The Implementation Gap
A thesis on the Applied AI Firm, the Operational Leakage Map, and the decade that will decide which companies compound and which disappear. Fully sourced. Intellectually honest about its own weak points.
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The Operational Leakage Index
Sector-specific leakage norms, EBITDA impact ranges, and time-to-value data pulled from our actual engagements. Anonymized, structured, published on a quarterly cadence.
Why most AI pilots fail at day 90
The five failure modes in the enterprise AI research, in plain language, with the structural fix for each one.
Field notes
Short pieces on implementation in practice.
Specific verticals, specific failure modes, specific fixes.
The five signs a business is ready for AI
How to tell whether an operating company can absorb an AI implementation. Five green lights and three red flags, with concrete examples for each.
What law firms actually need to solve before adopting AI
Ethics, privilege, confidentiality, supervision. The real blockers and the structural ways through them.
A healthcare operator's guide to AI implementation
HIPAA, clinical workflow, prior authorization, revenue cycle. Where AI moves the needle in a regulated, bottleneck-heavy operation.
What AI implementation actually takes
What a realistic engagement looks like when you scope it honestly. The work behind the build, the ongoing cost of keeping a system useful, and the red flags in vendor promises.
An operator's guide to AI for small business
What actually works in a small commercial operation. What doesn't. How to think about return, risk, and the limits of what a founder-led team should own internally.
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