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COASTAL INTELLIGENCE
 

Getting started with AI is easy.
Organizational change is what's hard.

Coastal Intelligence is an AI think tank and consultancy. 

We help leaders navigate the most significant transition of our time.

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From insight to action.
 

Intelligence is more useful
when you can act on it.

We stay close to what leaders are seeing, trying, and learning, then bring that intelligence inside your organization to help you decide what matters and what to do next.

 
 

Think Tank

Gather intelligence. Generate insight.

We bring leaders and experts together across industries to understand what’s changing, what’s working, and what’s coming next.

Through research, conversations, and shared experience, we surface the patterns worth paying attention to.

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Consultancy

Discover opportunities. Enable change.

We work alongside leaders and teams to understand where AI can make a meaningful difference in their organization.

Then we help turn insight into action through strategy, education, implementation, and ongoing support.

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The advantage is the combination. We bring the outside perspective, learn the reality of your organization, and help turn what matters into meaningful progress.

IdeasOut Live

Bring one real idea and watch us work it into a clear plan, live.

IdeasOut is an AI thought partner for leaders, available only through us. Mark Sylvester, one of our founders, runs IdeasOut Live, a free 45-minute session on Zoom where he works one attendee's idea into a plan and the words to share it. You don't need to know anything about AI to follow along, and you're welcome to come and just watch.

Every other Wednesday
10 AM Pacific on Zoom

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Get the view from inside.
Stay close to what we’re learning.

We spend our weeks inside organizations, in conversation with leaders, and across our Think Tanks, seeing what AI is actually changing.
Every other week, we share what’s worth knowing.

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Coastal Intelligence.

 

You don’t need to have the answer yet. Bring us the opportunity, the challenge, or the question. We’ll help you figure out the right next move.

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