AI Readiness Assessment
A structured diagnostic that tells you exactly where your organisation stands on AI maturity, what to prioritise, and how to sequence the investments that actually compound.
What You Get
A Board-Ready AI Baseline
The assessment delivers a written diagnostic that leadership can action — not a slide deck of generic frameworks.
AI Maturity Baseline
Your current-state score across five dimensions: strategy, data, technology, governance, and workforce. Benchmarked against peer organisations.
Capability Gap Register
A prioritised list of the specific capabilities your organisation needs to develop — and which are blocking which use-cases.
Use-Case Shortlist
A ranked shortlist of 8–15 AI use-cases with value, effort, and risk ratings. Filtered for what is achievable at your current maturity.
Adoption Sequencing Plan
A 12–18 month phased plan — which use-cases to fund first, what capabilities to build in parallel, and what to defer.
The Process
Four Phases. Four to Six Weeks.
01
Discovery
Stakeholder interviews, document review, data inventory across 6–10 business areas.
02
Assessment
Maturity scoring, capability gap analysis, and use-case elicitation workshops.
03
Synthesis
Prioritisation, sequencing, operating model sketch, and board-narrative drafting.
04
Activation
Leadership workshop, Q&A, and handoff of the diagnostic report + implementation brief.
Questions
Common Questions
What is an AI readiness assessment?+
A structured diagnostic of an organisation's current AI maturity across five dimensions — strategy, data, technology, governance, and workforce — producing a baseline score, a prioritised capability gap list, and a sequenced adoption plan. The output is a board-ready document, not a vendor pitch.
How long does the assessment take?+
A full AI Readiness Assessment typically runs 4–6 weeks end-to-end: two weeks of discovery and stakeholder interviews, one week of analysis, and one to three weeks of synthesis, prioritisation, and leadership workshops. Faster variants (2 weeks) are available for focused single-business-unit scopes.
Who should sponsor an AI readiness assessment?+
Most successful engagements are sponsored jointly by the CEO or COO (business outcome authority) and the CTO or CIO (technical reality). Board sponsorship is valuable when AI adoption is being considered as a board-level strategic priority.
What do we get at the end?+
A written diagnostic report covering current-state maturity scoring, a prioritised capability gap register, an AI use-case shortlist with effort/value/risk ratings, a 12-18 month adoption sequencing plan, and an AI operating model sketch. Also a leadership workshop to socialise the findings.
Is the assessment vendor-neutral?+
Yes. Imagine Works is advisory-only — we do not build, sell, or resell AI products, platforms, or models. Our recommendations are independent of any vendor or implementation partner. If implementation support is needed after the assessment, we produce an implementation brief and hand it to your chosen delivery partner.
How much does it cost?+
Fixed-scope engagements start from INR 12L / GBP 12K for a single business unit assessment and scale based on organisational complexity, number of business units, and geographic scope. Pricing is transparent and fixed — no time-and-materials surprises.
Ready to Begin?
Know where you stand on AI maturity
Every successful AI transformation starts with an honest assessment of where the organisation actually is. Book a scoping call to discuss fit, timeline, and investment.
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