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AI consulting & implementation
AI consulting with a costed plan your team can use
VibeZero is a Perth AI implementation consultant for Australian small and medium businesses. We map the workflows, cost the useful projects and give you a prioritised plan with owners and measures. We work on site in Perth and remotely across Australia.
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Bring one operating problem or the wider AI question. We will tell you which scope makes sense before writing a proposal.- Best fit
- Australian SMBs planning structured AI adoption
- Main deliverable
- A prioritised implementation roadmap
- Client effort
- One sponsor plus access to relevant staff and workflow owners
- Commercial model
- Fixed price after the scope is agreed
Delivery ownership
- Scope
- Deliver
- Review
- Handover
The accountable team stays involved from scope through handover. Specialist capability is added where the work needs it, with responsibilities agreed before work starts.
The gap
When staff use AI before anyone owns it
In a 2026 health services review, nine of the 17 staff surveyed reported using AI at work. We mapped five platforms. Leadership needed to understand that use before deciding what to approve, change or stop.
Read the context
That is where consulting begins. We look at the actual work and ask where AI may save time, where it may improve quality and where it adds cost or risk without much benefit. The result is an order of work, not another tool list.
McKinsey's State of AI reports that the businesses getting value from AI are changing core workflows, rather than running isolated tool trials. Our field note on the business AI value gap covers the research behind that pattern. If you are still working out the basic options, the AI guide for Australian small businesses sets out the common starting points.
The deliverable
Illustrative roadmap extract | delivery timing confirmed after scope
What you walk away with
The output is a short, prioritised roadmap where every line has a payback estimate, a cost, an owner and a build window, including the ideas we looked at and told you to skip.
The extract below shows the shape using an illustrative Perth trades scenario. It is not a client result; the baseline and estimates are validated with your team before they become a business case.
- Quote follow ups drafted and sent automatically
- ≈ 6 hrs/wkmodelledIllustrative estimate | owned by the office manager | validate against baseline
- Site photos filed into the job diary by AI
- ≈ 4 hrs/wkmodelledIllustrative estimate | owned by the ops lead | validate against baseline
- Overdue invoices chased from Xero, on a schedule
- ≈ 3 hrs/wkmodelledIllustrative estimate | owned by the bookkeeper | validate against baseline
Method
Every line costed and sequenced
The deck stops here; the work starts. Payback estimates are agreed with your team, then measured after rollout.
Client perspective
A client view of the work
Working with VibeZero was refreshingly straightforward. No jargon, no upselling, just solid work delivered on time. They understood our business from the first call and built exactly what we asked for. I'd recommend them to any small business looking to actually get results from AI.
Scope
What our AI consulting covers
We cover six areas, starting with how the business works before recommending tools or delivery.
AI readiness assessment
We audit tools, workflows, data and capabilities to establish the current position and what is feasible.
Implementation planning
You receive a prioritised roadmap with costs and timing, including what to do first and why.
Tool selection
Recommendations are vendor neutral and based on your needs and budget.
Process mapping
We identify the workflows with the highest likely return and test where AI may save time.
Change management
We support adoption with clear training, rollout responsibilities and governance.
Compliance guidance
Operational guidance informed by Australian privacy and industry requirements, with legal interpretation left to qualified counsel.
If this is the output you need, send us the problem. We will tell you whether consulting is the right starting point before anything is scoped.
Method
Assess
Understand your business
We map your operations, talk to your team and identify where AI fits.Plan
Build the roadmap
We provide prioritised recommendations with costs, timing and expected impact, including work that should wait.Select
Choose the right tools
We recommend tools based on your workflows and do not receive vendor commissions.Implement
Execute and measure
We help you roll out the plan, train your team and measure results against the agreed baseline.
Choose the right starting point
Audit, consulting or ongoing AI leadership
Independent assessment
AI Readiness Audit
Use this when leadership needs a written picture of opportunities, readiness gaps and the order of work.
Read about AI Readiness AuditDefined questionCurrent service
AI Consulting
Use this when the business needs a roadmap, tool decision or implementation plan for a defined operating problem.
Ongoing ownership
Fractional Chief AI Officer
Use this when policy, vendors and staff decisions need a senior owner month after month.
Read about Fractional Chief AI OfficerCommercial model
AI advisory and implementation engagements, scoped in writing
A defined session or roadmap receives a fixed price quote before work starts. Ongoing consulting is delivered through prepaid block hours. The Pricing page explains both models.
One off
Advisory session
This 90 minute session works through a specific AI question for a business owner who needs an independent sounding board.
- 90 minute session
- Specific question focus
- Written next actions
Fixed scope
Readiness assessment
We audit your operations and deliver a prioritised roadmap. Scoped to your business complexity.
- Operations audit
- Prioritised roadmap
- Costs and timing
- Tool recommendations
Ongoing
Implementation support
Ongoing engagement to help you execute the plan. Scope, delivery sequence and timing are agreed per project.
- Full plan execution
- Team training
- Tool rollout
- Results measurement
Fit
Who AI consulting is for
Business owner
Wants a clear roadmap
Small businesses (under 50 staff) who want a practical AI plan without enterprise programme overhead.
Team leader
Ad hoc AI everywhere
Teams already using ChatGPT or Copilot ad hoc who need a proper rollout plan with security and governance.
Tried and failed
Confused or burned
Businesses that tried AI tools, got confused or burned and now need an independent reset.
WA industry
Early adopter
Companies in mining, construction and professional services that want an early but controlled adoption plan.
Practical details
Questions about AI consulting
Commercial terms, delivery, ownership and fit, answered before a proposal is written.
AI consulting costs vary with the question, operating complexity and support required. Defined sessions and roadmaps receive a fixed price proposal before work starts. Ongoing consulting uses prepaid block hours. The scope, deliverables and timing are agreed in writing.
Start with the problem
Use the first conversation to narrow the work
A free consultation gives you a direct answer on whether we can help and what is worth doing first.
There is no pitch deck or commitment.Enquiries get a reply within one business day.