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Independent consultants doing AI work need a documented method — not just good instincts.

TechEd Analyst gives independent consultants the playbooks, templates, and AI-assisted tools to build a repeatable practice around AI governance, data handling, and workflow delivery — so the work scales beyond what you can hold in your head.

The problem

Solo and small consulting practices hit the same wall. Usually once they start winning more of the AI and workflow work they've been pitching.

You're using AI tools in client work but you don't have a policy for it.

You're using language models for research, drafting, summarizing. That's not the problem. The problem is you haven't written down what you will and won't put into them, what you do when the output is wrong, and what you tell clients about your AI use. That's not bureaucracy — it's what separates a professional practice from someone improvising.

Your deliverables are good. Your process for producing them isn't documented.

You can deliver excellent work on a deadline because you've done it enough times that the process is automatic. But if you can't write that process down in a way someone else could follow, you can't bring in help without a long ramp, can't recover cleanly when something breaks, and can't sell your method — only your time.

Clients are asking data privacy questions and you're answering off the cuff.

Where does their information go when you work on it? What tools process it? What happens to it at project close? Independent consultants are the most exposed to these questions because they work across clients with different data, different tools, and often no formal data-handling protocol of their own. One client who asks and gets a vague answer is a client who quietly doesn't renew.

You're selling AI work without a repeatable governance framework to back it.

Clients want AI policies, governance frameworks, usage guidelines. If you're building each one from scratch, you're undercharging or overworking. A starting framework you customize per client — with your expert judgment as the layer on top — is the professional practice version of this.

What you'll find here

Tested guidance across Workflow Automation, Data Analytics, Data Privacy, and AI Governance. Built for practitioners who do the work, not academics who describe it. Three places to start.

Run the AI & Workflow Readiness Scan

Start with your own practice. The free scan produces a specific readout: your biggest workflow gap, your data handling exposure, and which pillar to address first. Anonymous, five minutes, no signup. Many consultants use the results directly in client intake conversations.

Generate customizable starting drafts for client work

The Template Generator builds a customizable starting draft: AI Usage Policy, Workflow SOP, Data Privacy Checklist, Reporting & KPI Plan. You provide the context; the generator builds the structure; you apply your judgment and adapt it for the client. 20 AI credits per run, included with Pro.

Playbooks that document the method

Individual playbooks covering the process work that independent consultants do: Workflow Starter Playbook, AI Governance Starter Pack, Data Inventory Playbook. Buy the one you need ($27–$97) or get everything with a Pro subscription at $19/month.

About the founder

I'm Dr. Tennyson Johnson. I've spent 20 years building and running technology systems — software development, systems design, data infrastructure, and the agentic AI workflows that are now reshaping how independent practices operate.

I built TechEd Analyst because I kept watching capable practitioners adopt AI tools without the workflow, governance, or documentation layer that makes the work defensible. Everything here is something I've actually built and run — not theory, not repackaged vendor marketing.

Where to start

Five minutes. No signup. See what the scan says about your practice first.

Individual templates from $27. Pro subscription at $19/month includes the Template Generator and every new release.

Frequently asked questions

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