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Interactive games and bite-sized lessons that make serious skills feel light. Built by professors. No account, no cost, no catch.
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Whether you want to learn on your own or bring your whole team along, there is a door for you.
I Want to Learn
Master AI, data analytics, operations, SQL, and business frameworks with 250+ interactive games and 35+ bite-sized lessons. Free and built for busy professionals and students.
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Brain & Bot is where Chill & Shine gives knowledge away. When your team wants live training, consulting, or hands-on help, that happens at Chill & Shine.
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"Why free? Because knowledge should be accessible to everyone. The same frameworks I teach my university students are all here — play with them, learn with them, share them."
— Dr. Yaa Benyawarath
Co-founder, Chill & Shine · Assistant Professor of MIS, Winona State University
Play & Learn
Popular Games
Try some of our most-played interactive learning games. No signup required.
Pizza Predictor
Learn Machine Learning Classification by Predicting Pizza Orders!
Play Game →Supply Chain Tycoon
Master the 5 Core OSCM Processes in this business simulation.
Play Game →AI Innovation Quest
Master the art of identifying AI opportunities through 5 interactive levels.
Play Game →Fresh Content
Recently Added Lessons
Understanding Development Methodologies
An introduction to SDLC, Agile, SCRUM, and CMMI frameworks for building great systems.
Deep Clustering for Data Mining
An advanced, end-to-end approach for grouping high-dimensional data using neural networks.
Leveraging AI: A Manager's Guide to People, Process, and Technology
How to build a holistic AI strategy that empowers your team, streamlines operations, and drives real business value.
AI for Business Managers: Practical Lessons from Industry Leaders
A Guide for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
Who We Are
Built by Educators Who’ve Worked in Industry
Brain & Bot is the free learning library from Chill & Shine, founded by Dr. Yaa Benyawarath and Dr. Josh Maurer. The frameworks in these games and lessons are the same ones we use in university classrooms and in Chill & Shine training — just free.
Dr. Yaa Benyawarath
Co-founder · Creator of Brain & Bot
An Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems at Winona State University, Yaa built the 250+ games and lessons on this site. Before academia she spent a decade in industry — banking systems at IBM and Standard Chartered Bank, Six Sigma projects at GE Capital, and ICT-policy consulting for The World Bank.
Dr. Josh Maurer
Co-founder · Runs Chill & Shine
A former public accountant at Wipfli and Clifton Gunderson turned strategy professor, Josh has consulted for a Fortune 500 company on AI implementation and publishes research on generative AI and entrepreneurship. He runs Chill & Shine’s training and consulting year-round.
See how Josh teaches with AI →Get Started
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