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The Survey — AI + Digital Audit

Before you invest in AI, understand where you actually stand.

A structured audit that maps your current operations, identifies your highest-value opportunities, and delivers a prioritised roadmap — so your next move is the right one, not just the obvious one.

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The Problem

Most AI investments underdeliver. The reason is almost never the technology.

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Overlapping software, resistant teams, projects that quietly die after launch.

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The ones that get sustained results start with a clear picture of where they stand.

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That clarity is what The Survey delivers — before you spend a single pound.

We assess your current AI tool adoption — from ChatGPT and Copilot usage to potential Claude, Gemini, and open-source deployments — and map where each creates the most value.

Five Dimensions

A diagnostic built for how real businesses actually operate.

The Survey is a structured assessment across five dimensions that together reveal your organisation's true AI readiness — not just whether you have the right tools, but whether your workflows, data, people, and strategy are aligned for meaningful adoption.

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Your tools and technology stack

What software, platforms, and systems are you currently using — and where are the gaps, redundancies, or integration failures that AI could resolve?

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Your workflows and processes

Which tasks consume disproportionate time, involve repetitive manual steps, or create bottlenecks that slow your team down?

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Your data and information flows

How does data move through your organisation? Where is it siloed, inaccessible, or underutilised — and what would change if it weren't?

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Your team's capabilities and readiness

What is your team's current AI literacy? Where is there enthusiasm, and where are the adoption barriers — whether skill gaps, scepticism, or change fatigue?

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Your strategic priorities

What are your 12- to 24-month business goals, and how should AI investment align with — rather than distract from — those priorities?

What You Get

A report that tells you what to do — not just what exists.

Every Survey engagement culminates in the AI Readiness Report — a comprehensive, actionable document designed to be read by decision-makers, not just technologists. Here's what it includes:

Executive summary with headline findings and recommended next steps
Current state assessment across all five dimensions
Prioritised opportunity map — ranked by impact, feasibility, and speed to value
Tool and platform recommendations tailored to your stack and budget
Investment ranges and projected ROI for each opportunity
Phased implementation roadmap with 30-, 60-, and 90-day milestones
A live presentation of findings to your leadership team

Typical Timelines

SME (under 250)

Minimum 2 weeks

Larger organisations

Minimum 4 weeks

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From Survey to Expedition

The output of a Survey engagement becomes the implementation brief for The Expedition — our hands-on AI integration service.

With a clear roadmap in place, we move from diagnosis to execution: building, configuring, and embedding the tools and workflows your report identified as highest-value.

An AI Sherpa Survey engagement is a prerequisite for The Expedition implementation service.

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Book your Survey engagement.

Engagements are scoped and priced during an initial consultation. All fees are fixed and agreed before work begins — no day-rate surprises.

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