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Field NoteMay 3, 2026

What an Integration Assessment Actually Maps

A Phase 1 Integration Assessment is not a strategy deck. It's a structured map of the operational, data, identity, and governance reality that determines whether AI integration will work in your environment. Here's what we actually map, and why each layer matters.

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Case StudyApril 26, 2026

Fire Agency Intelligence Platform

A national fire agency registry organized by county — built to solve a specific operational pain point that no commercial dataset addressed. Six working sessions produced a 33,872-agency dataset with automated jurisdictional boundary mapping that did not exist before.

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Field NoteApril 26, 2026

Enterprise RAG is Not Demo RAG

RAG is not a feature you add. It is a system you operate. Here are the five things that separate the prototype that wowed the executive team from the production deployment that's still working in eighteen months.

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Field NoteApril 25, 2026

The Standard Your AI Stack Will Need — Whether You Know It Yet or Not

Salesforce just rebuilt its entire platform around a protocol most mid-market leaders have never heard of. Here's why that matters for your business.

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Field NoteApril 25, 2026

Vibe Coding Will Cost You More Than It Saves

Your CEO probably thinks AI-assisted development and vibe coding are the same thing. They're not, and that confusion will cost you money.

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Field NoteApril 25, 2026

Why 79% of Companies Are Failing at AI — And It's Not a Tech Problem

The biggest AI failures aren't happening in the model. They're happening in the org chart.

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Case StudyApril 19, 2026

Placement Intelligence Platform

How we built a multi-tenant lab staffing intelligence platform end-to-end in twelve working sessions — from registry construction through Bullhorn CRM integration — for a PE-held laboratory staffing company now operating it as a live SaaS.

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Field NoteApril 19, 2026

Why Most AI Pilots Plateau at Month Three

The chart shape is consistent across every mid-market AI deployment we've seen. Adoption climbs through the launch wave, peaks somewhere between weeks six and ten, and then bends downward. The root cause isn't the AI.

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