Fifteen questions. No sales pitch. At the end you'll have an honest read of where your business actually sits — and whether the conditions for real, durable change are present.
Most businesses in the industrial and technical sector sit at Stage 1 or 2 and feel like they're at Stage 3. That's not a criticism — it's the most common finding. Answer what's true now, not what you're planning.
1
Tools in the building
Some staff use AI for personal tasks. Nothing about the business has changed.
2
Productivity layer
Individuals are faster on specific tasks. Workflows, roles, and decisions are identical to pre-AI.
3
Workflow integration
At least one process has been redesigned around AI. Some roles have started to shift.
4
AI as a colleague
Roles redesigned. AI carries accumulated context. Decisions made with AI in the loop. Hard to reverse.
5
AI-native
New hires oriented to AI from day one. Firm could not function without it — by deliberate design.
Stage 4 is where the questions below are oriented. The engagement runs from Stage 2–3 toward Stage 4.
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Section 1 of 5 — Where you actually are now
How embedded is generative AI in your business today?
Not what's installed — what's actually in use, consistently, by the team.
My team uses generative AI tools consistently — not just occasionally when someone remembers to.
We've seen individual productivity gains from AI — but I wouldn't say the business itself operates any differently.
At least one workflow in our business has been genuinely redesigned around AI — not just sped up by it.
Section 2 of 5 — Your own role in this
Are you willing to change how you personally work — first?
The engagement is owner-led by design. If the owner isn't the first adopter, the change doesn't cascade.
I'm willing to change how I personally work before asking my team to change — not delegate this and observe from a distance.
I'm looking for an honest read of where we are — not validation of decisions I've already made.
I can sustain attention on this for 12 months — it's not a side project that competes with everything else.
Section 3 of 5 — How deep the use goes
Is AI embedded in how decisions get made — or just in how tasks get done?
The gap between these two is usually where firms are stuck.
When someone in my business has a question, they sometimes go to AI before going to a colleague.
Our AI use carries context from previous sessions — it knows things about our business that we've built up over time.
We've tried to go deeper with AI and hit a wall — the tools are there but the change in how we work isn't happening.
Section 4 of 5 — How decisions get made
Do you have shared rules for how AI gets used?
Most firms don't. The absence of judgment infrastructure is the core problem the engagement addresses.
We don't have shared protocols for how AI gets used in our business — it's individual and ad hoc.
Nobody in the business is systematically checking whether AI outputs are creating problems downstream.
Our business knowledge isn't built into our AI in any structured way — every session starts from scratch.
Section 5 of 5 — The practicalities
Are the structural conditions for a 12-month engagement present?
Three clients per year. The engagement only works when these conditions are genuinely met.
My business has between 20 and 200 people.
We operate in industrial, engineering, technical, construction, telecoms, manufacturing, or professional services.
I could commit 12 months to fundamentally changing how my business operates — not treat this as a pilot or a trial.
Your position — integration depth × judgment infrastructure
Tools without judgment
Deployed deeply but no shared protocols. The most common engagement entry point.
Already mature
High depth and strong protocols. You may not need this engagement.
Early stage
Low depth and low judgment. Engagement would be premature — build the basics first.
Judgment without depth
You think clearly about AI but haven't deployed capability. Strong engagement candidate.
The next step is a diagnostic conversation — not a proposal.
45 minutes. We work through where your business actually is, what's blocking the change, and whether the engagement is the right fit for both of us. Three clients per year — the constraint is real. If it's not right, you'll know that too, with a clearer picture of what to do first.