Fixed-scope AI opportunity audit

Find the work worth fixing before you buy another AI tool.

In one focused week, I turn your team’s recurring work into a practical opportunity map: what to improve now, what needs a proper build, and what should stay human.

No affiliate recommendations. No obligation to hire me for implementation.

Senior engineering judgment

Vendor-independent recommendations

Human control made explicit

Clear next decisions

The real problem

“We should use AI” is not a plan.

Most teams do not need a longer list of tools. They need to see where time is disappearing, which bottleneck matters, and whether the answer is a better process, an existing product, a lightweight automation, or a system worth building.

The audit creates that decision layer before money and attention disappear into disconnected experiments.

The method

From conversation to a ranked action plan.

I study the work as it happens, not as a generic AI use-case catalogue.

01 / Discover

Walk through the work.

In a recorded 45-minute call, we trace recurring tasks, handoffs, delays, rework, information gaps, and the moments that consume disproportionate attention.

02 / Analyse

Separate symptoms from leverage.

I analyse the transcript and supporting material, group the friction points, and test each opportunity against impact, effort, data access, risk, and human oversight.

03 / Prescribe

Make the trade-offs visible.

You receive a concise report with quick wins, larger projects, estimated weekly opportunity, costs, assumptions, and a recommended order of operations.

04 / Decide

Leave with the next move.

We review the report together, challenge the estimates, resolve open questions, and choose the first action—whether your team implements it, I help, or you pause.

What you receive

A decision document, not a tool dump.

The report is designed to be useful to the person who approves the work and the person who will eventually implement it.

Discuss your workflow
Opportunity map Impact × effort
  1. 01
    Executive summaryThe bottleneck, expected outcome, and hours in scope.
  2. 02
    Workflow findingsWhere time, context, and decisions currently break down.
  3. 03
    3–7 ranked opportunitiesQuick wins and major projects, separated clearly.
  4. 04
    Recommendation detailImpact, effort, cost, setup, dependencies, risk, and human control.
  5. 05
    30-day action planThe smallest useful sequence for testing the recommendations.

Strong fit

You know the work is inefficient, but the right intervention is still unclear.

  • A founder or team lead is buried in recurring coordination or admin.
  • Important context is copied between email, documents, meetings, and software.
  • The team has tried AI tools without a coherent workflow or measurable outcome.
  • You need a defensible first step before approving an implementation budget.

Not the right fit

You need a predetermined tool endorsed or a result promised without access to the work.

  • You want a generic list of popular AI products.
  • The decision has already been made and the audit is expected to validate it.
  • The process cannot be discussed even at a high level.
  • The outcome depends on removing human review from consequential decisions.

After the AI diagnostic

The report can become a roadmap—or remain the final deliverable.

The audit stands on its own. If the evidence supports further work, the diagnostic can lead to one focused build, a broader implementation, or ongoing support. Every option is scoped separately, and none is required.

01

Process redesign

Simplify the workflow before automating it, remove unnecessary steps, clarify ownership, and define the clean handoffs a reliable system will need.

02

Simple automation

Connect a clear input to a clear output with a focused automation for recurring admin, notifications, data movement, or reporting.

03

Knowledge systems or custom GPTs

Turn approved documents, operating knowledge, and repeat questions into a governed system that can retrieve and explain the right source.

04

Custom AI workflows and skills

Build reusable AI-assisted workflows around the team’s tools, context, permissions, approval points, and quality checks.

05

Full implementation

Combine process work, automations, knowledge, integrations, interface, testing, and adoption into one delivery plan.

06

Ongoing AI concierge

Work together on a recurring basis to audit, improve, and automate priority workflows while the team builds its own capability.

07

Workflow or knowledge-system retainer

Maintain and extend a defined set of workflows or knowledge systems as tools, source material, and operating needs change.

Prefer to take the report in-house? You receive the complete diagnostic and can implement it with your own team or another provider.

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Common questions

What the audit does—and does not—promise.

Clear boundaries make the recommendations more useful.

Who is the audit for?

It is for founders, operators, and small teams who can point to repetitive work but are not yet sure what should be automated, delegated to AI, redesigned, or left alone.

Do you need access to our systems?

Usually not for the audit. The discovery call, examples, and any documents you choose to share are normally enough. If a recommendation depends on system access or sensitive data, the report will mark that as a dependency rather than assume it away.

What does the five-hour guarantee mean?

The report must identify at least five hours per week of credible opportunity across the people and workflows in scope. Opportunity is not the same as guaranteed savings: each estimate includes assumptions, effort, and risk. If I cannot build that credible case, I refund the audit fee.

Will the report just recommend more AI tools?

No. A useful answer may be a simpler process, a feature you already pay for, a small automation, a purpose-built system, or a decision to keep a human in control. The audit is independent of software vendors.

What can happen after the AI diagnostic?

The audit can lead to process redesign, a simple automation, a knowledge system or custom GPT, custom AI workflows and skills, full implementation, an ongoing AI concierge, or a workflow and knowledge-system retainer. You can also take the report in-house. Every next engagement is optional and scoped separately.

One team. One week. One clear map.

Find the first AI opportunity that deserves to become real.

Tell me which recurring workflow is consuming attention. I’ll confirm whether the audit is the right starting point before you commit.

Request the AI Opportunity Audit €950 excluding VAT · Fixed scope · No implementation obligation