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Readiness Roadmaps™

Practical, step-by-step plans you can start today. Pick the timeframe that fits, download it as a PDF and tick off each action.

30-Day AI Readiness Roadmap

Get clarity and quick wins in one month — no budget sign-off needed.

Week 1 · Baseline
- Take the free AI Readiness Assessment
- Name one senior AI sponsor
- List the AI tools staff already use
Week 2 · Guardrails
- Agree a one-page AI use policy
- Set rules for what data must never go into AI tools
- Brief all staff on the rules
Week 3 · Opportunities
- Map three repetitive, time-heavy tasks
- Estimate hours saved per task
- Pick one low-risk task to pilot
Week 4 · First pilot
- Run a two-week pilot with 2–3 people
- Track time saved and quality
- Decide: scale, adjust or stop

Move from experiments to a repeatable way of adopting AI.

Days 1–30 · Foundations
- Complete the assessment and share results with leadership
- Publish an AI use policy and data-sharing rules
- Appoint AI champions in each team
Days 31–60 · Pilots
- Run two to three measured pilots
- Check data quality for each pilot
- Train pilot users on safe, effective prompting
Days 61–90 · Embed
- Roll out the best pilot to the wider team
- Set up review loops and an incident log
- Re-assess and update your roadmap

Build lasting AI maturity across all six readiness pillars.

Q1 · Ready
- Baseline score and leadership sponsorship
- Policy, data rules and vendor risk checklist
- First pilots and quick wins
Q2 · Capable
- Company-wide AI skills training
- Data clean-up and integration fixes
- Scale two proven use cases
Q3 · Governed
- Formal oversight, monitoring and incident response
- Quarterly ROI reporting to leadership
- Process mapping for automation
Q4 · Scaling
- Re-assess and benchmark against peers
- Refresh tool choices and risks
- Set next year's AI strategy

The free assessment scores your six readiness pillars and builds a roadmap tailored to your weakest areas.