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A hand bringing two puzzle pieces together to join, with a circle of figures forming a cohort in the background

applied ai June 24, 2026 4 min read

Cohort-Based Programs at Scale: Where AI Helps and Where Mentorship Can't Be Automated

Cohort programs work because of intensity and intimacy. Scaling them with AI is tempting and easy to get wrong — the answer is to automate the machinery of delivery and leave the mentorship, the matching commit, and the community to people.

How to use applied AI across the lifecycle of a cohort-based program — delivery, mentorship matching, and alumni community — while keeping a human in the loop where it counts.

Eli Wood

CEO, Black Flag Design

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A scene split between turning mechanical gears on one side and two people in close conversation on the other, joined by a single beam of light

applied ai June 24, 2026 4 min read

From Programs to Platform: Scaling Delivery Without Losing the Human Touch

An organization that runs programs and events lives on relationships. The fear about scaling with AI is that the relationships die. The opposite is true — if you automate the logistics and protect the human moments.

How a programs-and-events organization can use applied AI to scale delivery into a platform — automating logistics while keeping humans where the relationship actually lives.

Eli Wood

CEO, Black Flag Design

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