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Step 1: Get ready

Readiness quiz

Ten honest questions about your team, your data, and the environment you are operating in. When you finish, you will see the focus areas to address before building anything.

Building buy-in

The biggest obstacle to AI adoption is rarely technical. It is almost always about who the current system works well for. Map your stakeholders before moving forward.

Who currently benefits from the way things are done?
Who stands to gain from a change?
Who might resist, and why?
How will you bring them along?

Identify your champion

Every successful AI project has an internal owner who cares whether it works and has the authority to drive it forward. If you cannot identify this person, stop here until you can.

The champion needs

  • Authority to make decisions
  • Time to dedicate to the project
  • Credibility with the team

Do this now

  1. 01

    Get your champion’s commitment in writing.

  2. 02

    Get your leadership’s buy-in on the specific problem you want to solve.

  3. 03

    Run a short session with your team: what do we know about AI? What worries us?