How to Assess Where to Apply AI

Length: 30-45 minutes

Purpose: Stop the proliferation of low-impact AI pilots and focus capital on initiatives that can scale into meaningful value.

Overview:
  • Introduces a four-factor evaluation framework: value impact, data readiness, cultural readiness, and execution feasibility

  • Demonstrates how to score and rank opportunities to separate transformational initiatives from marginal improvements

  • Uses examples showing successful prioritization and the cost of pursuing too many low-value experiments

  • Provides a repeatable process for portfolio management of AI initiatives

Key Takeaways:
  • A four-factor prioritization grid (value impact, data readiness, cultural readiness, execution feasibility) you can use in the next board meeting

  • Clarity on which opportunities deliver quick wins vs. which require multi-year commitment

  • A repeatable process for saying "no" to attractive-but-unfeasible projects

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NeWTHISTle Consulting

DELIVERING CLARITY FROM COMPLEXITY

Copyright © 2026 NewThistle Consulting LLC. All Rights Reserved

NeWTHISTle Consulting

DELIVERING CLARITY FROM COMPLEXITY

Copyright © 2026 NewThistle Consulting LLC. All Rights Reserved