We help traditional businesses build AI capability from the inside out.
Strategic AI enablement for non-tech-native companies. We build the systems, train the people, and transfer the capability.
Sound familiar?
Most businesses know AI matters. Few know where to start — or who to trust.
AI Tools Everywhere. NO STRATEGY.
Every vendor sells AI. Nobody teaches you how to think about it. You're drowning in options with no clear path forward.
Consultants Leave Reports. NOT SYSTEMS.
Traditional consulting delivers a PDF and walks away. Six months later, nothing has changed.
No Internal AI Expertise. NO INDEPENDENCE.
You need lasting capability, not another project. But building an AI team from scratch feels impossible.
We do it differently.
How we help
Practical, creative enablement built for real businesses. Not tech companies.
AI Roadmap
Your gateway to AI clarity
Discovery, pain-point mapping, opportunity matrix, and a 90-day action plan. Immediate value, no long-term commitment required.
Organizational DNA
Have a conversation with your business
We map your workflows, outline pain points, and build a living model of how your organization actually operates — so you can have a real conversation with your business.
Coaching & Staffing
Your own internal AI department
We recruit, train, and deploy junior developers who become your AI team. Your people. Your capability. Permanent.
Strategic Advisory
Embedded AI leadership
Ongoing partnership, custom tool development, and strategic guidance. We build the systems that stay after we leave.
Intelligence Engine
Have a conversation with your business
Every call, every order, every document — unified into a single source of truth with three levels of AI access. Your business knowledge, queryable and actionable.
Training Accelerator
AI transformation for corporate groups
A 4-week intensive program designed for corporate teams. We train your group on AI workflows, innovation frameworks, and systematic thinking — built for organizations that want to move together.
How it works
A proven process that starts with your business — not with technology.
Discover
We learn your business, interview your team, and map pain points to uncover where AI creates real value.
Strategize
Impact Map, ROI analysis, and a prioritized gameplan — not a 200-slide deck. Actionable from day one.
Build
Custom tools, trained talent, and embedded systems designed around your workflows and your people.
Transfer
Your team owns it. We train, document, and ensure lasting capability that grows without us.
Discover
We learn your business, interview your team, and map pain points to uncover where AI creates real value.
Strategize
Impact Map, ROI analysis, and a prioritized gameplan — not a 200-slide deck. Actionable from day one.
Build
Custom tools, trained talent, and embedded systems designed around your workflows and your people.
Transfer
Your team owns it. We train, document, and ensure lasting capability that grows without us.
Real results. Real businesses.
We measure success by what stays after we leave.
60+
AI opportunities identified per engagement
90 days
From discovery to actionable gameplan
100%
Of artifacts stay with you permanently
3x
Faster AI adoption vs. DIY
Based on Creative Intelligence LLC client outcomes and engagement averages, 2024.
We don't deliver reports. We deliver capability.
Built for real businesses, not tech companies
We specialize in traditional industries that know AI matters but don't have internal expertise to make it happen.
Mid-market Main Street businesses ready to move beyond AI experiments.
Not sure if this is for you? — no commitment, just clarity.
What our partners are saying.
"Creative Intelligence was super helpful. It's like turning on a fire hydrant of smarter ways to work. I was using AI a little before, but now it's a new way of working."
Trusted by
Founder
Cort Corwin
25+ years in engineering, product innovation, and creative problem-solving. TEDx speaker. Dyslexic thinker who sees patterns others miss.
Creative Intelligence was founded on a simple belief: the next wave of business productivity won't come from new tools — it will come from how creatively people apply them. We exist to unlock that potential for traditional businesses.
Watch the TEDx Talk"To unlock creative solutions for traditional businesses — using AI as the catalyst."
Questions? We have answers.
Creative Intelligence helps mid-market and non-technical companies implement AI in ways that actually stick. We do not sell software subscriptions or drop strategy decks and disappear. We architect internal AI capability — mapping how your business operates, building custom systems like our Intelligence Engine, and training your people to use them daily. Our services include AI roadmaps, organizational DNA mapping, coaching and staffing, strategic advisory, and corporate training programs. Every engagement starts with your actual business goals and ends with measurable capability: teams who think and work differently because AI is embedded in their flow. Whether you need a 90-day roadmap or an embedded AI department, we meet you where you are and build systems that stay after we leave. The result is not another unused tool. It is a permanent upgrade in how your organization operates.
Creative intelligence is the practice of combining human ingenuity with AI to solve complex business problems. It goes beyond using AI tools — it is about redesigning how work happens. Learn more on our dedicated page.
Most AI consultants sell tools or deliver a strategy deck and leave. We build lasting capability — custom systems, trained talent, and embedded partnerships. Everything we create stays with you permanently. Your consultant leaves. Your system stays.
A structured discovery process that maps your pain points, scouts relevant technology, and produces an ROI-weighted opportunity matrix with a 90-day action plan. It's designed to deliver immediate clarity and value — no long-term commitment required to get started.
We recruit junior software developers, train them on our AI methodology and your business context, then deploy them as your internal AI department. They work for you, build your capability, and grow with your organization. Nobody else does this.
We specialize in non-tech-native SMBs with $5M–$100M in revenue. Our sweet spot is traditional businesses — construction, manufacturing, professional services, automotive — that know AI matters but don't have internal expertise to make it happen.
An AI Roadmap takes about 2–4 weeks from kickoff to deliverable. Implementation projects vary by scope. Staffing placements are ongoing. Most clients start with a Roadmap and expand from there based on what we discover together.