Identify worthwhile uses
Understand which tasks are suitable for AI and what improvement would make adoption worthwhile.
AI consultancy.
Independent advice on what AI could improve in your business and whether the expected benefit justifies the investment.
Start with an AI opportunity assessment
An assessment of a specific business process and whether AI would improve it enough to justify the cost and oversight.
We agree the process to examine and the information needed. The recommendation may be to trial AI, improve an existing system or leave the process as it is.
Before work starts, we agree the systems or process in scope, what you will receive, the timescale and the price.
What you receive
- A comparison of the current process, suitable AI uses and simpler alternatives.
- An outline business case including the work, running costs, checking and data considerations.
- A recommendation and, where useful, a limited trial with agreed measures of success.
Implementation oversight can be scoped separately with your existing IT team or provider.
When an independent assessment helps
You may have a proposed AI product but no clear account of what it would improve. Or staff may already be experimenting and you want a more considered approach. I help connect the opportunity to a piece of work the business understands.
We look at the expected improvement alongside cost, information handling and the effort needed to check the result. A limited trial may be useful; making better use of an existing system may also be the right answer.
What the advice gives you
Compare the alternatives
Consider the costs and benefits alongside improvements to the tools and processes you already use.
Decide whether to proceed
Get a recommendation you can use to approve a first project, change its scope or defer it.
Questions the work can answer
- What business problem would this use of AI address?
- What would count as a useful result, and how could we check it?
- Who would use, check and maintain it after introduction?
You receive an assessment of the options and a recommendation with the reasons explained. I can help oversee an agreed project and review whether it delivers the expected benefit.
An example situation
Invoice automation with financial control retained
A fictional construction and property business handles invoices across several teams. Repeated data entry and unclear approvals cause delays, and the finance lead is considering AI.
Potential benefit: Less repeated entry and fewer avoidable queries, if the trial demonstrates a worthwhile improvement after checking and running costs are included.
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Discuss what your business needs.
Tell me what you want to improve or understand. The initial conversation is free.