you.

P

Personality

Your CogniPrint cognitive profile: the way you think, decide, process information, and work best.

E

Experience

Your story and lived context. These are the details that make your perspective unique and hard to replace.

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The Partnership

Put the pieces together into an AI-ready profile you can use across major platforms as your partnership blueprint.

The course roadmap

The full course teaches both sides of the relationship.

Knowing yourself is essential. But a true AI partnership goes both ways. The course will also train you to notice how the AI platform behaves, what it prioritizes, where it is strong, and where it needs clearer human guidance.

Part 01

Build your S.H.A.P.E. profile.

Identify your voice, audience, strengths, cognitive preferences, and lived experience so your AI has meaningful context before it responds.

Part 02

Install your profile into your AI tools.

Learn how to use your profile inside platforms such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Copilot so your AI begins with better instructions.

Part 03

Understand the AI platform’s S.H.A.P.E.

Notice how different platforms sound, reason, remember, refuse, summarize, and prioritize. The same prompt can feel different because each platform has its own design tendencies.

Part 04

Match the tool to the task.

Learn which kinds of work each platform is better suited for, where human judgment must lead, and how to adapt your collaboration style.

Part 05

Create your AI partnership practice.

Turn the method into a repeatable workflow so AI supports your decisions, writing, planning, and business systems without flattening your voice.

Choose your path

Choose the level of support you want.

Every option includes lifetime access to the materials included in that tier, plus applicable future updates as the book and course evolve.

Foundation
CogniPrint Foundation
For people who want to start by understanding how their own mind works.
$27 one-time
Instant access after purchase.
  • Full CogniPrint cognitive assessment
  • 6-dimension cognitive profile
  • AI-ready instructions for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot
  • Printable PDF report
  • Results delivered to your inbox
Get My CogniPrint
Book Bundle
Book + CogniPrint Bundle
For people who want their profile and the complete S.H.A.P.E. framework guide.
$47 one-time
Save compared with buying separately.
  • Everything in CogniPrint Foundation
  • Full digital book: How to AI Like a Human
  • Step-by-step S.H.A.P.E. framework walkthrough
  • Build your complete AI partnership profile
  • Platform-specific installation guidance
  • Updates included as the book evolves
Get the Book + CogniPrint
Quick answers

A few things to know before you choose.

Is the course available immediately?

Yes. The core course — building your S.H.A.P.E. profile across six guided video lessons — is live and accessible right after purchase. Bonus content on understanding your AI partner arrives Monday, June 8.

What do I receive after purchase?

An email with everything included in your tier: your book, course access and password, and a single-use CogniPrint code. All digital, all immediate.

Do I need to be technical?

Not even a little. You bring how you think and work. The book and course show you how to hand that to your AI in plain language. If you can describe what frustrates you about generic AI output, you already have everything you need.

Why learn the AI platform’s S.H.A.P.E. too?

Because different platforms behave differently. When you understand both your own profile and the platform’s tendencies, you can collaborate more intentionally.

About the Author

Elana Etten is a Fractional AI Strategist who helps small businesses and teams work with AI as partners, not replacements. With a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, a background in engineering, and years of hands-on experience building AI partnership workflows, she developed the S.H.A.P.E. framework from the belief that the future of AI is not about humans adapting to machines. It is about machines learning to meet us where we are.

She is also proof that the framework works. Her business systems, client workflows, newsletter process, and this body of work were built in partnership with AI that understands how she thinks.

Elana Etten
Principal Consultant, Identity Marketing U.S., LLC