Crescendo

Five weeks to become the supply chain engineer your company points at when it matters. Mostly virtual. One live day in Chicago. Real Lyric Studio craft, modeling depth, and storytelling.

Fall 2026 cohort

Program Details

• Dates: Sept 21 – Oct 22
• Format: Virtual · Mon & Wed 3:30 PM ET
• Cap: 40 seats · capped

The program for the next generation of supply chain engineers.

Crescendo is Lyric's cohort-based program for supply chain analysts, modelers, and builders with a goal of expanding your capabilities and helping you become a more well-rounded Supply Chain Engineer.

Overview

• Weeks: 5
• Onsite Day: 1
• Engineers: 40
• Virtual Live Sessions: 16
• Hours/Week: 10

You're becoming an Upper-Right Engineer.

Supply chain decisions are technical and political. The best engineers don't win by math alone, and they don't win on charisma either. They live at the intersection, and that's where Crescendo is taking you.

Rigorous and creative.

Anyone can run the model. The best engineers also notice what the data is quietly trying to tell them.

Quantitative and persuasive.

Numbers that move rooms, not just spreadsheets. The math is necessary; the framing is what closes.

Builder and narrator.

You ship the prototype and you tell the story that makes the room act on it.

The Crescendo operating system

Algorithmic Intelligence x Agentic Intelligence
Algorithmic Intelligence is the optimization, ML, and forecasting that powers Lyric Studio. It's the math that makes the decision. Agentic Intelligence is the suite of AI co-pilots inside Lyric Studio that change how you do the work (synthetic data, modeling, app design), plus the chance to build your own agents for the boutique problems your team owns. Every week you get more fluent at both.

Who you become, week by week.

Each week is a skill, not a deliverable. The builds are the path. The transformation is the point.

Week Breakdown

• Week 01: Sept 21 – 25

  • Skill: Decode any supply chain problem
  • Build: Synthetic dataset + Blue Note run + one-page write-up

• Week 02: Sept 28 – Oct 2

  • Skill: Compose like an engineer
  • Build: A composed sequence with at least two notes wired together

• Week 03: Oct 5 – 9

  • Skill: Ship a product, not a dashboard
  • Build: A persona-driven Lyric Studio app · Industry guest

• Week 04: Oct 12 – 16

  • Skill: Present like a TED speaker
  • Build: Two-minute trailer video · Industry guests

• Week 05: Oct 19 – 22 · Chicago

  • Skill: Earn your trophy in Chicago
  • Build: A live ten-minute presentation on Thu, Oct 22 in Chicago

Five weeks at a glance.

Weekly Schedule

Finale.

One day in person. One stage. Every student presents.

Date: October 22, 2026
Purpose: Pitches all day inside a venue worth the trip. Schedule: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM, followed by certificates and Best Storyteller announcement and a cohort dinner downtown.

What pilot graduates are saying.

Patricia Lynn Burgess
Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling · 2026
"The pace was faster, but if you show up, you can keep up. The focus was laser sharp. I left with a prototype that impressed leadership enough that I committed to bringing it to full implementation."

Andy Kung
Beyond Better Foods · 2026
"I left Chicago with a ton of ideas on how to leverage Lyric to tackle our biggest challenges. The collaboration with like-minded supply chain people was the part I didn't expect to love this much."

Vijay Ganti
ACCO Brands · 2026
"Crescendo gave me a framework for turning messy operational problems into clean, runnable analyses. Five weeks in, I had a prototype I could actually take back into my team."

Who you'll learn with.

Frank Corrigan
Co-lead
Head of Product Training at Lyric, after decades on the operating side of supply chain. Designed Crescendo's curriculum and ran the pilot cohort end to end.

Erin Watson
Co-lead
There isn't a supply chain optimization product she can't build. Set the technical bar for Crescendo and built the reference solutions the cohort worked against.

What you walk away with.

• 01: The craft to prototype any supply chain problem
• 02: A LinkedIn-ready certificate with credential ID
• 03: A 40-person peer network
• 04: Ongoing Crescendo Gyms for alumni
• 05: Discounted access to future cohorts

Frequently asked questions

• How much time per week should I plan for?
  About 10 hours per week for the first four weeks. Four virtual live sessions a week, each running 60 to 90 minutes. Week 5 is the in-person Finale in Chicago.

• Do I need to be a current Lyric customer?
  Yes, the curriculum runs on Lyric Studio, so you'll need an active account.

• What's included in the program?
  Five weeks of live sessions, Lyric Studio access, the Chicago Finale day (sessions, lunch, dinner), your certificate, and continued post-cohort gym access.

• What does the Chicago day look like?
  A full day of student presentations in front of peers and industry guests. Best Storyteller is named at the end.

• Refunds?
  Full refund available up to 30 days before the cohort opens (by Aug 22, 2026).

Forty seats. One cohort. Sept 21.

Five weeks. Real prototypes. A live day in Chicago. A peer network you'll keep.