AI transformation planning,
built on your real baseline.
Plan first, then transform: a clear read on where you stand with AI, and a concrete plan for your next 12 months.
What is AI
transformation planning?
The step between buying AI tools and actually seeing value from them.
What it is
AI transformation planning is the work of establishing how your organisation actually uses AI today — usage, proficiency, sentiment, barriers — and turning that evidence into a sequenced plan. It sits between buying tools (which most firms have done) and seeing value (which most haven't).
What you leave with
Three artefacts: an AI maturity audit scored by department, an ROI barrier map naming what's blocking value, and a 12-month roadmap with a detailed first 90 days. Every recommendation traces back to your own data, not a generic playbook.
What happens after
The roadmap sequences delivery: which teams get hands-on training first, which workflows get automated, and what gets measured each quarter. Fautons can deliver those next steps or hand the plan to your internal team — the plan works either way.
What a first 90 days looks like
An illustrative quarter, drawn from how the roadmap typically sequences.
Stand up the measurement baseline, brief leaders on the audit findings, and pick the two highest-leverage departments from the maturity scores.
Run the first hands-on training cohorts in those departments and template the workflows your own champions have already built informally.
Publish the first proficiency scorecard, expand to the next departments, and put AI adoption on the same reporting cadence as any other operating metric.
Assess your
actual state of AI
Your plan is only as good as your data. Here's what we dig into.
AI usage, proficiency, and value
How people are using AI across your organization
Adoption and ROI barriers
What's standing in the way, from attitudes to policies
Leading and lagging departments
Who's pulling ahead in AI value and who needs help
Organizational maturity and readiness
How your strategic decisions are helping or hurting AI adoption
Get your baseline in 12 questions.
Take the free AI Proficiency Predictor: 12 questions, an instant score across Capability, Usage, and Momentum, and the next step that fits your org.
Get a rock-solid plan in 8 weeks
We use multiple instruments (executive inputs, employee assessments and industry data) to clarify what's working, what's stalling, and what to do next.
Voice-of-the-firm diagnostic
An org-wide assessment of AI usage, proficiency, sentiment and potential.
Focus areas & interviews
Leader interviews and benchmarks to define what matters most to you now.
Analysis & roadmap build
We turn data and interviews into a clear, sequenced plan of action.
90-day rollout plan
A practical first quarter so you can act with confidence on day one.
Leave with a real to-do list
Not just a McKinsey slide deck.
AI Maturity Audit
Proficiency scores by department, a 12-month KPI scorecard, and the barriers between you and your goals.
AI ROI Barrier Map
A clear view of what's slowing adoption and value, and what it'll take to close the gaps.
AI Transformation Roadmap
A month-by-month plan for the next 12 months, with a deeper dive on your first 90 days.
Your AI maturity scorecard
Your AI scorecard summarizes your maturity across five dimensions. Each one includes the “what,” the barrier, and the recommended intervention.
| Category | Where today | Close in 12 months | Best in class |
|---|---|---|---|
| Usage | 1 in 3 use AI weekly | 80% weekly active users | 97% daily active users |
| Proficiency | A few informal experts | 30% certified across teams | 80% certified |
| Change-agent capacity | A few internal champions | 100+ active champions | 1,000+ change-ready staff |
| Self-built workflows | A handful, undocumented | Templated and shared | Embedded by every team |
| Measured value | Anecdotal | Tracked and reported | Tied to business outcomes |
Common questions
AI transformation planning, in plain terms.
What is AI transformation planning?
A structured 8-week engagement that benchmarks how your organisation actually uses AI today, then turns that data into a sequenced 12-month roadmap. You leave with an AI maturity audit, an ROI barrier map, and a 90-day rollout plan.
How is this different from an AI strategy document?
A strategy says where you want to go; a transformation plan proves where you're starting from and sequences the route. The diagnostic comes first precisely so the roadmap reflects your organisation's real usage and barriers rather than industry averages.
What does the AI transformation roadmap actually include?
A month-by-month sequence for 12 months: which departments to prioritise (from the maturity scores), which workflows to automate first, what training each team needs, and the KPIs to report each quarter — with the first 90 days planned week by week.
Is this AI consultancy or AI training?
Both, in sequence. The planning engagement is consultancy: our consultants run the diagnostic, interview leaders, and build the roadmap. The roadmap then typically sequences hands-on AI training for the teams that need it, which Fautons delivers across the UK, on-site or live online.
How long does it take and what does it involve?
Eight weeks: an org-wide diagnostic of AI usage and proficiency, leader interviews and benchmarks, analysis and roadmap build, then a practical 90-day rollout plan so you can act on day one.
Who is AI transformation planning for?
Leaders accountable for AI outcomes, typically a Head of AI, COO, or transformation lead, in organisations that have deployed AI tools but can't yet see adoption, proficiency, or ROI clearly.
Where teams go next
Planning is step one. These carry the roadmap into delivery.