AI Readiness Assessment

01

Strategy and Leadership

4 questions – 20 points

Q1.Who owns AI strategy in your company today?

CEO, COO, or CFO with formal mandate CTO or CIO An innovation lead or middle manager No one owns it formally

Q2.Do you have a documented AI strategy linked to specific PnL outcomes?

Yes, active and reviewed quarterly Yes, but more than 12 months old In draft / being developed No documented AI strategy

Q3.How often is AI a board-level agenda item?

Every board meeting Quarterly Once or twice a year Never / rarely

Q4.How is AI funded inside your company?

Dedicated PnL line item Under IT budget Pulled from innovation / RnD pool Ad-hoc / per project / no budget

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02

Data and Integration

4 questions – 20 points

Q5.How many core systems (ERP, CRM, WMS, HRMS, Finance) are integrated into a unified data layer?

All of them – single source of truth 3-4 systems integrated 1-2 systems integrated None – every system is a silo

Q6.Can your AI tools read and reason across data from multiple systems?

Yes, seamlessly across all key systems Partial – some systems integrated Only with manual data export No – each AI tool is isolated

Q7.Do you have a documented data architecture or catalog?

Comprehensive, maintained, and governed Partial – some areas documented Started but incomplete None

Q8.Where does your most valuable proprietary business data live today?

Centralised warehouse or lakehouse Primarily inside ERP / CRM Spread across multiple SaaS apps Mostly in spreadsheets / files / inboxes

Continue to AI Initiatives and ROI →

03

AI Initiatives and ROI

4 questions – 20 points

Q9.How many AI initiatives are running in your company right now?

1 or 2, focused with clear outcomes 3-5, several connected to outcomes 6 or more, mostly disconnected pilots Zero – or I don’t know

Q10.Has any AI initiative delivered measurable PnL impact in the last 12 months?

Yes, multiple – tracked and verified Yes, at least one In progress, expected within 6 months No measurable PnL impact yet

Q11.Do you measure AI ROI in dollars – not adoption or usage rates?

Always – financial KPIs owned by Finance Sometimes – depends on the initiative Rarely – mostly adoption metrics No – we don’t measure AI ROI

Q12.How quickly can you go from an AI idea to a production deployment?

Under 90 days 3-6 months 6-12 months 12+ months – or we never finish pilots

Continue to People and Capability →

04

People and Capability

3 questions – 15 points

Q13.What does your AI engineering / data science capability look like?

Dedicated in-house team Hybrid – internal lead plus trusted partner Fully outsourced to external vendors None – relying on standard SaaS only

Q14.Have your senior leaders been formally trained on AI fundamentals?

Yes – full leadership team Some leaders trained Only a few individuals No formal AI training

Q15.Do you have governance for AI risks – hallucination, bias, compliance, IP leakage?

Formal policy + active review process Informal guidelines exist Ad-hoc – case by case No governance in place

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05

Infrastructure and Sovereignty

3 questions – 15 points

Q16.Where do your AI workloads run today?

Cloud (sovereign UAE / GCC region) Major public cloud (AWS / Azure / GCP) On-prem / private infrastructure Only through public APIs (ChatGPT, etc.)

Q17.Are you compliant with UAE PDPL and your sector data regulations for AI use?

Fully compliant – audited Mostly compliant – gaps known Working on it Don’t know / not assessed

Q18.Do you have a plan for sovereign or on-premise AI in the next 24 months?

Yes – actively in progress Planning stage Considering it No plan

Q19

One final question

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Q19.What is the one workflow where AI would most move the needle in your business?

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