For executive sponsors and AI program owners with pilots multiplying and no decision yet on which to fund.
We get your AI decisions made with evidence instead of opinion: which uses to fund, in what order, under what controls, and who owns each. The strategy ends with a 90-day plan for the first builds.
The strategy comes in three sizes, from an executive direction sprint to a regulated, multi-region program. Once it is approved, an activation sprint builds the first proofs. Add-on modules go deeper on one topic at any size.
Estimated 2–3 weeks
Alignment, a readiness snapshot, opportunity themes, and a decision on whether a full strategy is the next step.
Sponsors who aren’t aligned yet, or a question not ready for a full strategy.
Estimated 8 weeks
What you walk away with: 10 connected documents, from an executive decision brief to a 90-day plan, with named owners and the first written rules for who may use AI, on what data, and with whose approval.
Several business functions with AI pilots competing for one budget.
Estimated 12–16 weeks
The full strategy, split by jurisdiction or line of business, with deeper assurance where decisions are regulated.
Operations in several jurisdictions, or AI decisions a regulator will review.
Estimated 8–12 weeks
The minimum governance, the platform foundations, and one to three controlled proofs of concept.
Deeper work on one topic, added to any size: Copilot planning, agent governance, Microsoft Foundry, data and Fabric, enterprise knowledge and search, ISO/IEC 42001, and workforce and change.
A strategy that needs depth on one topic without widening the whole scope.
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The HR department at a major New York City university knew AI could help but had no shared way to decide where.
No. We start with Microsoft and record the alternatives considered for each use case, including third-party products and no AI at all.
No. Production design, configuration, deployment, and proofs of concept are scoped separately after you approve the strategy, often as an AI Activation Sprint. Keeping them separate means the strategy isn’t written to sell the build.
Yes. The regulated and global version splits the work by geography or line of business and adds deeper controls and assurance. We don’t give legal opinions, and regulatory interpretation stays with your counsel.
An executive sponsor who owns the decisions, a program owner for the day to day, access to the people in business, IT, data, security, risk, and finance, and your existing materials. Without a sponsor, a proposal may recommend the smaller Executive AI Direction Sprint, which ends with a decision on whether a full strategy is next.
Against baselines, with ranges and stated confidence rather than one ROI number. Each investment case separates the time savings you can capture from theoretical ones.
It depends on how many business functions are in scope and whether the work is regulated or spans several jurisdictions. Each option above lists its estimated length, and the proposal sets yours.
It starts with a 60-minute call. If we need more to scope it, a short questionnaire follows. Then a written proposal and statement of work. Once you approve, we begin with the Assess phase.
