AI Readiness Assessment

A comprehensive on-site assessment starting at $2,500, fixed price. We observe how your team actually works, evaluate where AI fits and where it doesn’t, and review what is already going into AI tools. You get a written AI usage policy, an approved tool list, and a prioritized roadmap of what to set up first, what it costs, and what it saves. Everything is yours to keep, and it is built so you start seeing measurable results within 14 days.

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Four Deliverables, All Yours To Keep

01
Workflow Observation & Tool Inventory

We sit with your team and watch how work actually gets done, then map every tool in use and exactly where AI fits, and where it doesn’t.

02
Data Safety & Vendor Review

What your team is already putting into AI tools, where that data goes, and what needs to stop. We read the vendor terms your team clicked past: whether inputs train the model, what retention really is, and whether a BAA or DPA is available if you need one.

03
AI Usage Policy & Approved Tool List

A plain-language policy your team will actually follow, plus a named list of approved tools with the account type and settings that make each one safe. Ready to hand to employees on day one.

04
Prioritized Roadmap

What to set up first, what it costs, and what it saves, ranked by impact and tied to the metrics we agreed on at kickoff.

Governance Built In, Not Bolted On

Somewhere in your business, a good employee is deciding on their own whether a client name can go into a chatbot. Governance is how you stop asking people to guess. Every assessment includes a written usage policy, an approved tool list, and vendor terms actually read. A few usable pages built to hold up to California and federal AI rules, not a framework nobody opens. On-Going Support keeps it current as the tools and the rules change.

Regulated Firms

Healthcare practices under HIPAA, law firms under state bar guidance and ABA Formal Opinion 512, advisors with recordkeeping duties, and public agencies under the California Public Records Act. Each gets the general policy plus its own specific lines drawn.

Firms Answering A Client Questionnaire

Enterprise clients and insurers increasingly ask whether you have an AI policy. A written, current, actually-followed policy turns that from a scramble into an attachment.

Rollout & Sign-Off

A policy nobody was trained on is decoration. We brief your team live, answer the real questions, and give you a sign-off record and an onboarding version for new hires.

Kickoff To Roadmap, Start To Finish

01
Kickoff & Metrics

A 30-minute kickoff over video or in person. We learn how your business runs, agree on the metrics that matter, and fix the price in a written proposal before any work starts.

02
On-Site Observation

We interview your staff, audit the tools in use, and map where your data flows today. Nothing changes yet. We listen, document, and capture the baselines.

03
Policy & Roadmap Handover

We hand over your AI usage policy and approved tool list, walk leadership through the prioritized roadmap, and scope any training or custom work the roadmap calls for.

Starting At $2,500, Fixed

One fixed price, scoped to your headcount at the kickoff and confirmed in a written proposal before work starts. No hourly billing, no hidden fees. AI policy and governance are included, and everything we hand over is yours whether or not you continue onto On-Going Support.

Questions, Answered

How long does the assessment take?

Most assessments wrap up in about two weeks from kickoff to handover, depending on team size. The schedule is set at the kickoff and confirmed in the written proposal.

What does the assessment cost?

The AI Readiness Assessment starts at $2,500 as a fixed price, scoped to your headcount at the kickoff and confirmed in a written proposal before work starts. There is no hourly billing and no surprises.

Do we need anyone technical on our side?

No. The assessment exists for businesses that want effective AI integration but do not have anyone technical to own it. We handle the technical decisions and explain everything in plain language.

What do we actually walk away with?

Four things you keep regardless of what you do next: a workflow observation and tool inventory, a data safety and vendor review, a written AI usage policy with an approved tool list, and a prioritized roadmap with costs and savings.

What should an AI usage policy include?

At minimum: which AI tools are approved and in what account tier, what categories of data may never be entered, when AI-assisted output needs human review before it leaves the business, disclosure expectations for client-facing work, who to ask when something is unclear, and how the policy gets updated. For most businesses that is a few pages, not a framework. Being specific enough to answer a real question is the point.

Is an AI policy a legal document? Do we need a lawyer?

We write the operational policy: the tool list, the data rules, the review steps, and the rollout. Where an obligation is genuinely legal, such as a BAA, a client contract amendment, an employment handbook change, or a bar-specific duty, that belongs with your counsel, and we flag exactly which items those are. Many clients have their attorney review the finished policy, which we encourage.

Are we locked into anything afterward?

No. The assessment is standalone and everything in it is yours to keep. Most clients continue onto On-Going Support at $30 per employee per month because the roadmap makes the next steps obvious, but that is entirely your call.

Is employee training included?

The assessment identifies which roles need training and on what. Employee AI Training itself is scoped separately, usually in the same proposal, so you only pay for the sessions your team actually needs.

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Start With A Free 30-Minute Kickoff

Get a price range in two minutes, then a 30-minute kickoff over video or in person. We map where AI fits your workflows, agree on the metrics that matter, and follow up with a written proposal.

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