# Marvin Harris

> Founder of Compound Leverage. Creator of the THINK methodology. Strategic advisor helping government contractors, HBCUs, chambers of commerce, and economic development organizations build Digital Employees and deploy AI at the institutional level.

## About

Marvin Harris is a strategist, speaker, and systems architect focused on workforce transformation through AI. He builds "Digital Employees" — AI-powered tools configured for specific institutional roles — and trains organizations to deploy them effectively.

His flagship framework, the **THINK Methodology** (Task, Hypothesis, Invest, Network, Knowledge), is a structured approach to identifying leverage points inside an organization and systematically converting them into scalable systems.

## Core Offerings

- **THINK School** — Open community membership. Practitioners learning to build Digital Employees.
- **THINK Diagnostics** — Institutional assessments for government contractors, EDOs, HBCUs, and prime contractors.
- **Digital Employee Design** — Custom AI configuration for specific organizational roles and workflows.
- **Speaking** — Keynotes and workshops on AI adoption, workforce transformation, and capital event strategy.

## Who He Works With

- Government contractors and federal prime contractors
- Economic development organizations (EDOs)
- Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
- Chambers of commerce
- CHIPS Act, IRA, BIL, DARPA, and NSF Regional Innovation Engine participants

## Key Concepts

- **THINK** — Task, Hypothesis, Invest, Network, Knowledge
- **Digital Employee** — AI assistant configured for a specific organizational role
- **Capital Event** — Federal funding program (CHIPS, IRA, BIL, etc.) that creates a deployment window for CL services
- **SPEEDS** — Opportunity scoring framework
- **Compound Leverage** — The firm. The principle: small inputs compounding into outsized outcomes.

## Links

- [Home](https://marvharris.com)
- [Speaking](https://mrh-speaking.marvharris.com)
- [Speaker Resume](https://mrh-speaker-resume.marvharris.com)
- [Compound Leverage](https://compoundleverage.co)