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// 03 — Engagement

Strategy
Retainer

Ongoing access to a practitioner who knows your business. Monthly advisory for organizations navigating AI decisions in real time — without the overhead of a full-time hire or the detachment of a big firm.

Commitment Month-to-month
Structure Fixed monthly · no hourly tracking
Access Async + scheduled sessions
Investment Scoped per engagement

The AI landscape moves faster than any quarterly strategy cycle. The organizations winning right now have someone in the room who can tell the difference between signal and noise.

Consistent, predictable access

No hourly billing. No wondering if you're "using up" your advisor. One flat structure so you can ask the real questions without watching the clock.

Monthly Strategy Session

A standing 90-minute working session. Current initiatives, emerging decisions, roadmap review. Structured around what's actually on your plate.

Async Advisory Access

Direct access between sessions for quick questions, vendor evaluations, and decisions that can't wait for the next scheduled call.

Vendor & Tool Review

Evaluations of AI tools, platforms, and vendors before you sign. Independent perspective — we have no referral relationships or preferred vendors.

AI Landscape Briefings

Monthly summary of what changed in AI that actually matters to your business. Signal separated from noise — with context on what to do about it.

Compliance Watch

Ongoing monitoring of Colorado AI Act developments and other regulatory shifts that could affect your operations. Flagged before they become urgent.

Implementation Oversight

If your team is building or deploying AI internally, we stay close — reviewing decisions, catching drift, and keeping the work pointed at business outcomes.

What we advise on

Retainer engagements touch whatever is most pressing. These are the areas we work in most frequently.

01
AI ROADMAP DEVELOPMENT

Sequencing what to build, buy, or automate — and in what order — given your team's capacity, your tech stack, and your strategic objectives.

02
VENDOR SELECTION

Cutting through the vendor noise. Honest evaluation of what tools actually do, what they cost at scale, and which ones will still exist in two years.

03
TEAM & TALENT STRATEGY

When to hire, what to look for, and how to build AI capability internally without creating dependence on one person who's also a flight risk.

04
GOVERNANCE & RISK

Policies, review processes, and guardrails that let you move fast without creating liability. Written for your business, not copied from a template.

05
LEADERSHIP ALIGNMENT

Getting leadership on the same page about what AI can do, what it can't, and what decisions they need to make. We prepare you for those conversations.

06
COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE

What your industry is actually doing with AI — not the press releases. Where the gaps are and where there's still advantage to be captured.

Good fits

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Let's talk about what you're navigating.

A fifteen-minute conversation is enough to know whether a retainer makes sense. If it doesn't, we'll tell you that.

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// Note: Compliance Watch, governance, and risk-related advisory content are provided as practitioner guidance based on publicly available information. They are not legal advice and do not create an attorney-client relationship. Clients are responsible for obtaining independent legal counsel on regulatory obligations.