FAA Gains Mission Momentum
How Evans Used AI to Cut 85% Off Planning Time and Align Stakeholders Faster
Background
A critical group within the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) faced a critical impasse during its five-year strategic planning process. The strategy team was inundated with an overwhelming volume of feedback — over 3000 unique comments from internal personnel, government collaborators, and industry partners.
The Challenge
The data, while rich in insight, was unstructured and unmanageable. Lacking a scalable method to process feedback, the group risked delays, stakeholder misalignment, and mission stagnation.
Strategic planners were burdened by data triage rather than high-impact analysis. Without relief, critical insights risked being lost, and team capacity was at its breaking point.
“We had thousands of comments and suggestions pouring in from various channels,” explained a senior strategic planning lead on the team. “Manually processing this data would have taken months, potentially delaying critical decisions.”
The Approach
Our goal: transform stakeholder data overload into actionable clarity—without sacrificing depth, safety, or strategic integrity.
Key Implementation Highlights:
- Framework Used: AI-enabled strategic insight synthesis through Natural Language Processing (NLP), sentiment analysis, and trust infrastructure mapping
- Approach: Rapid categorization, theme detection, and visual dashboarding of non-sensitive stakeholder input
- Team Integration: AI-supported human decision-making— ensuring insight depth and strategic integrity
- Timeframe: Data collected through live interviews over three months; data analysis and insights in under a week
Capabilities Delivered:
- NLP-driven categorization of stakeholder input across organizations
- Sentiment analysis to surface urgency and tone
- Trend detection identifying emergent priorities
- Source traceability while preventing attribution to reinforce trust and transparency
By working exclusively with non-proprietary data, Evans ensured zero compliance risk while unlocking unprecedented clarity—fast.
The Results
- 85% reduction in time spent on initial data review reducing analysis time from 6 weeks to just one week.
- Shared priorities visualized and aligned early
- Strategy milestones accelerated by months
- Teams focused on high-impact thinking
- 15 stakeholder interviews synthesized into actionable findings
- 17 themes surfaced to guide planning
- 5 core insight areas framed early in the process
- Decision-ready insights at leaders’ fingertips
The Tradeoff of Not Acting
Without Evans’ intervention, the FAA would have endured:
- Months-long delays in strategy formation
- Fractured stakeholder trust due to feedback black holes
- Decision paralysis from unprioritized, overwhelming data
- Increased risk of leadership misalignment
- Costly opportunity loss from delayed roadmap execution
In short, the FAA risked falling behind during a moment that demanded velocity. Evans helped them stay ahead—ensuring mission momentum when it mattered most.
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