Ignite Consulting

What Ignite Consulting does

Ignite Consulting, LLC is a private organizational change management advisory firm founded by Miguel Guevara and headquartered in Chicago, with a secondary office in Miami. The firm operates through a lean core team augmented by a network of independent senior consultants, executing transformation engagements for Fortune 500 enterprises, frontier-technology operators, and private equity operating partners. Named clients include Anduril, Amazon, Grainger, Johnson Controls, SC Johnson, Beam Suntory, Advantage Solutions, and Adient.

The firm's core intellectual property is its Structural Conditions Framework — a proprietary methodology cataloging 83 operating conditions across 13 domains that determine whether organizational behavior change persists after a transformation program ends. This framework is operationalized through three free diagnostic tools (Sponsor Assessment, Operator Stress Test, Portfolio Conditions Scan) and codified into two AI-powered products: the IGNITE OCM Plugin, which runs inside Anthropic's Claude Cowork with 25 methodology-driven commands, and the authenticated OCM Portal, a web application hosted on Railway with PostgreSQL for engagement tracking and artifact generation.

Ignite generates revenue primarily through fee-based consulting engagements structured as three offerings: Adoption (full environment design embedding with client teams), Permanence (direct structural architecture work with the Managing Partner), and Operator Path (sprint-based single-domain fixes for frontier-tech organizations). Top-of-funnel demand is generated through free diagnostics, a weekly Substack newsletter, and the free Claude Cowork plugin; all paid engagements are initiated via direct discovery calls with quote-based pricing and no public disclosure of rates. The firm reports no external funding and appears founder-owned and controlled.

Name

Ignite Consulting

Legal name

Ignite Consulting, LLC

Website

https://ignitena.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ignite Consulting is a private organizational change management advisory firm that diagnoses the 83 structural conditions across 13 domains determining whether transformations persist, serving Fortune 500 enterprises, frontier-tech operators, and PE operating partners through senior-led engagements and AI-powered diagnostic tooling.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Human Resources Consulting Services (541612), Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Change Management & Transformation Consulting (BPAHAGAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Operations & Process Improvement Consulting (BPAHACAB), Organization Design & Change Management Consulting (BPAHACAD), Human Capital & Workforce Transformation Consulting (BPAHACAE)

Keywords

• Organizational change management
• Transformation consulting services
• Structural advisory
• Advisory diagnostics
• Post-merger integration consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Lake Forest

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Professional Consulting Services: Ignite Consulting generates revenue through fee-based consulting engagements. Three engagement types are offered: Adoption (full environment design engagement embedding with client teams), Permanence (direct structural architecture work with Managing Partner), and Operator Path (sprint-based single-domain fixes for frontier-tech organizations). Engagement is initiated via discovery call; no public pricing is listed.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Ignite Consulting provides structural advisory and organizational change management consulting services to enterprises undergoing transformations such as ERP implementations, AI deployments, post-merger integrations, and operating model redesigns. Its core work diagnoses the 83 structural conditions across 13 domains that determine whether new organizational behavior holds after go-live, then redesigns those conditions (decision rights, accountability models, scorecards, workflow, authority structure) so the new way of working is the path of least resistance. Revenue comes from three paid engagement types — Adoption, Permanence, and Operator Path — delivered by senior consultants and amplified by free diagnostic tools and an AI-powered OCM Plugin for Claude Cowork.

Product overview

Ignite Consulting offers a portfolio of diagnostic tools and consulting services focused on organizational change management and structural transformation. The core product is the IGNITE OCM Plugin for Claude Cowork (a free AI-powered tool with 25 commands) and the OCM Portal (a web application for engagement management). These are supported by three free diagnostic tools: the Sponsor Assessment, Operator Stress Test, and Portfolio Conditions Scan, all based on a framework of 83 structural conditions across 13 domains. Consulting services include Adoption, Permanence, and Operator Path engagements, delivered alongside core capabilities in Organizational Change Strategy, Program & Project Management, Training Development & Delivery, and Business Process Design. The company serves Enterprise Sponsors, Frontier-Tech Operators, PE Operating Partners, and Change Practitioners.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• IGNITE OCM Plugin for Claude Cowork

Quantifiable outcome

• Projects with extremely effective executive sponsors are 79% likely to meet objectives vs. 27% with extremely ineffective sponsors
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Anthropic, PBCcoreTechnology or IntegrationAnthropic's Claude AI powers both the OCM Plugin (runs inside Claude Cowork) and the OCM Portal (API integration). Both products are built on Anthropic's Claude Messages API. The OCM Plugin benefits from Anthropic's Zero Data Retention (ZDR) arrangement — session data is not stored at rest on Anthropic's servers after the API response is returned. Anthropic does not use API inputs or outputs to train its models without express permission. The Privacy Policy notes that Ignite cannot independently verify how Anthropic processes data in all circumstances.
• Google FirebasecoreTechnology or IntegrationFirebase is used for user authentication and account management for the OCM Portal, including role-based access controls for authenticated users. Governed by Firebase's privacy policy.
• RailwaycoreTechnology or IntegrationRailway provides database hosting (PostgreSQL) and server infrastructure for the OCM Portal. Ignite's own database stores conversation history, engagement metadata, and generated artifacts for continuity across sessions. Usage logs (token counts) are retained on Railway for up to two years for billing reconciliation.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Kotter International: Kotter International sells a proprietary change methodology (Kotter's 8 Steps and surrounding frameworks) combined with consulting and training. Comparable to Ignite as another methodology-led boutique focused on enterprise transformation adoption.
• Prosci: Prosci is the most established change management methodology and training firm, selling the Prosci ADKAR model, certifications, and advisory services. It is the closest direct competitor to Ignite's enterprise change management practice and methodology-led offering.
• Slalom Consulting: Slalom is a mid-sized, regionally dense US consulting firm with strong change management and ERP-adjacent transformation practices. Comparable mid-market posture to Ignite with overlapping enterprise-sponsor buyer targets.
• LaMarsh & Associates: LaMarsh is a dedicated change management consultancy offering assessments, methodology, and implementation services. Comparable as a specialty boutique competing for the same enterprise-sponsor and transformation-program buyer Ignite targets.

Broad incumbents

• Bain & Company (Organization Practice): Bain's Organization practice advises on operating model, change, and PE-backed value creation - Bain's 2025 Global Private PE Report on carve-out decay is cited directly in Ignite's thesis. A direct incumbent competitor for PE operating partner mandates.
• BCG (People & Organization Practice): BCG's People & Organization practice delivers large-scale change, transformation, and organizational design work. Overlaps with Ignite's enterprise sponsorship and operating model redesign offerings at a much larger scale and footprint.
• McKinsey & Company (People & Organizational Performance Practice): McKinsey's People & Organizational Performance practice serves enterprise transformation mandates at the largest scale. Ignite cites McKinsey research on AI deployment success rates and competes for sponsor-level transformation advisory work.
• Deloitte (Human Capital / Transformation): Deloitte's Human Capital and Transformation practices serve enterprise-wide change programs at global scale. The closest Big Four incumbent to Ignite on ERP-adjacent transformation engagements with named clients like Grainger and Johnson Controls.

Emerging players

• Change Management Institute: Change Management Institute offers training, certification, and consulting around organizational change. Overlaps with Ignite on the change-practitioner audience and methodology-led service design, though smaller in enterprise reach.
• RedThread Research: RedThread Research produces industry-leading research on the people and change management function. Adjacent competitor for thought leadership, content capture, and influence over enterprise change spending decisions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ignitena
• Facebookfacebook.com/ignitemanagementconsulting
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/igniteconsulting

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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