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The Smokejumper method

Education. Alignment.
Accountable execution.

Understand what AI makes possible, decide what your company should become, and connect that vision to a strategy your people can put into practice.

Start with a short fit check ↗

Start together

You do not need
all the answers.

We begin with education and an assessment of how the business works today: its people, systems, processes, resources and constraints. Your employees help us understand the work and what needs to change.

Together, we develop the vision. Then we work backward to the strategy, dependencies, measures and people needed to move toward it.

Five connected questions

Give the strategy
a practical structure.

01

Where to win

Which customers, markets and business outcomes define the company you want to become?

02

How we win

What capabilities and ways of working will help the company succeed?

03

How AI helps

Where can AI strengthen those capabilities and augment your people’s judgment?

01

Are we ready?

What education, information, resources and participation does the work require?

02

The rules we live by

What ownership, quality, access and accountability must govern the work?

03

How we measure progress

Establish the baseline, measures, responsible people and review points for the agreed plan.

What our team does

Turn alignment
into work.

Smokejumper’s team carries out assessments, develops the strategy and plan, models the proposed changes, organizes the people and leads the agreed program. We select specialist vendors where needed and connect their work to the business objectives.

Deliverables and responsibilities are agreed for the engagement: current-state assessment, vision, strategy, model scope, work sequence, measures, education, innovation-center participation and implementation leadership.

We do not sell disconnected pilots. Development and testing belong within a comprehensive strategy, with room in the lab to discover better approaches.

Your people carry the change

Use AI. Adopt AI.
Partner with AI.

01

Use AI

Understand what AI can do, where judgment matters and how it can help in daily work, career development and personal life.

02

Adopt AI

Build confidence through participation, thorough testing and a path into everyday work suited to each deliverable.

03

Partner with AI

Combine human expertise with AI to expand what the company can accomplish. This is where we aim for transformation and outsized results, measured against business goals.

The Innovation Captain and AI Chaperones →

Measurement

Make before and after
meaningful.

Choose measures that reflect your vision: delivery reliability, quality, cash flow, margin, capacity, employee capability or reduced reliance on the owner. Establish the current baseline and who is accountable.

Keep model predictions distinct from observed results. Review what contributed to a change. Company value is a goal to discuss and measure through the relevant business drivers, not a promised valuation uplift.

Ownership and continuity

Build a capability
you can keep.

The destination is client-owned, sovereign AI, with eventual air-gapped operation. The plan defines the route, resources and validation required.

Your agreement defines ownership of created work, company-controlled accounts, access, documentation and handover. Third-party software retains its license terms. Budget for people, hardware, integration, security, maintenance and support.

Smokejumper can lead the agreed delivery with your people and selected specialists. Your ownership and ability to change providers remain explicit in the commercial terms.

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What could your company become?

For owners and executive leaders ready to connect AI to the future of their business. Start with a short fit check, then a screening call with Dan, CEO of Smokejumper.

See if we are a fit Call Dan · 760.803.7619