MISSION STATEMENT

We work to address a critical problem faced by many organizations: the loss of invaluable expertise and deep institutional knowledge when experienced employees retire. 

This issue can significantly impact a company’s operational continuity, innovation capacity, and competitive edge and at the same time retiring industry experts are often looking for ways to contribute to the profession and their companies long after they are no longer working. 

More specifically we address six challenges.

Challenge #1 - Knowledge Continuity: Companies often struggle with the departure of key personnel who hold unique insights and deep understanding of complex processes or historical decisions. 

• Solution: By creating personalized AI models based on the comprehensive knowledge (documents, interviews, presentations, recordings, papers, work products, and correspondence) of these individuals, we ensure that their expertise is preserved and remains accessible. 

Challenge #2 - Development of Future Leaders: Transitioning knowledge effectively can be time-consuming and is often diluted over time without the direct influence of the expert and often never happens.

• Solution: Our AI models facilitate ongoing mentorship, providing consistent, on-demand access to expert knowledge and guidance.

 Challenge #3 - Scalability of Expertise: The insights and decision-making skills of top experts are typically only available to a limited number of people within an organization due to time constraints. 

•  Solution: Our services allow for the scaling of expertise across the organization, enabling a wider range of employees to benefit from high-level insights and improving overall decision-making processes. 

Challenge #4 - Cost Efficiency:  The cost of losing a key employee goes beyond just recruitment and training of a replacement. The deeper impact is often seen in lost productivity and the degradation of service or product quality. 

•  Solution: By maintaining the intellectual output and decision-making acumen of experts we reduce the financial impact associated with the departure of skilled personnel. 

 Challenge #5 - Maintaining an Innovative Edge: Maintaining a competitive edge in fast-evolving industries requires continuous innovation, which can be hampered by the loss of experienced innovators.

• Solution: We help ensure that the innovative insights and strategies of leading minds are retained and continually contribute to the innovation processes.

Challenge #6 - Risk Managment:  Losing critical knowledge, especially in highly specialized or technical fields, can pose significant risks to operational stability and compliance.

• Solution: By archiving and replicating the knowledge of key employees, we help mitigate these risks, ensuring compliance and consistency in operations.

We preserve and scale the expertise of key personnel in organizations by incorporating an expert's life work into cutting-edge generative AI models, ensuring their knowledge continues to contribute value long after their tenure. 

Our approach is simple, but non-trivial. 

We identify, collect, store, filter, and process the expert's life's work and conduct an extensive interview over the course of a year's time. 

The IMERITUS Interview is a 100-hour interview of an individual and it is the core of our work. 

We conduct this interview for 2-hours each week over the course of a year.  100 hours of interviews typically results in between 750,000 and 900,000 words.  This is equivalent, for example, to the length of the collected works of William Shakespeare. 

The interview is conducted by an expert IMERITUS Curator. 

The Curator also collects and organizes a Source Library.  This Library is typically comprised of the individual's collected work including but not limited to:

Written Works

• Research Papers: Academic or industry research that the individual has authored or contributed to.
• Books and Book Chapters: Any books or significant sections written by the subject expert.
• Technical Documentation: Manuals, specifications, and guidelines developed by the individual.

Corporate Documentation:

• Internal Reports: Project reports, annual reports, audit reports, market analysis, etc.
• Meeting Minutes: Records of meetings where the individual shared critical insights or decisions.
• Presentations: Slideshows or written presentations for conferences, client meetings, or internal briefings.
• Proposals and Grants: Documents outlining proposed projects, funding requests, or business expansions.

Communications:

• Emails: Significant email exchanges that showcase decision-making processes, mentorship, or expert advice.
• Letters: Formal correspondence related to projects, collaborations, or organizational roles.

Educational Material

• Training Manuals: Guides and manuals created for training purposes within the company.
• Lecture Notes and Educational Guides: If the individual has taught courses or delivered training, using these materials can be invaluable.
• E-Learning Modules: Any digital training or instructional content they have developed.

Media Publications

• Articles: Written for magazines, journals, blogs, or newspapers.
• Interviews: Transcripts or developed transcripts from interviews where they shared their expertise, experiences, and insights.
• Webinars and Podcasts: Recordings or transcripts of these events.

Legal and Regulatory Documents

• Patents: Applications and granted patents that the individual has authored.
• Regulatory Filings: Documents submitted to regulatory bodies that include significant contributions from the individual.

Personal and Reflective Writings

• Diaries and Journals: Personal writings that reflect thought processes, innovations, and professional experiences.
• Blogs and Personal Essays: Informal yet insightful pieces on their field of expertise.

Professional Contrbutions

• Industry Guidelines: Contributions to standards, protocols, or guidelines in their field.
• Conference Materials: Abstracts, papers, and other materials contributed to professional conferences.

Project Documentation

• Project Plans and Schedules: Detailed documents outlining project timelines and strategies.
• Specifications and Requirements Documents: Technical and functional specifications they have authored.
• Expert Reports

Our results are also simple but powerful.

We provide a secure web application for interacting with the IMERITUS Model developed from the Source Library. Our client owns the Library and the rights to use the resulting IMERITUS Model. 

Reach out to mquigley@efcg.com via email and we would be pleased to provide details of the offering.  Please include "IMERITUS" in the subject line.