A Plan Your Board Will Actually Sign Off
A twelve-month AI strategy that names the opportunities, the investments, the risks, and the people. Board-ready. Sequenced. Tied to measurable business outcomes. Built by people who will also execute it if you ask.
Indicative scope
- function
- twelve-month roadmap
- volume
- ten-day delivery
- region
- ZA-scoped
Indicative scope. Real engagement values confirmed at proposal.
What We Deliver
Most AI strategy documents die in a drawer because they are too abstract to act on or too generic to matter. Ours come with named opportunities, ranked investments, skills and hiring implications, POPIA and risk positioning, and a twelve-month sequenced roadmap that an executive team can actually read and argue with. We write for the boardroom, the finance committee, and the operating team at the same time.
Everything Included
Board-Ready Output
The final document is written to be read by a CEO and a finance committee, not an AI team. No jargon, no hand-waving, no vapour.
Opportunities Named and Ranked
Specific use cases tied to specific departments, scored on cost, effort, risk, and payback.
Operating Model Included
Who owns AI in the business, how decisions get made, how budget flows, and where capability needs to live.
Twelve-Month Sequenced Roadmap
Quarter-by-quarter view of what gets built, what gets evaluated, and what decisions need to land before the next phase.
Skills and Hiring Built In
Honest read on what capability your team has today, what needs upskilling, and what needs hiring or contracting.
POPIA and Risk Positioning
Compliance posture, governance model, and the board-level risks you need to be explicit about.
What Success Looks Like
Every engagement is defined by the outcomes we commit to. Work output matters only to the extent that those outcomes land.
- A board-ready twelve-month AI strategy
- A sequenced delivery roadmap with named opportunities and effort estimates
- An operating model covering ownership, governance, and budget flow
- A skills and hiring plan calibrated to your existing capability
- A POPIA and risk position statement suitable for board sign-off
Our Process
Leadership Interviews
Structured conversations with CEO, COO, CFO, CTO, and function heads to understand priorities and constraints.
Operational Diagnostic
Quick scan of current operations, data posture, and AI readiness across the functions in scope.
Opportunity Landscape
A scored register of every AI opportunity the diagnostic surfaces.
Roadmap Workshop
Full-day session with the executive team to agree priorities, sequencing, and investment shape.
Written Strategy
The board-ready document, including operating model, roadmap, and risk posture.
Board Presentation
We present the strategy to your board or executive committee if useful. Fee includes one such session.
Your AI Strategy questions, answered
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