Here are some must-read items before scheduling a discovery call with us.
Discovery Calls
20-minute calls: The goal of our discovery call is to understand your needs better, determine fit, and guide you to the right next steps. If we’re able to help, we will proceed to subsequent calls or move into an initial assessment as the next phase of the project.
Longer calls: If you need more than a quick call and immediate guidance or a review of your strategy, please indicate that need in your request.
Proposals
Many companies contact us wanting a highly custom proposal right after one or two calls. However, every customer has a unique set of challenges, and putting together a custom proposal without truly understanding the organization’s reality is a recipe for a time and money sink. To be completely transparent, we don’t offer custom proposals until we have fully understood the depth of the problem we’re solving.
As such, unless you’re requesting training or a workshop, we follow a structured approach to getting clients the results they desire, and it usually starts with an assessment. This initial assessment phase is a critical step in our process and is the reason why our success rates are higher than the industry average.
Also, our assessment process is different from what a typical consultant would do. They feed discovery and interview transcripts into an AI tool and generate a “custom approach” or a suite of “high-potential use AI cases.” That’s not how we approach the work, and we can tell you from the experience of companies that have gone through such consultants that such fluffy reports and “proposals” have little chance of helping you succeed.
Who Performs Initial Assessments
Dr. Ganesan, our Chief AI Strategist, and her team of data scientists currently conduct initial assessments. Dr. Ganesan is a well-known AI strategist and an expert in applying AI to business challenges. If you’d like to learn more about her, visit AIBusinessCaseBook.com.
The initial assessment stages are considered the most critical phase of our consulting process, as it defines the desired outcomes and potential impact on your business. From experience, rushing into implementation without this foundational understanding can sometimes lead to repeated efforts and less-than-desirable results. We’ve found that taking the time to thoroughly assess your needs upfront significantly increases the likelihood of a successful AI initiative.
AI Strategy Services
If you’re looking for AI roadmap and strategy services, complete our early AI readiness assessment to better understand where your gaps might be in your integration journey before you get in touch.
Pricing and Timeline
Our pricing usually depends on a combination of factors, including depth of initiative, scope, and engagement type. However, we focus on longer-term, full projects rather than one-off initiatives. Here are some high-level estimates:
- AI Strategy Development – Our strategy initiatives are multi-month engagements and are mostly suitable for companies with revenue over 15 million. Prices vary by the number of departments involved, the specific initiatives, and other factors. Initial assessment starts at 15k.
- Custom AI Development: We are currently accepting clients for long-term projects and collaborations. Pricing takes into account the experts involved and the scope of the project. Initial assessment starts at 15k.
- Board Advisory & Team Advisory Services – We have set retainers for advisory services.
- Executive Leadership Training and Development – Pricing for this depends on the breadth of coverage.
If your budget is fairly small, you may not be ready for strategic AI integration or custom
solution development with an external partner. During this ‘AI gold rush,’ companies routinely offer similar services at lower than market costs, but you get what you pay for, and not seasoned experts in the field, which is crucial in realizing AI success as a business. Plus, you’re taking risks of setbacks and the resulting opportunity cost.
A significant number of our current clients have previously hired gold-rush consultants. We’ve had to fix issues from these initiatives to the point that we have a service called “Hot Mess Fix.” Beyond our years of client work, we have a track record of published tools used by teams worldwide, peer-reviewed articles, and an internationally recognized, award-winning book on AI integration for business.
If You Have Limited AI Experience
If you are unsure about AI and what it is besides ChatGPT and Claude as “users”, the best place to get started is with our leadership training workshop. There’s so much more to AI than just off-the-shelf tools, and if you don’t know where in your business you can truly leverage it, you’re leaving growth potential on the table.
You may be experimenting with AI, but without understanding what it can actually do for your organization AND how to go about implementing it correctly, you risk wasting time, missing high-value opportunities, and falling behind competitors who are already putting AI to work where it matters.
We’ve conducted hundreds of training sessions for leaders to bring strategic alignment, increase employee buy-in, execute change management, and more. When you contact us, we recommend that you explore our training programs as your first step.
If you’re ready to take the next step, let’s schedule a call with one of our experts.