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    AI Readiness Assessment

    A structured evaluation of an organisation's capability to adopt and benefit from artificial intelligence across data, processes, technology, people, and leadership dimensions.

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    An AI Readiness Assessment is the essential first step before any AI investment. It identifies where your organisation sits on the readiness spectrum — from 'AI curious' to 'AI-native' — and produces a prioritised roadmap of what to fix before deploying AI. Without this foundation, AI projects fail not because of the technology, but because of unaddressed gaps in data quality, process documentation, or change management capability.

    Key Dimensions

    • Data readiness: quality, availability, governance, and labelling
    • Process maturity: documentation, standardisation, and automation potential
    • Technology infrastructure: cloud readiness, integration capability, security posture
    • People capability: AI literacy, change management appetite, technical skill availability
    • Leadership alignment: executive sponsorship, risk tolerance, investment commitment

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