Focus
Start with business problems, not model names or fashionable demos.
Applied AI strategy
AI Readiness & Governance Review
A practical assessment of where AI can create value, what foundations are missing and how to adopt it with proportionate governance rather than either hype or paralysis.
When this helps
A defined intervention, not an open-ended consulting engagement.
The scope is deliberately focused: understand the important evidence, identify the decisions that matter and leave the business with something it can act on.
- Leadership wants an AI strategy grounded in real business value
- Teams are experimenting independently without common controls
- A product roadmap includes AI but feasibility and operating risk are unclear
- Data, security, privacy or supplier questions are slowing decisions
- You need a shortlist of credible use cases rather than a catalogue of possibilities
What I look at
Enough depth to make the next decision properly.
The exact evidence varies by engagement, but the assessment typically covers the following areas.
- Use-case value and feasibility
- Data availability and quality
- Architecture and integration readiness
- Security, privacy and model risk
- Human oversight and operating controls
- Build, buy and partner choices
What you receive
Useful outputs, not a slide deck that expires in a shared drive.
AI opportunity mapPrioritised use cases based on value, feasibility and risk.
Readiness assessmentGaps across data, architecture, skills, process and governance.
Governance baselineProportionate controls for experimentation and production use.
90-day roadmapConcrete next steps from pilots through safe operational adoption.
How it works
Fast enough to be useful. Structured enough to be trusted.
Assess
Test value, data, architecture, controls and organisational readiness.
Sequence
Prioritise a small number of credible initiatives with clear guardrails.
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Move from AI discussion to a defensible, governed programme of useful work.
Start with a working conversation about the situation, the decision you need to make and the evidence already available.
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