Strategy & Readiness
AI Strategy & Operating Model
An enterprise AI strategy your executive team will actually run — with an operating model, funding rules, and governance charter.
6–10 weeks Fixed fee or T&M
Enterprise AI strategy aligned to corporate goals: where to play, how to win, and how to organise. We design the AI studio or centre of excellence, the funding and stage-gate model, build-buy-partner rules, and the governance charter that keeps the portfolio honest.
Who it's for
- Executive teams setting a multi-year AI direction
- Chief Data / AI Officers standing up a central capability
- Boards that want a strategy with accountability built in
What you get
Strategy document with explicit choices and trade-offs
Operating model: roles, decision rights, and interfaces with IT and business units
Funding model and stage-gate criteria
Governance charter and talent plan
How it works
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01
Ambition
Align leadership on the role AI plays in the corporate strategy and the risk appetite.
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Portfolio
Build or refine the use-case portfolio and the sequencing logic.
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Operating model
Design the organisation, funding, and decision rights to deliver it.
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Mobilise
First 100 days plan, hiring profile, and vendor strategy.
Questions
Usually a hub-and-spoke: a small central team owning platform, governance, and standards; business units owning use cases. We tailor the split to your scale and regulatory exposure.