01 — Assess

Find out what should be automated before you pay to automate it.

Most AI projects fail because someone bought a tool before understanding the process. We start the other way round: we look at how your business runs today, find where the hours actually go, and tell you what is worth building. You leave with a written plan, whether or not you build it with us.

$1,800 one-timeCredited against your implementation

The problem

You know AI could take work off your team. You do not know which work, or what it would cost, or what it would break.

The people selling it all recommend the thing they happen to sell. A chatbot company finds a chatbot problem.

Or you already have a few tools and automations running, bought at different times, that do not talk to each other and that nobody can fully explain.

How it works

What actually happens

Step 1 of 5

What you get

  • A discovery session with you and whoever actually does the work
  • Your real workflows mapped end to end — how a lead arrives, gets answered, qualified, booked, recorded and followed up
  • Every point where information is typed twice, a job waits on a person, or an enquiry goes cold
  • A judgment on what to automate, what to leave to a person, and what only needs connecting
  • The AI Operations Blueprint: current state, problems, opportunities, future state, and the order to build in
  • Where the information supports it, an estimate of the time and cost each change would save

Who it’s for

  • Businesses that know AI could help but do not know where it would actually pay
  • Businesses already running several tools and automations with nothing joining them up
  • Owners who want a written plan they can act on, get quoted elsewhere, or shelve

What’s not included

Stated here so the scope is clear before the invoice, not after it.

  • Any building. This is the plan, not the system — implementation is quoted separately
  • A licence audit or renegotiation of your existing software contracts
  • Changes to your team structure or anyone's job
  • A generic list of AI tools you could buy

Price

$1,800 one-time

Credited against your implementation. Month to month — no lock-in.

Most businesses run this alongside one or two others. Essentials and Growth cost less than the same services bought separately.

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Questions

Common questions

What if the answer is that we should not automate anything?

Then we say so, and you have saved yourself an implementation fee. It has happened. A plan that tells you to leave a process alone is worth what you paid for it.

Do I have to build it with you afterwards?

No. The blueprint is yours. Take it to another firm or your own team if you prefer. If you do build with us, the $1,800 comes off the implementation.

How long does the assessment take?

Usually one to two weeks from the discovery session, depending on how many workflows we are mapping and how quickly we can get time with your team.

How much of my team's time does it need?

One session of about ninety minutes with you, and short conversations with whoever handles calls, enquiries and admin. We work from what you already have after that.

Why is it paid, when other firms audit for free?

A free audit is a sales meeting, and it ends in a recommendation to buy the thing that firm sells. We would rather be paid for the analysis so the recommendation can be honest, including when the answer is no.

The outcome

You know what to automate, what not to, what to build first, and roughly what it costs.