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AI Readiness Assessment

Get how your business runs out of people's heads, then pilot AI on it.

Length

About 9 weeks

Fee

Fixed, quoted after your free Exposure Scan

Ends with

A working pilot and the number it moved

Security comes first

AI sits on the same foundation as email, payments, devices and backups. If you haven't had a recent security assessment, that baseline runs inside this engagement — or buy the Security Program Assessment first and we reuse it, so nobody is interviewed twice. See the security program.

Is this for you?

01

Your crew already uses AI on personal accounts, and you're not sure what goes in.

02

One job, like quotes or scheduling, eats hours every single week.

03

New hires ask the same questions, and the answers live in one person's head.

04

You tried an AI tool, it didn't stick, and nobody's sure why.

What it is

A fixed-fee engagement, about nine weeks. We learn how your business actually runs and where your quotes, invoices, schedules and how-tos live, then turn the part that matters into an organized, secure knowledge base. We pick one painful workflow, agree on the number that means success, and run a pilot with three to five of your people. A person approves every output.

What it isn't

It's not a custom software build. We connect the AI tool you choose to your own information, with access roles and logging you can review. And it's not a bet on one AI vendor. We don't resell any of them, and we make nothing from your choice.

Models are swappable

Your knowledge base sits behind one access layer, so Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini can work on top of it. If a better model comes along or prices change, you switch. The knowledge base stays yours, even if we part ways.

Six phases, three gates, nine weeks

Phase 05 is the pilot — where value stops being a promise. A human approves every output, and the metric is agreed before it starts.

Gate 1
Gate 2
Gate 3
Phase · 05 · Weeks 5–8

Pilot

What happens

We connect the AI tool you chose, train 3–5 pilot users, and track the metric weekly. A human approves every output.

What you do

3–5 pilot users for a 60-minute working session, on business-tier AI accounts.

What you walk away with

A working pilot with access roles and logging you can review.

Gate 3 · you sign off

The pilot hits its target, or you get a clear fix list for why it didn't.

Where the engagement lands
Phase 06 · ReadoutStep 01 · Plan
Read the engagement as a list
  1. Qualify & scope — Week 0 — then gate 1 · you sign off: Signed statement of work and a named sponsor.
  2. Discover — Weeks 1–2
  3. Prioritize — Week 2 — then gate 2 · you sign off: You agree the pilot and the number that defines success.
  4. Capture & organize — Weeks 3–5
  5. Pilot — Weeks 5–8 — then gate 3 · you sign off: The pilot hits its target, or you get a clear fix list for why it didn't.
  6. Readout — Week 9
  7. The engagement joins the program at step 01, Plan.

AI Readiness Assessment

01Plan
02Put in place
03Adopt
04Run
05Review
06Integrate
01
OF 06

The readout is the first plan. After that the program turns: the knowledge base gets kept current, new workflows get added, model changes get handled — and your two quarterly reviews happen at Review.

What you walk away with

All of it stored in your own account. These are drawn samples with placeholder values, not screenshots of a real client.

Knowledge base v1Sample
How we quote [JOB TYPE?]reviewed
Intake questionsreviewed
Who approves whatreviewed
Access roles[COUNT?]

Knowledge base v1

For the pilot workflow, reviewed by your people, in your account or exportable.

Pilot charterSample
One workflow
[WORKFLOW?]
One metric
[METRIC?]
One target
[TARGET?] from [BASELINE?]
One owner
[NAME?]

Pilot charter

One workflow, one metric, one target, one owner. Signed before the pilot starts.

AI use policySample
May paste[LIST?]
Never paste[LIST?]
Accountscompany-managed, business tier
Approvala human approves every action
Signed[NAME?] · [DATE?]

One-page AI use policy

Signed at kickoff. What staff may and may not paste into AI tools, in plain words.

ROI readoutSample
Before
[BASELINE?]
After
[RESULT?]
Cost[AMOUNT?] per month
Users said[QUOTE? pilot user]
Next[WORKFLOW?]

ROI readout

Before and after, what it cost, what users said, and the next workflow.

Fifth deliverable · not a document

A working pilot on the AI tool you chose, with access roles set and logging you can review. Read by default; a human approves any action.

No internal score appears on any deliverable. Controls are scored behind the scenes; you see plain words, ranked fixes and dated proof.

What we need from you

Owner time: about 1 hour a week, plus 2 hours of overhead. About 11 hours over the nine weeks.

We never ask for passwords.

Business-tier AI accounts only — no personal free accounts. Logging stays on, and you can read it.

  • A sponsorA decision-maker who can agree the pilot and its target.
  • 4–6 peopleShort interviews about how the work actually gets done.
  • 2–3 workflowsTime to watch them happen, not just hear about them.
  • 3–5 pilot usersA 60-minute working session, then normal use for three weeks.
  • Business accountsBusiness-tier AI accounts for the tool you pick.
We don’t
  • Resell software, or take a margin on licenses.
  • Replace your IT provider.
  • Ask for passwords.
  • Bet your business on one AI vendor.
We do
  • Write the requirement and let you choose the tool.
  • Read by default — a human approves any action.
  • Leave the knowledge base in your account.
  • Keep the model swappable behind one access layer.
Price

Fixed fee, quoted after your free Exposure Scan


  • +Includes 2 quarterly reviews.
  • +Your assessment fee is credited toward the monthly retainer.
What affects your quote
  • How many people work there.
  • How many systems your information lives in.
  • How complicated the pilot workflow is.

What this replaces

Buying seats of an AI tool, handing them out, and hoping. Without your own information organized behind it, the tool doesn't know how you quote, who approves what, or what you promised the customer.

The fee is fixed and quoted after the free scan, because the number depends on how many people and systems are in scope.

Your first year

The engagement, then the reviews that are already included.

  1. Weeks 1–9Engagement≈9 weeks, fixed fee
  2. IncludedQuarterly review
  3. IncludedQuarterly review

Two reviews, and no renewal call — that one belongs to the security program. Vertical on mobile, same order.

After the engagement, if you want it

A pilot that works is a start, not a finish. Models change, people change, the work changes.

Next, optional

Monthly retainer

Knowledge base upkeep, new workflows, model changes, security monitoring.

The next workflow

Straight off the scored list

The readout names it. You decide whether and when.

The money

Your fee credits forward

The assessment fee is credited toward the monthly retainer.

No recent security assessment? Start with the Security Program Assessment →

Questions owners ask

Which AI tool do we have to use?

The one you choose. Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini can all sit on top. You need business-tier accounts, not personal free ones, so your company controls the accounts and you can review the logs.

Will AI see our customer information?

Only what the pilot needs, through access roles we set together. It runs on your business accounts, not personal ones, and a one-page policy tells staff what they may and may not paste in.

Will it make decisions on its own?

No. It reads and drafts by default. A person on your team approves every output before it goes anywhere, and you can review the log of what it did.

Do we need the security assessment first?

No. AI sits on the same foundation, so we check it either way. If you've had our security assessment, we reuse it. If not, a baseline runs inside this engagement.

What if the pilot doesn't work?

You'll know, because we agree on the target before we start. If the pilot misses, you get a clear list of why and what would fix it. The knowledge base is still yours.

Is this a custom software build?

No. We connect the AI tool you choose to your own organized information. No custom app to maintain, and nothing locked to us or to one AI vendor.

Free · one front door

Start with a free Exposure Scan

Start with the free Exposure Scan, with a few AI questions added. See where you stand right away, or book a 20-minute call instead.

Way in · 01

Answer online now

One question per screen, with the AI questions included. Ready, Close or Gap per area. No email needed.

Way in · 02

Book a 20-minute call

Skip the questions and talk it through instead. We’ll set a time around your jobs.

Book the call
  • Either way, we run the outside checks before the call: domain email authentication, and services open to the internet.
  • We never ask for passwords, and nothing changes in your systems.

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