OPSREADYPRO

Building Operations Talent. Strengthening Capacity.

OpsReadyPro creates pathways to economic mobility for emerging operations professionals while strengthening the capacity of mission-driven organizations to advance their impact. Built by Alice Foy, BMO Fellow at the Watson Institute.
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We're preparing three cohorts for 2027 with a new structure built around three pathways: employer-sponsored training, funded workforce development seats, and limited self-funded enrollment. Join the waitlist to be the first to know when applications open.
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Upcoming Events

UPCOMING BASECAMPS 

System Building Lab

A hands-on workshop for nonprofit and mission-driven leaders building stronger systems, teams, and organizations.
UPCOMING BASECAMPS

Flowers for Changemakers

A Chicago gathering celebrating the people creating meaningful change in their communities.
VIRTUAL COMMUNITY BUILDING

Ops Community Roundtable 

For: Operations professionals, nonprofit leaders, program leaders, and mission-driven professionals.

Come with a challenge. Leave with ideas, perspective, and practical takeaways.

Real Systems, Built While You Learn.

The heart of OpsReadyPro is learning by doing. Our trainees don't study operations in theory. They build real systems inside real organizations, solving problems that exist right now.
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OpsReadyPro Credential Issued Via Accredible

Here's What We Cover: 

Module 1: Serving with Authority

Serving with Authority is about recognizing the weight and impact of operational work. This session explores what it means to serve from a place of confidence and posture in a role that others depend on, grounding the conversation in what operations truly mean and how your personal story, values, and strengths shape your leadership.

Module 2: Operational Structure & Ops Mapping

Explore how a company’s mission, services, and people connect through structure. Learn to analyze how front and back office functions work together and visualize how work flows across teams. Produce an operational map highlighting alignment, gaps, and opportunities.

Module 3: Role Clarity & Planning

Apply organizational mapping at the individual level. Assess your own role, identify clarity and gaps, and connect your daily work to the bigger structure. Use the From Role to Rhythm framework to turn responsibilities into workflows.

Module 4: Process Development & Improvement

Learn the essentials of process development: how to define, document, and implement effective workflows. Understand the distinctions between policies, processes, and procedures, and use the 3-Zone Method for mapping processes. Learn how AI tools can accelerate documentation while maintaining clarity and usability.

Module 5: Systems Building & Tool Setup

Focus on building systems and setting up tools to improve processes. Groups work on mapping out how technology can be used to enhance their assigned processes, including how to leverage AI for workflow automation and when to use manual processes instead.

Final Presentations

The Project Presentations and Finale are a chance to bring everything together and share the systems each group has built. During this session, groups will walk through their work, explain their thinking, and show how their ideas turned into real, usable systems.

 Included In OpsReadyPro

12 Live Sessions (90 mins)

90-minute sessions where you'll learn frameworks to simplify processes, build systems, and solve real operational problems.

Peer Learning & Lab Exercises

Collaborative sessions to test new workflows and solve real-world problems in small groups.

Bi-weekly 1:1 Skill Coaching

Bi-weekly 1:1 sessions where you'll get feedback on your actual work and refine your approach.

Expert Credential & Digital Badge

A verified credential and digital badge that shows you can design systems, document processes, and deliver solutions.

OpsReadyPro Graduate Directory

Join the OpsReadyPro graduate directory, where I refer vetted professionals for consulting projects and contract opportunities.

Complete Ops Toolkit & Templates

Full access to the templates, tools, and guided worksheets I use to build stable, scalable systems.


Hi, I'm Alice!

Hi, I'm Alice!I've spent over a decade helping mission-driven organizations build systems that actually work. Through The Digital Jane, I've supported 80+ nonprofits and organizations with operations strategy, systems implementation, and team development.

I'm a BMO Fellow at the Watson Institute, and I built OpsReadyPro because I kept seeing the same gap: people were learning operations outside of the very work they were drowning in. So I built a program where the work itself becomes the curriculum. My style is collaborative and grounded, but we get things done. Everything you learn here fits the work you're already doing, or the work you're preparing to do.
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Start your learning journey next spring.

✓ Work on real projects from your business or workplace
✓ Bi-weekly 1:1 coaching on your skills
✓ Graduate with a portfolio case study and a verified credential
✓ Join the graduate directory for client referrals and place

Yazmin Dalsimer

Summer 2025 COHORT
"OpsReady was a valuable experience! I appreciated the opportunity to connect with other professionals and contribute to a real-world deliverable. The framing offered by Alice helped elevate our work from tactical to strategic. This is what I am working on presently, being more strategic, less reactive."

Tiffany Warren

Fall 2025 Cohort
"Ops Ready helped me refine existing skills and gain confidence in optimizing others' work. Module 2 on Operational Structure was transformative—it clarified purpose and helped me create user-focused procedures.I've been thoroughly supported throughout, and the weekly check-ins with Alice provided invaluable clarity."

Tawanna Drayton

Fall 2025 Cohort
"There is nobody doing this program. You get hands-on experience, you get training, you’re taught, you get to ask questions, and you have one-on-ones where you can say, ‘I’m still not understanding this, can you help explain?’ I’ve never seen a program like this—never, never, never.”

Get Your OpsReady
Skill Building Guide!

By downloading this free guide you will learn:

  • The importance of defining clear roles and scope - Why predictable, scalable scopes of work prevent chaos and create accountability
  • Process Documentation - Create clear, usable procedures that anyone on your team can follow
  • The importance of strategic tool selection - Why choosing technology before understanding your process sets you up for failure
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