AI readiness assessment
Know how ready your organisation is for AI, and what to do first.
Before you buy a tool or hire a consultant, find out where AI will pay off in your organisation, where it will not yet, and what to do in the next 90 days.
Fixed price · Fully remote · No software recommended
Why it matters
The expensive AI mistakes are made before anyone buys a tool.
Starting on the wrong process, with data nobody owns and nobody accountable. The assessment finds those problems while they are still cheap to fix.
Start on the right process
One ranked list of what to try first, what to wait on and what to leave alone.
Spend after you know
Find out which processes and which data are ready before you buy software or sign a contract.
One plan your leaders own
Your leadership team leaves with measurable goals, each with a named owner and a date.
Find the risks early
Privacy, sector rules and unsafe use of public AI tools, flagged before a regulator, a client or a newspaper finds them.
Evidence you can use
A score and a plan you can put in a board paper, a grant application or a tender. The report is yours to share.
A baseline to beat
A score for each area that you can measure again in six months to show progress.
Questions leaders bring us
- Where should we start with AI?
- Is our data good enough?
- What are we exposed to if staff already use public AI tools?
- What do we tell the board?
Sample report
See what you receive
A four-page extract from a fictional clinic group. It shows the format and the kind of finding you get. Your report is written for your organisation and runs 6 to 8 pages.
Sample · fictional organisation
Northgate Clinics
Readiness report
51/ 100
Developing
Ranked findings
- 01Start with appointment remindersStrategy · Effort: low
- 02Give patient contact data one owner and one homeData · Effort: medium
- 03Write the one-page rule on public AI toolsGovernance · Effort: low
What is in the full report
- Summary: your score, the three things that matter most, the one thing to do first
- Score by area, with a reason for each
- A one-page map of how work really moves
- Up to ten ranked findings with effort, cost of waiting and an owner
- Objectives and key results agreed by your leaders
- A 90-day plan with named owners and dates
- Risks and compliance flags
- Your options, including doing the work without us
How it works
The Essentials review, step by step
Two weeks from kickoff, all on video. Your team gives about 30 minutes to the intake, 40 minutes to each of four interviews and 90 minutes to one leadership session. We do the rest. Professional and Enterprise follow the same method across more teams.
01
Pay
Pay online, in full or as a 50% deposit. Public bodies can ask for an invoice. After you pay, we email you the intake and the link to book your sessions.
02
Fill in the intake
24 short questions about your organisation, about 30 minutes, and the names of the four people to interview. The two weeks start when both are in.
03
Four interviews
Days 1 to 5. Forty minutes each: a leader, a manager, and two people who do the work.
04
Map and workshop
A one-page map of how decisions and reporting really move, then a 90-minute session with your leaders to set measurable, owned goals.
05
Score, plan, readout
By day 10: a readiness score from 0 to 100, ranked findings and a 90-day plan with named owners, then a 30-minute readout.
The score
Six areas, scored the same way for everyone
The same questions for every organisation, so your score means something.
Strategy and use cases
Where AI would help, and who owns it
Data
What you have, how clean it is, what you may use
Processes and workflows
Whether the work is documented and repeatable
Technology and security
Whether your systems can connect safely
People and skills
Whether staff can use and challenge AI output
Governance and risk
Rules, accountability and regulation
0 to 39
Foundational
Fix the basics before any pilot.
40 to 59
Developing
Pick one low-risk use case and build beside it.
60 to 79
Ready to pilot
Run a scoped pilot with a named owner.
80 to 100
Scaling
Extend to more teams and tighten governance.
Three sizes
Choose the size that fits
The same six-area score and the same method at every size. Advisory only: the report is the deliverable, and no software is installed.
One team
Essentials
$2,500
One team, directorate or small organisation
- Online intake, 24 questions
- Four interviews and a 90-minute leadership session
- One-page map of how work really moves
- Score 0 to 100 and a score for each of six areas
- Ranked findings and a 90-day plan with named owners
Two weeks from kickoff, all remote
Buy Essentials, $2,500Larger organisations
Professional
$10,000
A whole organisation or a large business unit
- Four department reviews and a 90-minute leadership session
- Review of up to two core systems
- Business cases for your top three AI use cases
- Vendor-neutral options shortlist
- 90-day roadmap with owners and measures, and a 30-day check-in
Four weeks from kickoff, on site or remote
Buy Professional, $10,000Groups
Enterprise
From $25,000
A group, multi-site or multi-division organisation
- Up to eight divisions, each interviewed and reviewed
- Pilot design for one use case
- Draft AI-use policy pack and risk register
- Two staff training sessions
- Executive or board readout and 60 days of support
About eight weeks, then 60 days of support
Book a 30-minute call for a quoteEssentials and Professional are paid up front, in full or as a 50% deposit; after you pay we confirm the departments and systems on a kickoff call. Enterprise depends on the number of divisions, so it is quoted on a call and invoiced, with 50% due before work starts. We will sign an NDA first if you need one. If you move up from Essentials within 60 days, your $2,500 is credited.
This is a new service. Your score is not compared with other organisations yet; we will publish benchmarks only once we hold at least 20 assessments.
Start
Start your review
Choose a size, pay, and we email you the intake and the link to book your interviews and leadership session.
What every review promises
Three things we put in writing
No software recommended
The report does not tell you to buy anything. One section lists your options, including doing the work without us.
You own the output
Share it, publish it, or use it in a procurement. It is yours.
Conflicts disclosed first
If this work would bar us from a later bid under donor rules, we tell you in writing before we start.
Questions
What people ask first
Is there a sample report?+
Yes. Download a four-page extract from a fictional clinic group above. It shows the format and the kind of finding you receive. Your own report is written for your organisation.
Who runs the review?+
A Cari assessor. Cari builds government, finance, trade and health software; the review is advisory and does not require you to use any Cari product.
What do I need to prepare?+
Fill in the 24-question intake and nominate four people for 40-minute interviews: one leader, one manager and two who do the work. Your leadership team joins one 90-minute session, which you book after you pay.
What happens to the information I share?+
It is used to prepare your report and score. We keep only the report and the scoring sheet, and delete any recording after 30 days unless you agree otherwise.
Will you tell me to buy something?+
No. The report does not recommend software. A short section sets out your options, including how to proceed without Cari.
Can I reschedule or cancel?+
Write to us before kickoff and we will agree a new start date or the way to cancel. The terms for your tier are confirmed in writing before work starts.
Does a high score mean I should use AI everywhere?+
No. The score shows how ready you are. The plan shows where to start and what to avoid for now.
Start with one team.
Two weeks from kickoff to a score and a plan.