01
Strategy & Leadership
Clear goals for AI, someone who owns them, and budget to act.
- If you score under 50
- Name an AI owner and one measurable 90-day goal.
- If you score 50–74
- Turn your ideas into an ROI-ranked roadmap.
Free AI Readiness Assessment
How AI-ready is your business?
Fifteen quick questions across the five pillars that decide whether AI pays off: strategy, data, processes, people and governance. You'll get a 0–100 readiness score, your tier, your weakest pillars and a prioritized plan — on screen, no email required.
- 01Strategy & LeadershipClear goals for AI, someone who owns them, and budget to act.
- 02Data & SystemsWhere your data lives, how clean and connected it is, and how quickly you can report on it.
- 03Processes & OperationsHow well your workflows are documented, measured and already automated.
- 04People & CultureHow your team uses AI today, how they handle change, and the training they've had.
- 05Governance & RiskYour AI policy, how you protect sensitive data, and how you measure whether AI works.
Free15 questionsAbout 5 minutesNo email required
First, a little about your business.
Optional, but it lets us estimate how much time AI and automation could give back to your team.
How scoring works
A transparent, five-pillar score.
Each of the 15 questions is scored 0–3. Every pillar becomes a 0–100 score, and your overall score is the average of the five.
0–39
Explorer
Build the foundations first.
You're early — which is fine, and common. A few low-cost foundations will make every AI investment after them faster, cheaper and safer.
40–59
Experimenter
Ready for targeted pilots.
There's real interest and some groundwork. The risk now is scattered experiments that never ship. Focus on two or three pilots with clear baselines and an owner.
60–79
Builder
Ready to scale AI across your workflows.
Your foundations are solid. You're ready to connect AI to your core systems, deploy agents with human review, and measure results across the business.
80–100
Leader
Optimize and compound.
You have the strategy, data, processes and guardrails most businesses are still building. The opportunity now is custom AI on your own data and AI built into how you serve customers.
The framework
What each pillar measures — and what to do about it.
The same framework we use in our paid AI Opportunity Assessment, condensed into fifteen questions.
02
Data & Systems
Where your data lives, how clean and connected it is, and how quickly you can report on it.
- If you score under 50
- Move core data into a real system of record.
- If you score 50–74
- Connect your systems and automate one KPI dashboard.
03
Processes & Operations
How well your workflows are documented, measured and already automated.
- If you score under 50
- Document your three most repetitive workflows.
- If you score 50–74
- Automate one high-volume workflow end to end.
04
People & Culture
How your team uses AI today, how they handle change, and the training they've had.
- If you score under 50
- Run a hands-on AI workshop and approve one tool.
- If you score 50–74
- Create role-based playbooks and AI champions.
05
Governance & Risk
Your AI policy, how you protect sensitive data, and how you measure whether AI works.
- If you score under 50
- Write a short AI acceptable-use policy this month.
- If you score 50–74
- Add data rules, vendor review and success metrics.
Want the full picture?
Read the complete framework guide
Diagnostic questions, scoring rubrics and the most common gaps we see, pillar by pillar.
The 5-pillar AI readiness frameworkFAQ
About the assessment
Still have a question? Ask us directly.
What is an AI readiness assessment?
An AI readiness assessment measures how prepared your business is to adopt AI successfully. Ours scores five pillars — Strategy & Leadership, Data & Systems, Processes & Operations, People & Culture, and Governance & Risk — and turns the results into a prioritized list of what to do next, so you invest in AI in the right order.
How is the score calculated?
Each of the 15 questions is scored from 0 to 3. Each pillar's three answers are converted to a 0–100 score, and your overall score is the average of the five pillars. Scores map to four tiers: Explorer (0–39), Experimenter (40–59), Builder (60–79) and Leader (80–100).
Do I have to give my email to see my results?
No. Your results appear on screen as soon as you finish, and your answers stay in your browser. If you'd like a consultant to walk through them with you, you can choose to send your results to our team at the end.
How accurate is the time-savings estimate?
It's a rough, transparent estimate: your team size times a 40-hour week times the share of time spent on repetitive work, times an assumption that AI and automation can take on 30–50% of that work. Your real number depends on your workflows, which is exactly what our AI Opportunity Assessment measures.
What's the difference between this and the AI Opportunity Assessment?
This free tool takes about five minutes and tells you where you stand. The AI Opportunity Assessment is a two-to-three-week engagement where we interview your team, map your workflows, review your data, baseline your KPIs and deliver an ROI-ranked AI roadmap with payback estimates.