From the OEDA Summit · Dayton

The Intelligence Layer for Economic Development

The project your office has put off for thirty years was waiting on one thing: resources. This free guide shows how a small office gets them back.

Planning a January cohort for economic development offices. Join the waitlist

What’s inside

Real work from a real office

The six parts

How the layer fits together

AI Brain, AI Employees, AI Systems, Content Engine, Business Intelligence and Mission Intelligence, sized for a small economic development office.

Richland’s work

The examples from the session

The six recurring jobs, a JobsOhio RFI run through the eight-step IF System Standard, and a reporting workflow that gave back at least 280 hours a year.

Getting started

Security, then three steps

A page on keeping your data safe, the questions your board and commissioners will ask, and three steps to start this month.

From the session

The AI-Native ED Office

You just watched Richland Area Chamber & Economic Development show real work: a corridor scoring project, automated reporting and an airport plan. This guide puts the thinking behind it on paper, so your office can start on its own list.

Shared at the OEDA Summit in Dayton on October 8, 2026, by If Possible.

Cover of The Intelligence Layer for Economic Development, a free 11-page guide from If Possible
Colleen Cook
Scott Williams
Colleen Cook & Scott Williams
If Possible
One question

What has been sitting in your office for years because nobody had time to start it?

The guide is a good place to begin. Yours to keep, free.

Coming in January

Build the layer in your office, with us

We’re planning a cohort just for economic development offices, starting in January. You build your own AI Brain, your first AI Employees and the kind of reporting that gave Richland back 280 hours a year, alongside Colleen and Scott.

Join the waitlist and you’ll be the first to hear the dates and details. No commitment.