AI Readiness Assessment — People, Process, and Policy Before Technology

Why "just add AI" fails

Organizations ask for AI, but what they need first is to know whether they can absorb the change AI brings. Too many have bought tools first, spent heavily, and are now recovering — having been sold the same thing regardless of who they were. Before anyone chooses a technology, the question is: given the organization you have today, how do you begin?

Seven dimensions, three themes

Each dimension name opens a page explaining what it measures and why it matters for AI adoption.

People

Can the people act?

Whether individuals have the authority to act, the safety to speak, and the confidence to navigate uncertainty.

Agency & Ownership: Can someone actually make something happen?
Openness & Psychological Safety: Can it surface uncomfortable truths?
AI Confidence & Risk Adaptability: Can it operate responsibly in uncertainty: healthy caution, not paralysis or recklessness?

Process

Can the work change?

Whether the organization can change how work gets done and learn from what it tries.

Adaptability: Can it change the way work gets done?
Experimentation & Learning: Can it learn its way into something it does not yet understand?

Policy

Does leadership commit?

Whether leadership names a destination and resources the journey.

Strategic Ambition: Does it actually want meaningful change, or just vaguely want AI?
Capacity & Commitment: Will it actually resource the change?

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