CDD 7 Tools · Half-Day Practical Workshop
From Red Tape to Ready
Turn what you already know about your business into a verified Business DNA profile and eight structured documents that support tenders, grants, supplier registration and Tier 1 prequalification — built in one guided session, with your own facts.
1/2 Day (hands-on session) · 8 (working documents) · 3 (quality reviews)
The Paper Ceiling: Why Capable Businesses Lose Opportunities
Capable businesses lose opportunities when the proof is missing. This is not an AI theory session. You’ll use your own business information, structured prompts and practical quality checks to create documents that sound like your business — not a generic template.
What the Half-Day Session Delivers
One Source of Truth. Eight Credible Documents. A Clear Next Step.
01 — Capture: One source of truth
Organise your services, people, equipment, project evidence, compliance status and goals into a reusable Business DNA profile.
02 — Create: Credible documents
Build practical drafts for positioning, capability, capacity and compliance using CDD’s structured AI workflows.
03 — Prepare: For bigger work
Leave with a clearer document library, an evidence-gap list and a pathway toward tender, grant and supplier applications. Business DNA | Prompt Assembler
This Workshop Is Built For
- Business owners and directors
- Civil and trade contractors
- Bid and proposal staff
- Compliance coordinators
- Operations and project managers
- Businesses pursuing government or Tier 1 work
What Happens in the Room: A Guided Build-and-Review Session
Using the CDD 7 Tools, your own business information and the Redstone Civil practice case study. Suggested session length: 4 hours.
0:00 – 0:25 — The paper ceiling
What procurement teams assess, and why strong operators are often commercially invisible.
0:25 – 1:05 — Build your Business DNA
Create the verified context block that powers every later prompt and document.
1:05 – 2:05 — Define the buyer and your value
Customer Persona, Value Proposition and Brand Identity working drafts.
2:05 – 2:20 — Break
File check, prompt check and facilitator troubleshooting.
2:20 – 3:25 — Document your readiness
Capability, Capacity and WHS / compliance foundation drafts.
3:25 – 4:00 — QA and next actions
Score each output, identify missing evidence and set a four-week improvement plan.
Workshop Resources — Before You Arrive
Official guides for the two tools this session runs on. Open these before the day — the Intake Form especially, since it drives everything you build in the room.
- Business DNA Intake Form (START HERE) — Complete this before the workshop; it’s the source for every later document.
- Business DNA Guide — How the Business DNA tool works, tab by tab.
- Prompt Assembler Guide — How to validate your DNA and assemble each document prompt.
- My Prompts Reference Sheet — Every prompt used on the day, in one place.
- CDD 7 Tools Overview — How this half-day session fits the wider CDD framework.
What You’ll Walk Out With: Business DNA + 8 Working Documents
Built using CDD’s Business DNA and Prompt Assembler tools — the two tools this half-day session officially covers.
- Business DNA Profile — Reusable context for future prompts and applications.
- Customer Persona — Your ideal procurement decision-maker and selection criteria.
- Value Proposition — Clear statement of what you deliver, for whom and why it matters.
- Brand Identity Brief — Tone, positioning, core message and visual direction.
- Capability Statement Draft — Services, experience, plant, people and proof.
- Capacity Statement Draft — Workload, scale, mobilisation and delivery capacity.
- WHS Policy Overview — Current safety position, leadership commitment and priority next steps.
- Psychosocial Risk Review — Psychosocial hazards, current controls, gaps and consultation needs.
Bonus: Four-Week Action Plan — What to verify, improve, review and complete next.
Practice Proof: Redstone Civil
A Fictional NQ Civil Case Study, Run Through the Same Half-Day Workflow
8
DOCUMENTS BUILT IN THE SESSION
~4 hrs
GUIDED SESSION LENGTH
6
DOCS FROM TOOLS 1-2 IN THE PRACTICE RUN
4.875/5
AVG QUALITY SCORE, PRACTICE CASE STUDY
Figures scoped to Tools 1-2 (Business DNA + Prompt Assembler) - the same tools this half-day session uses. The full 7-tool engagement produced 62 documents in ~ 7 hours; that total belongs on the Skills to Scale page, not here.
Redstone Civil Pty Ltd is a fictional practice company used for training demonstration. All outcomes are illustrative and not a guaranteed result for every participant.
What Participants Bring
- A laptop and access to ChatGPT, Gemini or Claude
- Business registration and contact details
- Service list, operating area and target clients
- Team roles, licences, tickets and qualifications
- Plant/equipment list and current insurance details
- Two or three completed project examples, values and outcomes
- Existing policies, capability documents or tender responses
- Known compliance gaps and priority opportunities
Built-In Quality Assurance
- Structure check — Is every required section present?
- Business accuracy check — Does the draft match the evidence supplied?
- Submission-readiness check — Is the language clear, consistent and appropriately qualified?
- Post-workshop review — Email completed documents to CDD for the agreed QA process.
Important: Workshop outputs are practical working drafts. Legal, financial, WHS and regulatory claims must be verified by the business and the appropriate qualified reviewer before formal submission.
How This Compares to the Full-Day Skills to Scale Workshop
Red Tape to Ready is a half-day (~4 hour) session focused on Tools 1–2 — Business DNA and Prompt Assembler — producing eight compliance and positioning documents. Skills to Scale is a full 8-hour day that adds Audience Definition, Personal Value Proposition and Blueprint Builder, producing 16+ documents including LinkedIn, Google Business Profile and a 30-day growth roadmap. Choose Red Tape to Ready if compliance and tender documents are the immediate priority; choose Skills to Scale for a complete company-wide foundation.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need AI experience?
No. You bring the business facts; the structured prompts and facilitator handle the AI side. Claude is the primary platform, with ChatGPT, Gemini and Copilot as fallbacks.
What if my information isn’t complete on the day?
That’s expected for some participants. Incomplete drafts simply convert into a documented gap list — a clear, prioritised to-do rather than a stalled session.
Are these documents ready to submit straight after the workshop?
They’re high-quality working drafts, not approved documents. Every claim — legal, financial, WHS, regulatory — needs verification and sign-off before formal submission.
What happens after the session?
You leave with editable drafts, an evidence-gap list and a four-week action plan. You can email completed documents to CDD for the agreed QA process, and choose a next pathway — further training, membership, or done-for-you support.
How is this different from the full-day Skills to Scale workshop?
Red Tape to Ready is a half-day session built around Business DNA and Prompt Assembler, producing 8 core compliance and positioning documents. Skills to Scale is a full day that adds audience, personal value proposition and blueprint work, producing 16+ documents. Pick the half-day if compliance and tender readiness are the immediate priority.
What does the investment include?
Your seat includes the half-day guided session, facilitator support, structured prompts for all 8 documents, and the option to email completed documents to CDD for the agreed post-workshop QA review.
RESERVE YOUR WORKSHOP PLACE
READY TO CUT THE RED TAPE?
Stop starting from a blank page. Bring your business facts — leave with structured documents you can improve, reuse and submit for review.
To be confirmed — set by the first cohort's numbers
Half-day workshop (~4 hrs)
Townsville or online — confirmed at sign-up
$450 + GST per seat — Confirmed for founding cohort registrants