AI Readiness & Use-Case Discovery

Cut through AI hype to identify where it actually creates value

Investment: $10,000 (~80 hours)
Timeline: Flexible (typically 2–4 weeks to fit leadership schedules)
Outcome: Clear AI direction grounded in business value, readiness, and responsible adoption

Overview

The AI Readiness & Use-Case Discovery engagement helps leadership teams move beyond experimentation and hype to understand where AI can realistically deliver business value today and what must be true for it to work.

Rather than starting with tools or models, this engagement starts with business outcomes, operational realities, and organizational readiness. Delivered by an experienced external leader, it provides an objective perspective informed by real-world enterprise delivery, not vendor narratives or theoretical frameworks.

This is a practical discovery effort, designed to give leaders clarity, focus, and confidence before investing in pilots or platforms.

What This Helps You Answer

  • Where can AI create measurable value in the next 6–12 months?

  • Are we ready…from a data, governance, and operating model standpoint?

  • Which ideas should we start, continue, pause, or avoid altogether?

  • What needs to happen next to move from curiosity to execution responsibly?

How It Works

1. Business & Context Discovery
Understand business priorities, constraints, and desired outcomes where AI could help improve efficiency, experience, growth, or decision-making.

2. AI Readiness Assessment
Evaluate readiness across key dimensions:

  • Data availability and quality

  • Technology and integration foundations

  • Governance, risk, and security considerations

  • Skills, operating model, and change readiness

3. Use-Case Identification & Filtering
Identify and assess potential AI use cases using a value vs. feasibility lens, focusing on opportunities that are practical, defensible, and aligned to business goals.

4. Synthesis & Direction
Translate findings into clear guidance on:

  • What to start doing

  • What to continue investing in

  • What to stop or defer

  • What to do next to progress responsibly

What You Receive

  • AI readiness snapshot

  • Shortlist of high-value, realistic AI use cases

  • Key risks, constraints, and dependencies

  • Clear next steps to guide pilots or further investment

The output is clear-headed, pragmatic, and action-oriented. Designed to support leadership decisions, not create shelfware.

Who This Is For

  • Executives under pressure to “do something with AI” but seeking clarity first

  • Organizations experimenting with AI but lacking focus or alignment

  • Leaders who want responsible, outcome-driven adoption, not just hype

In short: This engagement helps leaders understand where AI makes sense, where it doesn’t, and what to do next, grounded in business reality and delivered with senior-level judgment.