Executive briefings
Frame one business issue, surface the decisions, and agree what needs a closer look.
A short briefing, with audience and timing agreed in advance.
AI transformation workshops
AI changes the work.
Make the next move count.
Bring the people who know the work. We’ll map what changes, agree who owns it, and shape a practical next step. Real decisions. Sleeves rolled up.
Work on the business
Four ways to work
through AI transformation.
01Workforce Capability & AI AdoptionWhat needs to change for this team to use AI in everyday work?
Start with one team, one workflow, and one AI use case. Map the tasks, human judgment, role responsibilities, and support the changed work requires.
- Format
- A half-day facilitated workshop, with prework and sponsor review agreed in scope.
- Bring
- The workflow owner, representatives of affected roles, a bounded AI use case, and approved or sanitized examples of the current work.
- Working outputs
- A draft role-and-task impact map, capability and support requirements, adoption barriers, and an owned 30/60/90-day test plan.
- Follow-through
- Validate the findings with affected roles and the sponsor. Resolve evidence gaps and tool/data permissions before an operational test.
02AI Portfolio DecisionWhich AI ideas deserve a next step?
Bring a bounded set of initiatives. Work through their value, dependencies, evidence, and ownership so the sponsor can decide what to pursue, revise, hold, or stop.
- Format
- A focused decision session or half-day workshop, depending on the number and maturity of the initiatives.
- Bring
- A shortlist of use cases, the decision owner, business goals, constraints, and available evidence.
- Working outputs
- A draft decision brief with recommended priorities, assumptions, evidence gaps, accountable owners, and a review point.
- Follow-through
- Confirm the evidence and sponsor decision before committing investment or claiming a business case is validated.
03AI Governance & Operating ModelWho decides, checks, and takes responsibility?
Work through the operating responsibilities for one defined AI use case. Agree how decisions, human review, exceptions, and escalation should work.
- Format
- A leadership working session or half-day workshop, with the relevant process, technology, and risk owners.
- Bring
- One proposed use case, current policies, approval roles, and known failure or exception scenarios.
- Working outputs
- Draft decision rights, review checkpoints, escalation paths, a fallback owner, and a review rhythm.
- Follow-through
- Validate the design with the responsible owners. Implementation and any specialist legal or compliance review are scoped separately.
04Process & Data ReadinessWhat must be ready before this workflow uses AI?
Examine one workflow’s handoffs, exceptions, data dependencies, and operating constraints. Separate what is known from what still needs evidence.
- Format
- A scoped diagnostic and working session. Preparation depends on the evidence and access available.
- Bring
- The process owner, workflow examples, data definitions, known issues, and approved or sanitized inputs.
- Working outputs
- A draft workflow and dependency map, evidence gaps, named owners, and a sequenced preparation backlog.
- Follow-through
- Check findings against the actual process and source evidence before making a readiness or rollout decision.
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Match the format
to the decision.
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Focused decision sessions
Work through one bounded question and capture a draft decision brief or next action.
Typically 60–90 minutes. Scope is narrower than a half-day workshop.
Half-day transformation workshops
Bring the relevant roles together to examine the work, responsibilities, dependencies, and next test.
Timing and prework depend on the workshop and evidence available.
Workshop with follow-through
Combine preparation, facilitation, review, and validation actions around the agreed business question.
A scoped engagement, with responsibilities and review points agreed together.
Make the work move
A workshop starts it.
Follow-through counts.
Use the session to agree what matters and who owns the next move. Review the drafts against your evidence, resolve open questions, and decide what to test.
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What to bring
An owned business question, the relevant process and decision makers, and approved or sanitized examples. Prework and tool access are agreed for the scope. Fictional examples can frame a discussion; your operating decisions need your evidence.
Scope and fees
Preparation, facilitation, review, deliverables, and fees are agreed before booking. Workshop outputs are drafts for client review. Implementation, production deployment, and ongoing oversight are separate scopes.
Materials, delivery roles, permitted reuse, and any partner branding are agreed in writing for each engagement.
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Your team. Your next move.
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