The service
The AI Direction Diagnostic
A structured strategic diagnostic that helps leadership determine where AI should — and should not — receive investment. It begins with the business, not the technology.
Who it’s for
For leaders with more AI options than clear priorities.
- Founders and CEOs weighing where to place AI investment
- Leadership teams with more AI options than clear priorities
- Transformation and strategy leaders shaping an AI agenda
- Boards seeking a defensible basis for AI decisions
What it assesses
Four questions, in order.
- 01
Direction
What makes the business valuable, and where it is going.
- 02
Advantage
The distinctive strength worth protecting and extending.
- 03
Opportunity
Where AI could genuinely support that direction.
- 04
Readiness
Whether the organisation can actually execute.
What you receive
A direction you can act on.
- 01Business direction
- 02Distinctive advantage
- 03AI decision filter
- 04Prioritised AI opportunities
- 05Readiness assessment
- 06Risks and blockers
- 07Investment recommendations
- 0890-day action direction
The decisions produced
Every opportunity resolves to one of five.
- Do NowStrategically valuable and sufficiently ready.
- Build TowardValuable, but readiness gaps must be closed first.
- BuyUseful, but not strategically differentiating.
- Not YetThe problem or opportunity isn’t defined enough.
- StopThe risk or strategic case doesn’t justify proceeding.