Track 02 · AI Readiness
Where would AI actually pay in your business, and what has to be true before it does?
The return comes from one process where the manual cost is real and being wrong is cheap, governed properly, before anyone buys a platform. Five layers have to hold underneath it: data that is good enough for that job, a defined process, a named owner, scoped access, and a use case worth the effort.
Most AI budgets get committed before anyone has decided what the money is supposed to change. This track works the other way around. Find the process where manual effort is costing you real hours or lost revenue, check the five things that have to be true before you automate it, and put a number on what another year of the current way of working costs.
The reading path
Start here, then this.
- Insight Where to start with AI
- Tool The cost of standing still
What another year of the current way of working costs, in your own numbers.
Common questions
Straight answers.
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Do we need perfect data before we can use AI?
No, and waiting for it is the expensive option. You need data that is good enough for one specific use case. Readiness is per use case, not a company-wide gate, so a narrow first project rarely needs a full cleanup ahead of it.
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What should our first AI project be?
One where the manual cost is obvious, the process is well understood, and being wrong is cheap to undo. Real hours returned with a small blast radius is what funds the second project while the governance is still forming.
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Should we hire an AI team before we start?
Usually not. A new team is a permanent cost against a question you have not answered yet. One accountable owner plus fractional senior leadership gets you to the first working system for a fraction of the payroll, because the first job is judgment about what to build.
Ready to act on this?
The reading path is the self-serve version. When you want it applied to your own business, this is the next step.
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