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So the team is growing a little bit, and I realize that our onboarding process is completely unorganized. Right now, whenever we bring someone new on or try to get current staff up to speed on a new workflow, we just point them into a massive folder of disorganized Google Docs, a couple of old Loom videos, and random pinned messages in our group chats.

Honestly, it’s overwhelming for them, and nobody actually finishes reading through a 40-page text dump.

I’m trying to find a way to structure this chaos into actual, step-by-step training modules without taking months of manual course design. I ran across an AI tool called "Honen" that claims it can take random text files or rough notes and turn them into structured mini-courses automatically.

Has anyone actually tried using Honen (or a similar AI course creator) for cleaning up internal company knowledge like this? I’m worried that AI might just spit out a generic outline that requires as much manual editing and fixing as building it from scratch.

It's been a long time since I wanted to start learning Japanese, and I don't know why; up until now, it's still a plan. I have tried talking to native speakers, as I can somehow talk to them in some basic phrases, but most of the time, I respond in English. I don't know; their alphabet is just way too different, and every time I pick up the pen and my courage, I just feel so lost.

So my team is trying to tap into the Japanese market because we have some potential clients there, but right now we're pretty much 100% English speakers. We definitely need to upskill, even if it's just basic business etiquette and common phrases so we don't accidentally offend anyone.

The issue is we don’t exactly have the budget to hire a dedicated language coach for the whole team. I was looking for a workaround and found this tool called Honen that says it can turn rough notes or docs into structured courses.

I’m wondering if anyone has actually tried using an AI tool like that for language training? My worry is that languages have so much nuance that an AI-generated course might just spit out robotic translations or require a ton of manual fixing.

Has anyone done something similar for internal training? Did it actually stick, or should we stick to traditional methods?