Assessment and priorities
Flag Papa: all hands on board, the ship is about to sail.
Two to three weeks with your team. We find where the hours and the money go, rank your top five uses for AI by payback, and hand you a 90-day plan.
Weeks 1 to 3
Who we are
Meet the founderMost companies have bought AI. Few have changed how the work gets done. We take on the part that usually goes missing: a plan, a weekly number, and someone who owns the follow-through.
Hand us the objective. We won't ask where Garcia is.
The Rowan Rule
In 1899, Elbert Hubbard wrote A Message to Garcia about Lt. Andrew Rowan, who was handed a letter for General García somewhere in the mountains of Cuba and delivered it without asking where to find him.
We work the same way. You set the objective. We own it, report on a fixed schedule, and bring it back done.
What we do
Builds and vendors
Flag Golf: I require a pilot.
We pick the tools and the builders, write the scope, and hold them to the date, so your team isn't managing vendors.
From month 2
Adoption and policy
Flag Uniform: you are running into danger.
Training, a plain-English AI-use policy, and follow-up until your people use what you paid for.
Ongoing
Scorecard and cadence
Flag Charlie: affirmative.
A weekly scorecard and a monthly leadership review, so progress is visible and problems come up early.
Every week
How we run it
Every priority gets a name, a date, and a status. Problems show up while they are still cheap to fix.
| Priority | Owner | Due | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Answer after-hours calls and book the appointment | Office manager | Nov 14 | On track |
| Log every sales call summary in the CRM automatically | Sales lead | Nov 21 | At risk |
| AI-use policy signed by every employee | Operations | Dec 5 | On track |
| AI scorecard to the leadership team | Aranda & Co. | Mondays | Running |
An illustration of the format, not a client's board. Client stories will go here as engagements finish.
Erick Aranda
Founder
Ten years in the U.S. Navy. Enlisted Machinist's Mate, then the U.S. Naval Academy, then four years as a Surface Warfare Officer. Led an 18-person division and built the daily readiness brief for a squadron commander.
Education. B.S. Cyber Operations, U.S. Naval Academy, 2021. MBA, USC Marshall School of Business, 2026.
Sales. Technical sales to industrial and mission-critical accounts since 2025.
AI. Runs his own ventures on AI agents that work under written rules: a constitution, a board of commitments, and a check on every claim before it goes out.
Aranda & Co. brings in vetted builders when a project needs them. Erick on LinkedIn
Anything to add? We'd like to hear it.
Tell us what your team spends too much time on, and we'll tell you what we'd look at first. Twenty minutes is enough.