# Bootcamp test-drive video: Kognitos UI and flows

> Kognitos Automation Bootcamp: a hands-on tour of the platform with Drayton Wade, Peter Cook, and Rajesh Tiwary — for non-engineers ready to build their first automation.

**Page**: https://www.kognitos.com/videos/automation-bootcamp-kognitos-test-drive/
**Watch on YouTube**: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZS-K83J1Cg
**Length**: 62m 30s

## About this bootcamp

A 62-minute Kognitos Automation Bootcamp — a guided test-drive of the platform designed for business users who want to build their first automation. Hosted by three Kognitos experts: Drayton Wade (Strategy & Operations), Peter Cook (Customer Experience), and Rajesh Tiwary (Solutions Engineering + training lead).

## Why the bootcamp is led by a non-engineer

Drayton opens by introducing himself as a political-science major and self-described non-engineer who still builds and demos Kognitos automations daily. That's the point: Kognitos is a business-user platform, not a developer tool. If a political-science major can build and demo for customers, so can your finance lead or operations manager.

## Agenda

- **Quick introduction**: what Kognitos is — “Cognitive OS,” an English-first platform where build, exception management, and logging are all in English end-to-end.
- **Key differentiators**: how Kognitos compares to RPA and traditional IDP, and why the platform claims one of the most generative-AI-in-production stacks on the market.
- **Mini training**: a deeper, hands-on walkthrough of the product so attendees can try it themselves immediately afterwards.
- **What's possible from here**: roadmap teaser plus Q&A.

## The three goals Kognitos says it cares about

- Reduce the time it takes to build automations.
- Expand the set of processes that can be automated — the long tail of exception-heavy, unstructured-data, frequently-changing processes that RPA could never reach.
- Reduce the burden on IT — let subject-matter experts read, modify, and own the automations themselves, while IT keeps governance and integration.

## FAQs

**Q: Who leads the Kognitos Automation Bootcamp?**

Three Kognitos team members: Drayton Wade (Strategy & Operations), Peter Cook (Customer Experience), and Rajesh Tiwary (Solutions Engineering and Training lead).


**Q: Do I need to be technical to follow this bootcamp?**

No. Drayton opens by introducing himself as a political-science major and self-described non-engineer who builds and demos Kognitos daily — exactly the point of the session. Kognitos is a business-user platform, not a developer tool.


**Q: What does Kognitos mean by being “English end-to-end”?**

Build, exception management, and logging all happen in English — not English just on the front and code underneath. That's the fundamental difference from RPA and IDP platforms, where the underlying logic is hidden behind menus or developer scripts.


**Q: What kinds of processes does Drayton say Kognitos opens up that RPA could not?**

Processes with lots of exceptions, unstructured data, or frequent changes. RPA breaks on all three; Kognitos handles them because the SOP itself stays in English and the platform asks for help when something is unclear instead of crashing.