The Operational AI Diagnostic
A paid, fixed-fee engagement. We select the one workflow worth fixing, define what goes live, name what stays human, and end on a build-ready go / no-go. Typically $1,500–$5,000 + VAT, confirmed after a short fit call.
What You Get
A five-page decision package. Not a slide deck, not a list of opportunities you cannot act on.
The problem
One page, in your words. The workflow that is actually costing you, described the way your team describes it.
The fix
What goes live, written as outcomes rather than a technology stack.
What your people still do
The work that stays human, named explicitly. Capability transfer starts here, not after handover.
Phase 1
Scope, timeline and price band for the build — quoted against the map, not guessed in advance.
Go / no-go
You either deploy with a deposit or stop clean. Both are real answers.
How It Works
Step 01: Fit call — A short call to confirm there is a fit and fix the Diagnostic fee. Scoped on workflow complexity, systems, stakeholders and risk.
Step 02: Kickoff (45–60 min) — The pain, the systems, who owns what.
Step 03: Delivery (5–10 business days) — We draft the five pages.
Step 04: Review call (30 min) — Deploy, or a clean stop.
What It Costs
Fixed fee, typically $1,500–$5,000 + VAT, confirmed after the fit call. Priced on the complexity of the map — workflow breadth, systems and data, stakeholders, risk — not on your headcount. If you deploy and the deposit clears within 30 days, 100% of the Diagnostic fee is credited against Phase 1.
Scope Builder
The Scope Builder on this page gives a non-binding indication of the Diagnostic map fee from five recognition questions: how the workflow moves between systems, how clearly it is understood today, who has to agree on the map, what happens if it is wrong, and how quickly the right people and data can be available. The indication is $1,500, $2,500 or $5,000 + VAT. It is not a quote and there is nothing to buy online. The fee reflects the work required to map the workflow, not company size or headcount, and is confirmed in writing after a short fit call. 100% of the Diagnostic fee is credited against Phase 1 if the deployment deposit clears within 30 days.
Who This Is For
Growing, operations-heavy companies where important work is still coordinated by hand across people, inboxes, spreadsheets and disconnected systems. The Diagnostic is most useful when several of these are true:
- Your team spends significant time on repetitive operational coordination
- Your data already lives in digital systems (CRM, ERP, spreadsheets)
- You are growing faster than you can hire
- Manual errors are costing you money or reputation
- Your reporting requires human compilation every week
- You have people whose job is partly to move information between systems
What This Is Not
Not free advice. This is a paid engagement with a defined deliverable. We do not build on a handshake, and we do not give the map away to win the build.
Not a generic report. Every page is specific to your workflow, your data and your team. No templates.
Not open-ended consulting. Fixed fee, fixed scope, five pages, a decision at the end. If the answer is no-go, we say no-go.
After the Diagnostic
Build with us: Phase 1 starts on a deposit, and your Diagnostic fee comes off the price. We build alongside your team and train your people to run it.
Build it yourself: The decision package is yours. It contains enough detail to brief your own engineers.
Stop: If the value does not justify the build, that is a legitimate outcome and you still own the map.
Book a fit call to scope the Diagnostic and fix the fee.