Business Nervous System Read · $999

Find the AI Gap.

What would you build differently if intelligence were cheap? The read answers that question in the work your company actually does.

Fixed fee

$999

90-minute working session

A written read within two business days.

One recommended first move

A clear decision about what is worth proving.

What you receive

A written recommendation you can act on.

The primary constraint is named in one sentence. An AI Gap map then explains the workflows examined and the opportunity they reveal.

The AI Gap map
In the mapWhat it tells you
TodayHow the examined workflows currently run, including the workarounds.
Old constraintWhere human attention is being used because software could not previously understand the work.
New possibilityWhat has become technically and economically possible in this company.
EconomicsHours, delay, quality, capacity or revenue affected, with assumptions identified.
Human boundaryWhere judgment should remain with a person and what authority a system could receive.
First moveOne bounded deployment worth proving, with a proposed measurement plan.
Larger implicationWhat the findings tell us about the company’s AI Gap and the sequence of further work.
How the read works

Bring the actual work.

Before the session, we agree which parts of the business to examine and which examples will help. You walk me through what happens, what it takes and where it relies on you.

For a one-person company, that means your own working day. With a team, the people doing the relevant work can help explain what the official process leaves out.

I use the five Business Nervous System functions to trace what the business can sense, communicate, understand, decide and check. Every finding needs an explanation.

The written read covers the agreed workflows and available evidence. Estimated economics are identified as estimates; the Prove stage establishes the baseline and measures the change.

My commitment

A credible opportunity, or a clear reason to stop.

The read will identify at least one economically credible opportunity worth investigating, or I’ll tell you that I don’t think you should hire me to continue.

You keep the written findings. Further work is a separate decision, with its own scope and price.

See the method

Follow a demonstration read.

The four published composite reads show how I connect operating evidence to a primary constraint and a proposed first change. The AI Gap map extends that diagnosis to what current AI makes possible.

Read the demonstrations
Questions about the read

What should an AI workflow assessment tell you?

Is the read an AI readiness assessment?

The Business Nervous System Read examines agreed workflows in your actual business. It identifies the primary constraint, maps the AI Gap and recommends one economically credible first move. The useful result is a decision about what to prove, supported by the context, economics and human boundaries involved.

What does the $999 include?

A 90-minute working session and a written read within two business days. You receive the findings and a recommended first move. Implementation and ongoing stewardship are scoped and priced separately.

Do I need clean data or a large team before starting?

No. We can examine where information is missing or unreliable; fixing that may be the first recommendation. The work is for established businesses doing $500k+ a year, including one-person companies.

What happens if AI is not the right first move?

I’ll explain the constraint and why I do not recommend continuing with an AI implementation. You keep the written findings. The read does not commit you to further work.

Still choosing where to begin? Read the guide to starting with AI.

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What should your company be able to do now?

Send a little context. I’ll confirm fit, the scope of the read, payment and scheduling before the session.

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