The company has many possible initiatives
Leadership needs a basis for prioritising attention, investment and ownership across a broad set of ideas.
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AI advisory and business design
Advisory and hands-on development for leadership teams deciding where AI can change operating work, customer value, cost, capacity or the product itself.
About the work
AI advisory and business design
A useful AI initiative begins with a specific part of the business. The relevant questions concern the work being done, the people involved, the economic mechanism, the customer consequence and the evidence needed for an investment decision.
I help leadership teams select a material opportunity, create a working proof and design the path from experiment to operating use. The work can combine executive advice, workflow analysis, prototyping and business-case development.
When this is useful
Situations I can help with
A workflow appears ready for redesign
A repeated task, decision or service process can be examined with current AI capabilities in mind.
The investment needs practical evidence
A working version and a measurable business mechanism can improve the next leadership decision.
Working process
How an engagement works
Business and workflow analysis
We map the current work, cost, decisions, customer value, data and operational dependencies.
Opportunity selection
We choose a bounded use case with a responsible owner, a credible mechanism and a measurable result.
Working proof
I build or help build a focused version in contact with the real workflow and intended users.
Operating design
We define ownership, measures, integration choices and the next 90 days.
Typical material
What the work can produce
Opportunity map
A prioritised view of relevant AI opportunities and the business mechanisms behind them.
Working prototype
A focused version that demonstrates the proposed capability in a real context.
Business case
An evidence-based view of the expected effect on cost, speed, capacity, service, revenue or product capability.
90-day implementation brief
Ownership, sequencing, measures and technical decisions for the next phase.
Formats
Ways to structure the work
AI opportunity session
A leadership session that ranks the most relevant opportunities and defines the first test.
AI Opportunity Sprint
Ten working days from business context to one selected opportunity, a proof and an operating brief.
Prototype and operating design
A hands-on engagement that develops the proof, workflow, business case and implementation path together.
Relevant experience
Background brought into the engagement
I combine commercial and operating experience with direct work in current AI systems. That lets me move between the executive question, the workflow, the economics and the first working version.
Download the Strategic AI Advisory briefPractical details
Common questions
Where does an AI engagement begin?
It begins with a part of the business: a workflow, decision, service, customer interaction or product capability with meaningful economic or strategic relevance.
How far can the work go?
I can support opportunity selection, build the first proof and design the route into operation with the internal team and relevant implementation partners.
What evidence do we use?
The evidence depends on the case and can include time, cost, capacity, service quality, decision quality, revenue potential and user behaviour.
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