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Practical guides, free to use

The same checklists and templates we use on real engagements — distilled into short, no-fluff guides you can apply this week. Grab any of them below.

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Short guides for practical decisions

Use them to sanity-check readiness, shape a Discovery brief and give your team a safer starting policy.

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The SME AI Readiness Checklist

The 30-point checklist we use before any engagement — across strategy, data, process, tech, people and governance. Score yourself honestly and see where the gaps are.

  • Six readiness areas with concrete yes/no checks
  • The questions that predict whether AI sticks
  • A simple way to prioritise your first move
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AI Discovery Scope Matrix

How to size an AI Discovery: what's in scope, what isn't, and how to rank opportunities by value versus effort so your first investment is defensible.

  • A value-vs-effort grid for ranking use cases
  • What a good Discovery deliverable contains
  • Questions to ask before you spend on build
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AI Usage Policy — Starter Template

A plain-English starting point for an AI usage policy your team will actually follow — covering what staff can share with AI tools, oversight, and UK GDPR basics.

  • Editable policy sections you can adapt today
  • Controls on what staff share with AI tools
  • Human-oversight and UK GDPR essentials

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The free AI Readiness Assessment scores you 0–100 in three minutes and recommends the next step. No signup to start.