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Find out how ready your organisation is for AI.
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Find the right AI initiatives for your business.
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Deploy AI with confidence, not crossed fingers.
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Governance policies tailored to your organisation.
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A trusted guide for your AI journey.
Learn more ↓AI Readiness Assessment
Find out where you stand before you start spending.
What it is
Find out whether your business is ready to invest in AI, and what foundations to put in place if it isn't. The assessment evaluates readiness across five dimensions and produces a scored report with concrete recommendations and specific next steps tied to your situation.
Think of it as a health check before the treatment plan. The results tell you what's strong, what's missing, and where to invest first: whether that's data infrastructure, skills development, governance, or leadership buy-in. You can take the assessment yourself using our online tool, or we can run it as a facilitated session with your team for richer discussion and deeper insight.
The 5 dimensions
Data & Information
Quality, accessibility, governance, pipelines
Technology
Infrastructure, integration, compute, security
People & Skills
AI literacy, technical capability, training
Organisation & Culture
Leadership, change readiness, strategy
Governance & Compliance
Risk management, regulation, ethics, policy
Who it's for
- Organisations exploring AI but unsure if they have the foundations in place
- Leadership teams who need an evidence-based view before committing budget
- Public sector bodies and regulated organisations that need to demonstrate due diligence
- Businesses that have tried AI and want to understand why it hasn't stuck
What to expect
The assessment covers 29 questions across the five dimensions. Each question uses a 1–4 maturity scale with clear descriptors, so there's no guesswork, just honest assessment.
Self-guided: Complete the assessment online in your own time (around 20–30 minutes). You'll get your scored results and a downloadable PDF report. No cost, no commitment.
Facilitated: We run the assessment as a live session with your team (60–90 minutes). Same framework, same report, but guided discussion and facilitator prompts help draw out more honest answers and surface context that a self-assessment can miss.
| Score | Level | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beginning | No capability or awareness in this area |
| 2 | Developing | Some informal or ad-hoc activity |
| 3 | Established | Formal, structured, repeatable processes |
| 4 | Advanced | Mature, proactive, continuously improving |
What we deliver
- Overall readiness score and band (Not Ready through to Advanced)
- Per-dimension scores showing exactly where you're strong and where the gaps are
- Readiness profile visualisation (radar chart across all five dimensions)
- Prioritised recommendations: critical gaps first, then development areas
- Suggested next steps linked to specific actions (governance policies, workshops, training)
- Professional PDF report ready for leadership or board presentation
The starting point for everything else
The readiness assessment is designed as the natural entry point to our other services. A low governance score points to policy development. Strong culture but weak data infrastructure tells you where to invest before running an opportunity workshop. The results give you a roadmap and we can help you follow it.
AI Opportunity Discovery Workshop
Find the AI initiatives that will actually move the needle.
What it is
Identify the AI initiatives worth pursuing, and skip the ones that won't move the needle. Most AI work starts with the technology and goes looking for a problem; we start with your business priorities (growing revenue, reducing costs, improving customer experience) and work backwards to find where AI can genuinely help.
Using our AI Opportunity Framework (AIOF) and its CDPP process (Context, Discovery, Prioritise, Plan), we systematically identify and score opportunities so you walk away with a prioritised action plan, not a wishlist.
Who it's for
- Businesses curious about AI but unsure where to start
- Teams with ideas but no structured way to evaluate them
- Leaders who need a business case before investing in AI
What to expect
Define priorities & success criteria
Brainstorm AI opportunities
Score on value, feasibility & risk
Build business cases & roadmap
| Phase | Activity | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Context | Define strategic priorities, stakeholders, and success criteria | ~1 hour |
| Discovery | Brainstorm AI opportunities across every business function | ~3 hours |
| Prioritise | Score each opportunity on value, feasibility, and risk | ~3 hours |
| Plan | Build 1-page business cases and an implementation roadmap | 2–4 hours |
What we deliver
- 10–20 AI opportunities identified
- Each opportunity scored on business value, feasibility, and risk
- Visual priority matrix showing where each opportunity sits
- Top 3–5 opportunities with 1-page business cases
- 6–12 month implementation roadmap
- PDF workshop report you can take to leadership
The live facilitation tool
We use our own purpose-built workshop app to capture ideas, score opportunities, and generate the priority matrix in real time. Your team sees results on screen as they happen, no waiting for a consultant to write up a report.
AI Risk Assessment Workshop
Deploy AI with confidence, not crossed fingers.
What it is
Deploy AI without nasty surprises, and have the evidence to show your board, your auditor, or a regulator that risks are under control. A structured workshop built on our AI Risk Management Framework (AIRMF), for businesses already using AI or about to deploy it. We work through five risk categories (technical, operational, compliance, ethical, and security) to identify, score, and create treatment plans for your AI risks.
Who it's for
- Businesses deploying AI that need to manage risks properly
- Teams wanting to de-risk before implementation
- Organisations needing to demonstrate AI governance to stakeholders or regulators
The 5 risk categories
Technical
Bias, accuracy, model drift, explainability
Operational
Integration, skills gaps, vendor dependency
Compliance
UK GDPR, sector regulators, EU AI Act
Ethical
Fairness, transparency, privacy, job displacement
Security
Data poisoning, adversarial attacks, access control
What we deliver
- Comprehensive risk register (15–30 risks identified)
- Each risk scored on likelihood and impact (3x3 matrix)
- Visual risk heat map
- Treatment plans for top 5–10 priority risks
- Control implementation checklist with owners and deadlines
- Monitoring dashboard template for ongoing tracking
Works with the Opportunity Workshop
Run both workshops together for a complete picture: which AI opportunities to pursue and how to manage the risks. Shared context means no duplicated effort.
AI Policy Development
Governance policies that actually fit your organisation, not a generic template.
What it is
An AI governance policy your auditor will accept and your CFO will sign. Tailored to your industry, scale, and jurisdiction. Most organisations know they need one, but writing from scratch is daunting and generic templates don't reflect any of those things. We gather key details about your organisation, AI landscape, and compliance needs, then produce a tailored set of governance policies aligned to ISO 42001, UK sector-regulator expectations, and the EU AI Act where applicable.
What to expect
A guided process covering your organisation profile, the AI systems you use or plan to deploy, your regulatory jurisdiction, and your governance maturity. The output is a set of policies written in practical, business-ready language, not legalese, that you can adopt, adapt, and put into practice.
Who it's for
- Organisations that need AI governance policies but aren't ready for a full workshop
- Teams preparing for ISO 42001 certification, UK regulator scrutiny, or EU AI Act compliance
- Leaders who want a concrete starting point rather than a blank page
What we deliver
- A tailored set of governance policies covering areas such as risk management, ethics, data, transparency, human oversight, monitoring, incident response, vendor assessment, and training
- Each policy aligned to relevant standards (ISO 42001, NIST AI RMF, UK sector-regulator guidance, EU AI Act where applicable)
- Customised to your industry, organisation size, and jurisdiction
- Delivered as professional PDF documents ready for internal review and adoption
Works with the Risk Assessment Workshop
This service works standalone, but pairs naturally with the AI Risk Assessment Workshop. Clients who complete the risk workshop get deeper context baked into their policies. Clients who start with policies often follow up with a workshop to operationalise them.
Ongoing AI Advisory
A trusted guide for your AI journey.
What it is
A second pair of eyes when AI decisions land on your desk: evaluating a vendor, reviewing an implementation, or thinking through a governance question. Practical expertise on tap, without the cost of a full-time hire.
Services include
Vendor evaluation
Assess AI tools and platforms against your needs
Implementation guidance
Support from proof-of-concept to production
AI governance setup
Establish policies, roles, and review processes
Portfolio reviews
Quarterly check-ins on your AI initiative pipeline
Training & upskilling
Help your team build AI literacy
Format
- Flexible engagement: retainer, project-based, or ad-hoc
- Remote or in-person
- Tailored to your pace and budget
Self-serve tools
We've built our own micro web apps so you can explore key areas yourself before any conversation. They give you a structured starting point. They don't replace expert review or signed-off advice.
Policy Scanner
Review your existing AI policy against ISO 42001, NIST AI RMF, and EU AI Act expectations. Spot gaps before a regulator or auditor does.
Open tool →Policy Wizard
Generate a first-draft AI governance policy tailored to your jurisdiction and industry, in minutes rather than weeks.
Open tool →AI Readiness
See where you stand on AI readiness in 20 minutes. Same framework we use in facilitated assessments.
Open tool →All tools live at app.octonion.tech.
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