Aoyama Professionals brings together two complementary systems: Orbweva's AI-building methodology developed by Ryan Ahamer, and The 120 Professional Work Units, developed by Thom Peace and published by Peace Works K.K. APro is where people apply both through live projects, professional development and company work in Japan.
Ryan and Thom bring different but deliberately equal contributions. Orbweva focuses on how professionals build, automate and operate with AI. The 120 focuses on what professional capabilities are being practiced. APro combines them in live work.
Orbweva contributes the systems-thinking and AI-building side of APro: how to frame, build, automate, iterate and grow using modern AI tools and workflows.
Peace Works contributes the professional capability system: a structured vocabulary for the real work people perform across strategy, growth, media, finance, systems, data, commerce and talent.
People learn how to build with AI, understand the professional capability behind the work, apply both to a real assignment, and leave with evidence of what they actually produced.
APro is designed around progression rather than passive training. You enter through real work, learn AI-enabled building methods, develop professional capability through Work Units, and build evidence through deliverables.
A practical starting point built around live assignments, professional expectations, AI-enabled tools, and evidence of completed work.
DevelopmentContinue developing professional capability through structured learning, project participation, Work Units, and guided progression. ¥15,000 per month.
Applied opportunitySelected professionals may progress into company-supported project work supported by host companies around practical work and talent development.
Within the joint APro system, The 120 provides the professional capability vocabulary. Each Work Unit describes a real capability that can be practiced on a live assignment, connected to a deliverable, and documented as evidence.
APro certificates record the program completed, real project evidence, deliverables and selected Work Units practiced — giving participants something more meaningful than a generic attendance certificate.
APro gives companies a clearer way to engage emerging professionals: start with a real business need, define the Work Units involved, produce a useful deliverable, and evaluate capability through actual work.
Frame the business problem, expected deliverable and practical scope before assigning people.
Use Work Units and project needs to make assignments more specific and expectations more transparent.
Assess evidence, communication, reliability and output — not just attendance or résumé claims.
APro assignments can draw from Ryan and Thom's venture ecosystems, APro's own projects, partner work and company needs. The point is not simulated exercises — it is useful work with a visible outcome.
Venture builder and operator bringing Peace Works, The 120 Professional Work Units, Japan-market experience, and a portfolio of real projects into the APro learning environment.
Entrepreneur and AI systems builder bringing Orbweva, CORE, ARC, AER, Grow, product-building methods, AI workflows, and complementary ventures into the APro learning environment.
Whether you want to build professional experience or host emerging talent on a real project, start with a conversation about the work.
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APro connects founder-built ventures, selected brands Ryan and Thom are developing together, and new APro-native programs so participants can learn through real work rather than simulation.
Orbweva, Apogeos and LokaLingo contribute product-building, AI-enabled methods and live venture environments.
Tokyo Traction, HBCUJapan, DFI and related ventures provide real market, content, growth and service-development contexts.
ReferJapan, My Nihongo Sensei, Step Up Japan, Personal University and Yamanote Line are selected ventures Ryan and Thom are choosing to develop together.
The Internship, Academy, Apprenticeship pathway and future APro projects are built directly within the joint platform.