What's Inside
6 Modules. One Focused Sprint.
Each module is scoped for a single working session. Complete the sprint in a week or a weekend — your call.
Module 01
AI Readiness Audit
Diagnose your organization's current AI maturity across data, process, people, and tooling. Walk away knowing exactly where you stand.
Module 02
Use Case Prioritization
Score AI opportunities across your business against effort, impact, and risk. Surface the 3–5 use cases with the highest ROI potential.
Module 03
Vendor Evaluation Guide
A scored evaluation framework for assessing AI vendors, platforms, and point solutions. Stop choosing based on demos alone.
Module 04
90-Day to 12-Month Roadmap
Template for structuring your AI initiative across three horizons: quick wins in 90 days, scaled deployment by Month 6, full integration by Month 12.
Module 05
Change Management Primer
Frameworks for building internal buy-in at the executive, management, and frontline levels. Address the organizational resistance before it happens.
Module 06
ROI Calculator & Business Case
Downloadable Excel template. Build a defensible business case with inputs for labor cost reduction, productivity gain, and implementation costs.
Why This Works
Opinionated. Structured. Fast.
Most AI strategy frameworks are written for Fortune 500 IT teams. This one is built for the VP of Operations who needs to get something done.
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No Fluff
17 pages. Every section has a deliverable. You leave with scored outputs, not slides full of frameworks you won't use.
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Built for Speed
Designed to run in a focused week. Each module is scoped to a 90-minute working session — leadership team or solo.
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Exec-Ready Outputs
ROI Calculator and roadmap templates are formatted to present directly to a CFO or board. No reformatting required.
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Field-Tested
This is the methodology from PathForge's $2,500 AI Readiness Sprint. Same questions, same scoring, same outputs.
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Vendor Agnostic
No platform bias. The vendor evaluation criteria work whether you're evaluating OpenAI, Microsoft, Salesforce Einstein, or vertical SaaS tools.
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$200 Toward Consulting
Your purchase comes with a $200 credit (code SPRINT200) toward any PathForge engagement. The playbook cost becomes an investment, not a line item.
Who This Is For
Mid-Market Leaders Ready to Act
50–500 person companies. Internal operators with a mandate to figure out AI. Not a lab project — a business initiative.
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VP of Operations
Own the initiative, drive the assessment, present the business case to the C-suite.
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Technology Directors
Evaluate platforms, prioritize use cases, build the vendor shortlist with scored criteria.
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Strategy & Finance Leaders
Build the ROI case with the Excel calculator. Put real numbers against the AI roadmap.
Versus Alternatives
$150 vs. $2,500
The Playbook is the self-guided version of the AI Readiness Sprint. Same methodology, you run it yourself.
✓ All 6 modules + ROI Calculator
✓ Self-guided, your timeline
✓ $200 credit toward consulting
✓ Immediate download
— No facilitation or expert review
— You drive the scoring
✓ Expert-led facilitation
✓ Custom scoring & calibration
✓ 1:1 strategy session
✓ Delivered roadmap document
✓ All Playbook content included
Ready to build your AI roadmap?
$150 for the methodology your team needs to go from AI ambiguity to a board-ready plan.