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Know exactly where you stand. And where to go next.
A clear picture of your organisation's AI maturity, measured across the same five pillars we use for every transformation. Surveys tailored by role, variance analysis across leadership layers, reporting ready for the board, and a prioritised roadmap tied to measurable outcomes.
15 questions, about five minutes. No commitment.
A sample profile. 32 dimensions, five pillars, one score your board can read.
The five pillars
It doesn't land because a tool is available. It lands when the organisation is aligned, equipped and ready to change the way work gets done. AI Compass measures all five pillars, because a weakness in any one of them is where adoption stalls.
Align AI ambition with business strategy, and equip leaders to make the call on where AI creates advantage — and where it doesn't.
Connect AI to measurable value: productivity, cost, revenue, decision quality, risk. Not licence uptake and prompt counts.
Create the conditions for safe experimentation, so people try new ways of working instead of using AI quietly or not at all.
Build AI fluency where the domain expertise already sits, rather than concentrating capability in a handful of enthusiasts.
Make sure data, platforms, security and governance are ready to carry AI safely — and that guardrails enable rather than block.
How it works
Surveys tailored to your executive, senior leadership, people leader and individual contributor levels. Questions capture the right perspective at every layer, so nothing falls through the cracks.
Responses aggregate into a maturity score across the five pillars. We surface patterns, highlight variance between layers, and show where you're strong versus exposed.
You get a prioritised blueprint. Not a generic report — a targeted view of the areas that'll move AI readiness and performance the most.
Track genuine uplift, validate that interventions and investment are working, and make sure blind spots don't quietly re-emerge. Each round builds on the last, creating a longitudinal view of progress your board can rely on.
What you'll see
Many AI assessments are completed by a small central team, which can create a false sense of confidence. Executives believe the organisation is ready. People leaders aren't clear how to redesign the work. Frontline teams are already using AI without consistent support or guardrails.
AI Compass captures all four perspectives, so you can see where readiness is genuinely shared and where assumptions are hiding risk.
Beyond maturity, AI Compass captures how AI tools are actually being used across your organisation — what's sanctioned, what's shadow, and where the enablement gaps are. You get a realistic picture of adoption on the ground, not just what's been approved on paper.
The guides
Four papers on measuring AI readiness — what maturity actually is, how to assess it, how the published frameworks differ, and the questions leaders ask us most.
From insight to action
We work with you to translate findings into a prioritised, practical roadmap, sequenced around impact, effort and your organisation's readiness. Every recommendation ties back to a specific dimension, so you know why it matters and what to do about it.
Interventions ranked by where they'll move the needle most, not where they're easiest.
Phased around your capacity, budget cycles and organisational readiness.
Every action maps back to a Compass dimension, so progress is trackable round over round.
AI Compass is built for leaders who:
The free readiness check is 15 questions across the five pillars and takes about five minutes. You'll get an indicative score and a clear view of where the conversations need to happen. When you want the board-ready version, we run the full diagnostic across your whole organisation.
AI Compass is a Five product. We're working with a small number of organisations during the pilot — register your interest and we'll be in touch when a slot opens.
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