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AI Readiness Audit | Advisory
AI readiness audit before you invest
An AI readiness audit is an independent assessment for Australian organisations under 50 staff. It maps useful opportunities, readiness gaps and the order in which the work should happen.
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- Best fit
- Australian organisations with fewer than 50 staff
- Main deliverable
- Readiness findings and a sequenced plan
- Client effort
- One sponsor plus leadership and staff interviews
- Commercial model
- Fixed price after scope, with no system access required
Delivery ownership
- Scope
- Review
- Findings
- Walkthrough
The accountable team stays involved from scoping through the final walkthrough. Specialist capability is added where the evidence needs it, with responsibilities agreed before work starts.
Representative sample
See the shape of the answer before you buy it
The final report is written for leadership. It ranks the work, names the readiness gaps and shows what should happen first rather than leaving you with a list of disconnected ideas.
This sample shows the report structure only. Your findings, evidence and recommendations are based on your organisation.
Scope
The four areas we cover
Data and content readiness
Review where information lives, whether it is structured and accessible, and what sensitivity or access work is needed before AI can use it safely.
Governance and policy readiness
Assess policy, licensing, approval, privacy and security gaps, informed by the Privacy Act 2026 compliance guide.
Platform and tooling fit
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Deliverable status
The report, policy outline and leadership session
We agree a fixed price quote for every assessment before work starts. The Pricing page explains how fixed scope advisory differs from ongoing consulting.
Assessment output
Written readiness report
A snapshot of where you are across the four areas, with opportunities ranked by likely value and effort.
- Snapshot assessment
- Ranked opportunities
- Readiness gaps
- Six to twelve month plan
Draft for review
AI usage policy outline
A practical first draft covering acceptable use, data handling, approval and review.
- First draft policy
- Approval and review model
- Staff communication points
- Ready to adapt
Decision session
Leadership walkthrough
A leadership session to test the findings, answer questions and agree the sequence of next steps.
- Leadership walkthrough
- Stakeholder questions
- Sequencing agreement
- Optional follow on scope
We will confirm whether the full audit fits the question you need answered. If it does not, we will say so before writing a proposal.
Method
How the engagement runs
The assessment is interview based and document light. It does not make changes in your environment.
Kick off
Confirm priorities
A short sponsor call confirms stakeholders, priorities and what success looks like.Interviews
Talk to leadership and staff
We interview leadership and a representative staff sample about workflows, pain points and current AI exposure.Review
Light environment review
We review where information lives, how it is structured and what licensing is in place, without system changes.Draft
Draft report
We document opportunities, readiness gaps and a plan covering the next six to twelve months for review.Walkthrough
Final report and plan
Stakeholders review the findings, clarify responsibilities and receive the final report and AI usage policy outline.
The pressure Three messages, all at once, no clear starting point
Vendors are selling AI features. Staff are asking why they cannot use ChatGPT for reports. Leadership wants an AI strategy but has no shared view of the current state. The executive team is in the middle of all of it.
This assessment gives you the picture. It covers where AI could save time, what data and process work has to happen first, what rules and limits you need, and which investments should wait. The output is plain enough to hand to a board or funder.
McKinsey's State of AI reports that organisations getting value from AI pair adoption with deliberate operating changes. The audit shows you what those changes would involve before you commit to implementation.
Choose the right starting point
Readiness, usage, DLP or privacy advisory
Whole organisationCurrent service
AI Readiness Audit
Use this when leadership needs to understand opportunities, operating gaps and the order of work.
Staff behaviour
AI Usage Review
Use this when the immediate question is which tools and data practices staff report using now.
Read about AI Usage ReviewControls
AI Data Loss Prevention
Use this when the priority is policy, staff guidance and technical controls around AI data movement.
Read about AI Data Loss PreventionOne platform
Data and Privacy Advisory
Use this when a nominated CRM or platform needs an independent review of hosting, access, retention and response.
Read about Data and Privacy AdvisoryBoundaries
What this engagement is not
Separate scope
Implementation and custom builds
The assessment ends with a plan. Custom applications, integrations and other delivery are separate decisions and scopes.
Independent
A licensing reseller
We do not earn margin on Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude or other licensing.
Advisory
A formal compliance audit
We identify relevant standards and readiness gaps but do not issue formal certification or compliance sign off.
Not legal advice
A legal review
We flag when specialist counsel is needed rather than providing legal opinions.
Practical details
Questions about AI Readiness Audit
What is assessed, what you receive and where advisory responsibility stops.
Yes. We use the two names for the same engagement. Some organisations ask for an AI readiness assessment, others an AI readiness audit. Either way you get the independent readiness and risk assessment, the ranked opportunities, and the sequenced plan described on this page.
Start here
Get a clear order of work before implementation
We will confirm whether the full audit fits before writing a fixed price proposal. Read the health services case study for how a review like this lands.Enquiries get a reply within one business day.