Where you stand
Most AI programmes I review started with a vendor demo and worked backwards. These tools run the other way: they score where you are today, show which processes are already covered, and rank the use cases worth funding first.
Usually opened by CEOs, strategy leads and anyone asked to "do something with AI" this year.
8 tools in this group, all free with a printable result
- Assessment
AI Readiness Self-Assessment
Are we ready to deploy AI, and where should we focus first?
- When to use it
- Your first look. Use it before a strategy offsite or a vendor shortlist.
- What you get
- A scored result across five dimensions with one prioritised next step.
- Effort
- 5 questions, about 10 minutes
- Last updated
- 29 Sept 2026
- Assessment
Organisational AI Readiness Quiz
Across data, process, technology, people and governance, which one is holding us back?
- When to use it
- After the self-assessment, when you need the detail by dimension for a leadership team.
- What you get
- An 85-point score, a readiness tier and a roadmap for that tier.
- Effort
- 17 questions, about 15 minutes
- Last updated
- 29 Sept 2026
- Diagnostic
AI Value Sequence Diagnostic
Have we built the capabilities DBS built, in the order it built them?
- When to use it
- When the board asks why your AI spend is not yet showing up in the numbers.
- What you get
- The DBS era you most resemble and the first capability gap to close.
- Effort
- 9 questions
- Last updated
- 2 Oct 2026
- Decision tool
AI Acceptable Use Policy Builder
Our staff already use ChatGPT and Copilot. What should our written rules say?
- When to use it
- Before you publish a first AI policy, or when staff use AI and nothing is written down.
- What you get
- An editable ten-section policy with a traffic-light data table, each clause referenced to ISO/IEC 42001, NIST AI RMF, IMDA or the PDPA, plus the decisions still open.
- Effort
- 12 questions, about 8 minutes
- Last updated
- 25 Oct 2026
- Decision tool
AI Use Case Prioritisation Matrix
Of the use cases on the table, which do we fund first, and how much autonomy can each one have?
- When to use it
- When you have more ideas than budget and need a ranking you can defend.
- What you get
- A business merit score and a separate autonomy clearance tier for each use case.
- Effort
- Up to 5 use cases, 6 dimensions each
- Last updated
- 2 Oct 2026
- Diagnostic
Business Automation Map
Which of our processes already use AI, and where are the gaps worth filling?
- When to use it
- When you suspect AI is being used piecemeal and want the whole picture on one page.
- What you get
- A live impact-versus-effort quadrant of your 12 core processes.
- Effort
- 12 processes, a few clicks each
- Last updated
- 30 Sept 2026
- Diagnostic
Workforce AI Readiness Diagnostic
Are our people ready to adopt AI, as well as our systems?
- When to use it
- Before widening an AI rollout, or when adoption has stalled and training has not fixed it.
- What you get
- A score on eight people dimensions, an overall tier, a 90-day plan for your two weakest, and a literacy target for each role.
- Effort
- 18 questions, about 10 minutes
- Last updated
- 25 Oct 2026
- Assessment
Chief AI Officer Personality Test
What kind of AI leader am I, and where are my blind spots?
- When to use it
- When you are stepping into an AI leadership role, or hiring for one.
- What you get
- Your CAIO archetype with a scored suitability report.
- Effort
- 24 questions, about 14 minutes
- Last updated
- 29 Sept 2026
Other groups
- Value and ROIModel the return before you build, then measure the return you are getting.
- Board and governanceThe checks a board, a regulator or an auditor will ask for.
- Agent labsCheck the task suits an agent, then build one in your browser and test it against real launch standards.
- Build, buy and runChoose the vendor, the contract and the data foundation, then keep the system healthy.
- ReferenceThe frameworks, patterns and rubrics behind every tool above.
Work through it together
The workshop turns these diagnostics into a half-day session with a benchmarked scorecard and roadmap. Or book a private session on your specific situation.

If you only open one of these, open the self-assessment. It takes ten minutes and the answer is usually the same conversation I'd have with you in the first hour of an engagement.









