The advisory playbook
What a board actually buys from a strategy partner — the decisions we help you make, and what you walk away holding. Advisory, not build.
pillars
offerings
frameworks
the shape every offering answers a board-level decision and ends in a deliverable you own — not code.
/ the six pillars
What we advise on
Pick a pillar — the decisions it answers and what you walk away with scroll alongside.
Vision & ambition
where AI fits the strategy
Set what AI is for at this company — tied to corporate strategy, not a lab off to the side — so every later bet has a north-star to point at.
AI vision & north-star
when — AI is scattered across teams with no shared 'why'.
the decision
“Where does AI fit our strategy — and how ambitious should we be?”
what you walk away with
An AI vision tied to corporate strategy, with ambition tiers and guiding principles.
Disruption & competitive positioning
when — You're unsure whether AI is a threat or an advantage in your market.
the decision
“Where does AI defend or grow our moat — before a competitor's does?”
what you walk away with
A market and competitor AI read with a threat / opportunity map.
AI business-model design
when — You want AI to create new revenue, not just cut cost.
the decision
“What new products, pricing or models does AI unlock?”
what you walk away with
AI-enabled business-model options, each with a value-at-stake.
Strategic scenario planning
when — The pace of AI makes a single fixed plan feel brittle.
the decision
“How do we bet across an uncertain AI future?”
what you walk away with
A set of AI future scenarios and the no-regret moves under all of them.
AI principles & charter
when — Leadership can't articulate what the company will and won't do with AI.
the decision
“What are our stated AI commitments — the red lines and the intent?”
what you walk away with
A board-endorsed AI charter.
Board AI thesis & narrative
when — The board needs a defensible story for investors and regulators.
the decision
“What's our AI story to the market and the board?”
what you walk away with
A board & investor AI narrative.
/ the toolbox
Every method, mapped to a decision
Derived straight from the offerings — 132 named frameworks, each tagged with the decision it powers. The board browses decisions; your team browses the tools behind them.
methods
ADKAR / Kotter
↳ Change management & adoption
adoption metrics
↳ Change management & adoption
agent-readiness
↳ GenAI & agentic opportunity
agile / MLOps ways of working
↳ AI product operating model
AI risk register
↳ AI risk & security
AI-for-sustainability mapping
↳ Sustainable / green-AI
AI-literacy program
↳ Talent & capability plan
algorithmic-impact assessment
↳ Responsible-AI & ethics
alliance model
↳ Partnership & alliance strategy
ambition tiers
↳ AI vision & north-star
assurance questionnaire
↳ Third-party & vendor AI risk
benchmark ranges
↳ Value-at-stake sizing
benefits realisation
↳ Benefits realisation & value tracking
board AI literacy
↳ Board & executive enablement
board deck
↳ Board AI thesis & narrative
build-buy-partner matrix
↳ Build-vs-buy-vs-partner
build-vs-adopt
↳ Technology & platform strategy
business-model canvas
↳ AI business-model design
capability benchmarking
↳ Disruption & competitive positioning
capability heatmap
↳ AI maturity diagnostic
capability-gap assessment
↳ Skills & capability audit
centralised / federated / hub-&-spoke
↳ Operating model & CoE
champions network
↳ Culture & AI literacy
chargeback / showback
↳ Funding model & FinOps
cloud / vendor strategy
↳ Technology & platform strategy
co-innovation
↳ Partnership & alliance strategy
compute-footprint accounting
↳ Sustainable / green-AI
contractual controls
↳ Third-party & vendor AI risk
control mapping
↳ Assurance & audit readiness
data-asset valuation
↳ M&A & AI due-diligence
data-readiness index
↳ Data strategy & readiness
data-residency map
↳ Data & AI sovereignty
delivery cadence
↳ Program & PMO setup
dependency map
↳ Phased roadmap
disruption analysis
↳ Disruption & competitive positioning
ecosystem map
↳ Vendor & ecosystem strategy
equity story
↳ Board AI thesis & narrative
ethics review board
↳ Responsible-AI & ethics
EU AI Act tiering
↳ Governance & policy
evidence library
↳ Assurance & audit readiness
exec steering committee
↳ Board & executive enablement
executive baseline
↳ AI-readiness scorecard
expected-value / decision-tree
↳ Business case & ROI
fairness / bias review
↳ Responsible-AI & ethics
FinOps for AI
↳ Funding model & FinOps
GDPR / DPIA
↳ Governance & policy
GenAI use-case taxonomy
↳ GenAI & agentic opportunity
green-AI / FinOps
↳ Sustainable / green-AI
hire / upskill / partner
↳ Talent & capability plan
horizon mix
↳ Portfolio & lighthouse
horizon scanning
↳ Regulatory horizon scanning
human-in-the-loop design
↳ Process & workflow readiness
human-oversight design
↳ Responsible-AI & ethics
hyperscaler strategy
↳ Partnership & alliance strategy
industry benchmarking
↳ Peer benchmarking
ISO 42001 readiness
↳ Assurance & audit readiness
ISO/IEC 23894
↳ Governance & policy
ISO/IEC 42001
↳ Governance & policy
ISO/IEC 42005
↳ Governance & policy
jurisdictional analysis
↳ Data & AI sovereignty
leading / lagging KPIs
↳ KPI / OKR framework
lean-portfolio management
↳ Portfolio & lighthouse
lighthouse selection
↳ Portfolio & lighthouse
literacy curriculum
↳ Culture & AI literacy
lock-in / IP analysis
↳ Build-vs-buy-vs-partner
model cards
↳ Model risk management
model inventory / validation
↳ Model risk management
model-risk / IP review
↳ M&A & AI due-diligence
model-supply-chain risk
↳ AI risk & security
Monte-Carlo business case
↳ Business case & ROI
multi-dimensional readiness scoring
↳ AI maturity diagnostic
MVP sequencing
↳ Phased roadmap
new-revenue design
↳ AI business-model design
NIST AI RMF
↳ Governance & policy
no-regret moves
↳ Strategic scenario planning
north-star framing
↳ AI vision & north-star
NPV / IRR / payback
↳ Business case & ROI
obligations register
↳ Regulatory horizon scanning
OECD AI Principles
↳ Responsible-AI & ethics
OKR design
↳ KPI / OKR framework
opportunity workshops
↳ Opportunity discovery
ownership / governance model
↳ Data strategy & readiness
partnership model
↳ Vendor & ecosystem strategy
platform leverage
↳ Scaling & industrialisation
PMO design
↳ Program & PMO setup
portfolio balancing
↳ Portfolio & lighthouse
principles charter
↳ AI vision & north-star · AI principles & charter
process mining
↳ Process & workflow readiness
product operating model
↳ AI product operating model
program governance
↳ Program & PMO setup
RACI / RAPID
↳ Decision rights & accountability
RAI principles
↳ Responsible-AI & ethics
readiness scorecard
↳ AI-readiness scorecard
real-options valuation
↳ Business case & ROI
red-team policy
↳ AI risk & security
reference architecture
↳ Technology & platform strategy
reference model
↳ Peer benchmarking
reference-implementation reuse
↳ Scaling & industrialisation
RICE
↳ Use-case scoring
risk-adjusted value
↳ GenAI & agentic opportunity
ROI tracking
↳ Benefits realisation & value tracking
role design
↳ Talent & capability plan
scale playbook
↳ Scaling & industrialisation
scenario planning
↳ Strategic scenario planning
sensitivity analysis
↳ Business case & ROI
skills taxonomy
↳ Skills & capability audit
sovereign-cloud strategy
↳ Data & AI sovereignty
SR 11-7
↳ Model risk management
stage-gate funding
↳ Funding model & FinOps
stakeholder map
↳ Change management & adoption
strategy workshops
↳ Board & executive enablement
TAM / SAM
↳ Value-at-stake sizing
TCO
↳ Build-vs-buy-vs-partner
tech due-diligence
↳ M&A & AI due-diligence
thesis framing
↳ Board AI thesis & narrative
threat / opportunity map
↳ Disruption & competitive positioning
Three Horizons
↳ Phased roadmap
three-lines-of-defence
↳ Decision rights & accountability
TOM design
↳ Operating model & CoE
unit economics
↳ Funding model & FinOps
use-case canvas
↳ Opportunity discovery
value × feasibility
↳ Use-case scoring
value KPIs
↳ Benefits realisation & value tracking
value tree
↳ KPI / OKR framework
value-at-stake
↳ AI business-model design · Value-at-stake sizing
value-chain mapping
↳ Opportunity discovery
values alignment
↳ AI principles & charter
vendor risk tiering
↳ Third-party & vendor AI risk
vendor selection
↳ Vendor & ecosystem strategy
wargaming
↳ Strategic scenario planning
workflow redesign
↳ Process & workflow readiness
WSJF
↳ Use-case scoring
/ the point
Strategy decides. Then we build.
~5.5% of firms are AI high performers despite 78% adoption (McKinsey) — the gap is a plan, not a model. We set the direction and the guardrails, then hand off to delivery.
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