Research

Original frameworks and evaluation methods that make the commercial pages believable.

Research is separate from insights because it serves a different purpose. These pages are for first-principles frameworks, evaluation logic, benchmark-style thinking, and decision tools that support consulting and implementation work.

AI Readiness Framework

A practical framework for deciding whether an AI project is commercially and operationally ready to move forward.

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Workflow Suitability Framework

A decision method for choosing deterministic automation, search, RAG, agents, predictive ML, or no AI.

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RAG Evaluation Framework

A five-layer evaluation method for corpus health, retrieval, grounded answers, task outcomes, and production controls.

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RAG Evaluation Walkthrough

A worked synthetic example tracing a policy question from required evidence through retrieval failure, correction, and release gating.

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Bentonville & Northwest Arkansas AI Opportunity Brief

A sourced market analysis of forecasting, supplier, merchandising, logistics, knowledge, and operational AI opportunities.

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Houston AI Opportunity Brief

A sourced market analysis of industrial operations, energy, logistics, healthcare, engineering, aerospace, and technical knowledge opportunities.

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Utah County & Silicon Slopes AI Opportunity Brief

A sourced market analysis of product AI, SaaS, fintech, customer operations, internal tooling, and scale-up controls.

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Sacramento AI Opportunity Brief

A sourced market analysis of public and regulated workflows, life sciences, agri-food, semiconductors, cleantech, and governance.

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AI Governance Checklist for Mid-Market Teams

A practical, print-friendly control checklist covering ownership, data, security, evaluation, review, monitoring, incidents, and release gates.

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