AI Adoption, Procurement and Governance
For the people evaluating options, building the business case and signing things off. The unit to take when you are about to spend money.
Why this unit exists
The gap between a good demonstration and a good purchase is where most AI budgets disappear. This unit covers how to compare options on something other than the sales meeting, how to test before committing rather than after, and how to set up the accountability that keeps it under control once it is in.
Who should sit it
The people who evaluate, buy and sign off: finance, operations, IT, procurement and the directors who carry the decision.
Six things a leader walks out able to do
One topic per workshop. Every one of them is worked through on your own organisation, using your own processes and your own data.
Score solutions and vendors
Cost, performance, risk and data readiness weighed against each other, so two very different proposals can be compared honestly.
Test and benchmark before committing
Setting a baseline and proving the claim while you still have leverage, rather than discovering the truth after the contract is signed.
Judge lock in and data risk
Vendor lock in, who owns the data, what happens to your intellectual property, and the sustainability questions that are now being asked.
Choose where it runs, and justify it
On premise, cloud, third party or hybrid, with a reason you can put in writing rather than a preference.
Write acceptance criteria that mean something
Every criterion with a metric and a baseline behind it, so there is no argument later about whether it worked.
Design the governance framework
Named roles, clear escalation routes and a review rhythm, so somebody is accountable for every automated decision.
One document, written for your business
The workbook activities build, piece by piece, into a procurement and governance case, including a whole life cost and benefit position, a weighted vendor scorecard and an assurance pack. It is written about your organisation during the sessions, so what comes out is something you can act on rather than a portfolio of exercises.
- A whole life cost and benefit position
- A weighted vendor scorecard you can reuse
- Acceptance criteria with baselines behind them
- A governance framework with named roles
Each unit stands alone
Most organisations start with the one that matches the decision in front of them, then add the others as the work moves on. All three together come to roughly 90 hours.
AI Strategy and Opportunity
For the leaders setting the direction. The unit to take when AI is being talked about in your organisation but nothing has actually been decided.
AI Delivery and Organisational Transformation
For the leaders who have to make it land. This unit deals with the part most organisations underestimate: people, risk and what happens after go live.
Come to a taster session first
We run one every month, open to any employer. See how the sessions work before you commit anybody's time.