Ekow Solutions Group | AI Strategy for Leaders & Organizations

You've got ChatGPT. Now what?

You've subscribed. You've drafted some emails. Maybe you've played with a few prompts.

And the noise keeps coming. A "game-changing" tool drops every week. Your feed is full of people who seem to have it all figured out. Somewhere in the back of your mind: Am I falling behind?

At the same time, you've heard the warnings. Don't trust AI too much. Check the outputs. Be careful.

So here you are—stuck between "I need to do something" and "I don't want to bet wrong."

We get it. We've been there too.

Here's what we've learned: you don't need to chase every shiny thing. You don't need a hundred-page strategy deck. What you need is clarity on the next step—something concrete you can do this week that actually moves you forward.

That's what we help with. Not hype. Not transformation theater. Just honest guidance grounded in two decades of doing the work.

How we work

Disciplined AI, not AI hype.

We help you adopt AI the way disciplined teams actually do—fast where it's safe, verified where it matters, with your judgment in the loop.

"The best AI users aren't the ones who trust the technology most—they're the ones who understand where it breaks."

01

Name the blindspots

Every AI tool has three: hallucination, drift, and inconsistency. We teach your team exactly where the model breaks—so they can use it confidently in high-stakes, regulated work instead of avoiding it or trusting it blindly.

02

Build the checks in

We treat every AI output as usually right, sometimes wrong, always worth verifying. For federal acquisition teams we built the 3-Check Method—source check, regulation check, your own eyes—a sixty-second discipline that catches a confident, perfectly-formatted, completely wrong citation before it reaches a decision.

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03

No single model decides

High-stakes output gets reviewed by a different model with a different job than the one that produced it. One AI grading its own homework is a blindspot; independent review catches what self-review misses. We build this verification layer into the AI systems we ship.

04

Momentum with guardrails

A 90% solution you act on beats a 100% solution you're still planning. We move fast—but every step passes a quality gate, so speed never means shipping something broken. It's the same gated, verified process we use to take products from idea to live.

Speaking & Keynotes

Talks that cut through the AI hype.

We speak to leadership teams, conferences, and institutions on making confident AI decisions—grounded in 20 years of building and leading in technology.

Featured — TEDx

"Everybody wants to be seen."

In a world obsessed with data, we often forget the most important thing: understanding each other.

Data tells you what happened. Empathy tells you why.

It's the philosophy behind everything we do—in business and on stage.

From Performative to Actual AI

Moving organizations past AI theater to decisions and adoption that actually move the needle.

Atlanta AI Week

AI Blindspots for Leaders

The risks and assumptions leaders miss when adopting AI—and how to pressure-test decisions before they cost you.

NCMA Atlanta

Clarity Over Hype

A practical framework for choosing the next right AI step—delivered as a keynote or a hands-on leadership workshop.

Keynote & Workshop

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A few ways we can work together

Every engagement ends with a clear next step you can act on.

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Strategic Advisory

You know AI matters. You're just not sure where it fits—or where to start. We work with leaders who need a thinking partner—someone who'll be honest about what's real and what's hype.

Discovery sessions to find real opportunities
Ongoing advisory as decisions come up
A sounding board you can trust

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Federal Contracting

If you're a small business chasing federal contracts, you know the pain. SAM.gov has thousands of opportunities. Which ones actually fit you?

We built MyBidFit—an AI-powered scoring system that shows which opportunities match your capabilities, so you can stop chasing everything and focus on what matters.

Coming Soon — Join the waitlist to get early access.

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A federal team looking to contract Ekow directly? See our capabilities →

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Product Development

You've got an idea. Maybe you've even started building. But somewhere along the way, you got stuck—in planning, in scope creep, in not knowing what's next.

We use a structured methodology that moves you from idea to validated MVP. Clear deliverables at each step. Quality gates that keep you from spinning.

Idea to MVP, step by step
Honest feedback on whether to continue or pivot

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Keynotes & Workshops

We speak to leadership teams, conferences, and institutions on making confident AI decisions—beyond the hype. Our founder is a TEDx speaker with 20 years building and leading in technology.

Keynotes on AI strategy and adoption
Hands-on workshops for leadership teams

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Derek Johnson — Founder & CEO

A guide, not a guru.

Ekow Solutions Group is led by founder Derek Johnson, who spent 20 years building and scaling consulting practices at ThoughtWorks, Slalom, and RelationalAI—growing Slalom's Southeast technology practice from zero to 100 consultants and $30M in 15 months, and leading delivery for clients like Delta, AT&T, Cox, and The Home Depot.

We help leaders adopt AI with clarity instead of hype—and we build the tools we recommend. MyBidFit, a production AI platform, is ours: architected and operated in-house, so the advice you get comes from doing the work, not just talking about it.

Two decades of regulated, enterprise delivery taught us something simple: the teams who win with AI aren't the ones who trust it most. They're the ones who understand where it breaks—and build the checks in. That conviction is the spine of everything we do.

Our approach:

→ Momentum over perfection—a 90% solution you act on beats a 100% solution you're still planning
→ Honest about tradeoffs—AI isn't magic, and we'll tell you where it falls short
→ Relationships before transactions—we're not here for a quick project

Not ready to talk yet? No problem.

We send occasional emails—things we're learning, tools we're testing, ideas worth thinking about. No spam. No "5 AI hacks that will change your life." Just honest notes from a team figuring it out alongside you.

Let's have a conversation.

No pitch. No pressure. Just a chance to hear what you're working on and see if we can help. Worst case, you'll walk away with a clearer sense of your next step. That's worth 30 minutes.

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Confident next steps with AI— beyond the basics, without the overwhelm.