How I Help
STRATEGY, READINESS, EDUCATION
Make sound investment decisions. Establish the foundations. Develop the people who will lead the work.
Newthistle helps you set direction, evaluate organizational readiness, and prepare for AI through practical education, advice, and independent review. Your team does the work and owns the results. We help them build the judgment and capability to move forward with confidence.
YOUR TEAM LEADS. WE ADVISE, TEACH, REVIEW
The Approach
The work is grounded in PACE: Position, Align, Create, Evolve.
We help your leaders understand what each phase requires, prepare the organization, and review the work your team produces. As you progress, we provide coaching and independent challenge at important decisions.
Internal ownership is part of the approach from the beginning. The knowledge, decisions, and capability stay with your organization.
01
Board & C-Suite AI Oversite
Know what to ask before you approve AI.
Equiping boards and executive teams to challenge AI proposals, test management’s assumptions, and recognize whether the evidence supports the commitment being requested.
What you receive
Board and executive briefing on AI approval responsibilities
Practical questions covering value, full cost, readiness, and risk
Guidance on accountability, dependencies, and fallback arrangements
Evidence requirements for approval, further funding, and stopping
Results
You know what to ask, what a credible answer requires, and when to approve, impose conditions, defer, or decline.
02
AI Strategy & Leadership Alignment
Agree on what AI should make possible for your business.
Guiding leadership through the decisions that establish direction: which outcomes matter, where AI may contribute, and what principles should govern its use.
What you receive
Facilitated leadership strategy sessions
Guidance on strategic direction and AI principles
Review of proposed priorities and success measures
Feedback on your leadership narrative
Results
A shared direction your leaders can explain, defend, and use to guide investment.
03
Organizational AI Readiness
Understand what is ready—and what needs attention.
Guiding leadership through the decisions that establish direction: which outcomes matter, where AI may contribute, and what principles should govern its use.
What you receive
Assessment against the Twelve Fundamentals
Leadership and workforce readiness review
Findings on ownership, process, and measurement gaps
Prioritized recommendations for preparation
Results
An understanding of the weaknesses that could undermine your ambitions and the foundations already in place.
04
Organizational Preparation
Give your team a clear basis for getting ready.
Turn readiness findings into a practical preparation plan, with clear responsibilities, priorities, and evidence required before proceeding.
What you receive
Facilitated preparation planning
Advice on accountability and governance requirements
Guidance on workforce and communication priorities
Review of your roadmap and readiness evidence
Results
The team knows what it must establish, who owns the work, and how to judge whether the organization is ready.
05
AI Education & Leadership Development
Build the judgment to lead and oversee AI.
Practical education for boards, executives, managers, and domain experts—focused on the decisions they face and the responsibilities they hold.
What you receive
Board and executive briefings
Workshops tailored to management and domain roles
Investment, governance, and measurement exercises
Practical AI fluency sessions and reusable materials
Results
The organization is better equipped to evaluate opportunities, question outputs, challenge proposals, and exercise informed judgment.
06
AI Investment Stress Test
Challenge the investment before you commit.
Examine whether a proposed initiative addresses a meaningful business need, has a credible path to value, and can withstand operational reality.
What you receive
Review of strategic fit and simpler alternatives
Assessment of full costs and claimed benefits
Readiness, risk, and dependency findings
Decision brief: proceed, redesign, defer, or stop
Results
Understanding of the key criteria that make or break an AI initiative and whether to commit, the conditions that matter, and what remains unproven.
07
PACE Advisory & Review
Keep experienced advice alongside your internal team.
As your organization works through Position, Align, Create, and Evolve, we provide coaching, review, and independent challenge at consequential decisions.
What you receive
Scheduled leadership advisory sessions
Review of strategies, plans, and proposals
Written feedback on gaps and assumptions
Review of evidence supporting progress and value
Results
Your team retains ownership while gaining an experienced perspective on its decisions, progress, and next steps.
Portfolio owners can establish:
A common intake and evaluation method - Consistent definitions of value, cost and realised benefit - Reusable investment and governance records - Comparable reporting across portfolio companies - Visibility into shared supplier and infrastructure exposure - A stronger operating and diligence record from investment through exit - Leadership teams capable of repeating the discipline independently .
Repeatable Discipline Across PortCos
Portfolio companies should not all adopt the same technology. They should apply the same quality of questioning, evidence and investment discipline to their own value-creation constraints. Newthistle helps PE firms establish a common operating approach while allowing each company to choose the intervention appropriate to its business.