Ignition Forward

Field notes

Working notes on AI and the business of running an implementation practice. No hype, no gurus — just what we're building, what we're asking, and where we draw the line.

July 1, 2026

The real state of AI in EOS practices: what we're actually asking

We're interviewing 100 EOS Implementers about how AI actually shows up in real practices in 2026 — not how the LinkedIn gurus say it should. Here are the questions, and the hypothesis we're putting on the record.

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July 2, 2026

Session prep, assembled before you've had coffee

We built an AI teammate that assembles an implementer's session prep — scorecard trends, open issues, rock status — from the notes and tools a practice already uses. Sixty seconds, watch it work.

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July 3, 2026

The capacity wall

The EOS Implementer business model has a wall built into it: 5–7 clients, set by the calendar and the context load, not by demand. There are three known ways past it. We think there's a fourth.

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July 6, 2026

Sessions are sacred

Unpopular opinion for an AI company: AI should never touch EOS facilitation. Where we draw the line — and why the line is the whole point.

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July 7, 2026

Admin relief, or growth?

Is AI for a coaching practice a time-saver — or the thing that separates the practice that can expand from the one that can't? The question underneath our whole research project.

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July 8, 2026

The doctor analogy

Doctors who use AI scribes don't see fewer patients. They see the same patients — and actually look at them. The same move works for an implementer's practice.

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Map it against your actual practice.

25 minutes with Zach Burkes, Ignition Forward. We'll map where the hours actually go in your practice — and you keep the map whether we ever work together or not.

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