Workforce development · 30 days
Quantum Readiness Month
Find where your subject-matter expertise already fits, build qubit intuition, learn the business map, then speak and measure quantum with a classical baseline.
4 weeks · ~6–8 hours per week · Built by Quantum Global Group for mixed-background cohorts — the same people WISER is trying to bring into the quantum economy.
The Navigator is also public on Kevin’s GitHub: QuantumKev/ibm-quantum-navigation · GitHub Pages
The month
Four courses, one per week. Week 1 starts with the Career Navigator (profile × interest × goal), then the WISER-aligned eight-pathway quiz. Then roles, regional hubs, LinkedIn, hackathons, Qiskit Summer School and Fall Fest, the C1000-179 developer cert, and the Advocate program. Week 2 now includes Qolour, Q-CTRL Black Opal, and IBM Classroom hardware. Week 3 adds Quantum Enigmas and the PQC vs QKD case file.
Week 1 · QR-1
Quantum Readiness I — Find Your Fit
Subject-matter expertise first. Job titles second.
Partner: Quantum Global Group
Week 2 · QR-2
Qubit Fundamentals — Superposition, Entanglement, Interference, Circuits
Hands-on intuition before formalism.
Partner: Qolour · Q-CTRL Black Opal · IQM cheat sheet
Week 3 · QR-3
Quantum Business Foundations
Where the technology actually sits in industry — and how to become quantum ready.
Partner: IBM Quantum
Week 4 · QR-4
Quantum Vocabulary and the Classical Baseline
Say the words precisely. Then prove a result the old way before you claim a new one.
Partner: Quantum Global Group · Portfolio Lab
Where subject-matter expertise already fits
Aligned with WISER’s career areas, plus an Applied Domain Specialist track for people whose value is the problem — finance, logistics, health, energy — not a physics pedigree.
Applied SME
Bring finance, logistics, health, energy, or manufacturing expertise into quantum use-case work.
Algorithms
Turn hard computational problems into circuits, mappings, and hybrid solvers.
Software
Build the platforms, SDKs, workflows, and user-facing systems that make quantum usable.
Business
Adoption, commercialization, standards, investment, and organizational readiness.
Education
Teaching, curriculum, outreach, and making the field legible to new audiences.
Security
Cryptography, networks, post-quantum migration, and the governance of quantum risk.
Hardware
Devices, control electronics, cryogenics, photonics, and the systems that keep qubits alive.
Sensing
Precision measurement for navigation, imaging, health, geology, and defense.