The AI Readiness Canvas helps organisations to create a clear strategy and direction for the company to adopt AI. It highlights the gaps, the drivers, the need and the purpose for adopting AI.
The Canvas is designed as a template so that people can produce multiple copies and iterate on them to explore options and opportunities before settling on an agreed approach.
Executives and companies leaders can use this to engage their staff and strategise their adoption of AI to achieve a better outcome.
The canvas is a single-page visual template, similar to the Business Model Canvas. It is designed for repeated use, allowing teams to iterate on ideas, discuss options, and align on a strategic approach. It is divided into distinct blocks or sections, each posing critical questions that guide the user's thinking about AI adoption and strategy. The goal is to move from early exploration to delivering measurable value as quickly as possible.
The Canvas is structured around three core areas; Strategy, Foundations, and Execution seen in various popular adoption frameworks:
1. Why? (The Strategic Imperative):
Focuses on the business vision and value proposition. This part of the canvas helps teams to "work backwards" from their desired business outcomes to define a clear purpose for AI adoption.
Covered by Canvas Sections 1, 2 & 3.
2. How? (The Foundational Capabilities):
List out the needed resources, skills, and culture to implement the business vision. Decide which capabilities need to be developed to enable a robust AI organisation, covering data, technology and people.
Covered by Canvas Sections 4, 5 & 6.
3. What? (The Execution & Operations):
Describe the implementation, including governance, managing costs, and how to define success. This area covers the essential building blocks that ensures the organisation will succeed with its implementation.
Covered by Canvas Sections 7, 8 & 9.
