Price
From C$1,500
Before tax. Confirmed for your team before you pay, based on how many people, teams and tools we look at.
AI Readiness Assessment · Where to start
Know where
you stand.
Know what’s next.
In plain words, it’s an audit of how ready your team and company are to use AI well and safely. We look at the tools in use, how information is handled, where AI fits your work, people’s skills, your rules and your risks. You get a readiness report, a prioritized 90-day roadmap, the policy gaps and a training plan.
The useful detailsThe assessment is from C$1,500, before tax; we confirm the price for your team before you pay. Fixed scope, agreed in writing. Your report and roadmap arrive 1 to 2 weeks after the working session. It is led by our founder and/or a Hero team member.
We confirm scope and send an invoice. No card needed. Full refund if you cancel before the kickoff session. Refund terms
AI Readiness Assessment
Know where you stand.
01 — Look at how you work today
02 — Rate each area
03 — Agree what comes first
A roadmap you get to keep
AI + a human touch
Turnaround
1 to 2 weeks
From the working session to your written report and roadmap.
Where
Online or in person
On video anywhere in Canada, or in person at your office in the GTA.
Who it’s for.
A good fit if
- People already use AI tools, but nobody has said how
- Leadership wants to use AI and doesn’t know where to start
- You’re being pitched AI products and can’t tell what’s worth it
- Your board, partners or clients are asking how you use AI
- You want to train people, but don’t know who needs what
Probably not the right start if
- Your only question is whether data is leaking into AI tools. The AI security assessment is more focused
- You just want your people to get better at AI. Training may be enough
- You need a certification or formal compliance report
Any industry, any team size. If it’s the wrong size, we’ll say so.
What we look at
Six areas. Each one gets a rating and plain-language findings in your report.
Tools and accounts in use
Which AI tools people actually use, including the ones leadership has not approved. Personal or business accounts. The AI features already switched on in software you pay for, and seats or subscriptions that overlap.
Data handling
What kinds of information go into AI tools today: client, employee, financial or confidential business information. Which accounts it goes into, and how those accounts are set for data retention and model training.
Current workflows and where AI fits
The repeated tasks that take the most time, where AI could help with a first draft or a summary, and where it should stay out: decisions about people, professional advice, anything that needs a qualified sign-off.
Skills and confidence
Who uses AI and how often, how people check what it gives them, and where they get stuck. Most of this comes from the anonymous survey, so people can answer honestly, and the rest from the interviews.
Policy and governance
Whether you have a written AI use policy and an approved-tool list, who decides on new tools, who owns AI use day to day, and whether clients need to be told when AI is used on their work.
Risks
The specific ways AI use could go wrong for your business: confidential information in personal accounts, unchecked output reaching clients, tools nobody owns, and vendor terms nobody has read.
How the assessment works
- A free 30-minute Fit Call to agree whether it fits, the scope and the price
- We confirm the scope in writing and send an invoice
- A kickoff with leadership: goals, the people we’ll talk to, and any access you approve
- An anonymous staff survey: which AI tools and accounts people use, for what, and how confident they feel
- Short interviews with leadership and the people doing the work
- A review of the tools you already pay for and their settings, with your administrator
- A working session on what we found and what comes first
- Your written report and roadmap, 1 to 2 weeks after the working session
How we handle your information
- We only look at what you choose to share
- Access is approved by you, and you can remove it
- The staff survey is anonymous
- We don't sell or reuse your data
- The report is yours to keep and share
What you get.
01 · Report
Readiness report and rating
Each of the six areas rated on a simple four-step scale (not started, early, partly in place, in place), with the reasons behind each rating. It describes your business. It is not a benchmark against other companies.
02 · Roadmap
A prioritized roadmap
The first 90 days: the one to three uses worth doing first, each with an owner and a way to tell whether it works. What to leave alone for now, and why. The order of work, week by week.
03 · Policy
Policy and governance gaps
What is missing from a basic AI use policy for your team: approved tools, information that never goes in, required checks and who decides. Plus the questions to take to your privacy lead or counsel.
04 · Training
A training plan
Who needs training, on what, and in what order. It names the format that fits, which may be your own people coaching each other rather than anything you buy from us.
05 · Risks
A ranked risk list
The risks we found, the most serious first, each with a practical fix and who should own it.
06 · Session
The working session
A live session with your leadership to walk through what we found, test the priorities against what you know, and agree what happens first. The written documents follow.
Timeline
We agree the date of the working session when we confirm scope, before anything is invoiced, so you know when to expect the results before you pay. The survey and interviews happen before that session and are scheduled around your team. The written report and roadmap arrive 1 to 2 weeks after the working session.
For an example of the level of detail in a roadmap, see the illustrative 90-day plan on AI consulting in Canada. It is a made-up example, not a client’s plan.
Price
From C$1,500, before tax. What moves the price: how many people, teams and tools we look at, whether sessions are in person or online, and travel outside the GTA. We confirm the price for your team in writing before you pay. No card is charged on this site.
What it isn’t
- Not a certification, a SOC 2 or ISO audit, a penetration test, a formal compliance report or legal advice
- Not implementation. Carrying out the roadmap is up to you, or it can be consulting work, quoted after the assessment
- Not a software pitch. Hero doesn’t resell software
- Not a promise of hours saved or any business result
After the assessment
The roadmap is written so your team can act on it without us. If you want help, the usual next steps are team training for the people named in the training plan, AI consulting while you roll the roadmap out, or AI security work such as an AI use policy and secure setup. Each is quoted or priced separately, and each is your choice.
GOOD QUESTIONS. STRAIGHT ANSWERS.
Readiness assessment questions
Still have something on your mind?
Talk to a real personHow is this different from AI consulting?
The readiness assessment is a fixed-scope piece of work with a posted starting price: it tells you where you stand and what to do first. AI consulting is the ongoing help afterwards, if you want it: rolling out the first uses, choosing tools, setting who owns what and checking progress. Consulting is quoted after the assessment, based on what we found.
How is it different from the AI security assessment?
The readiness assessment covers the whole picture: people, workflows, skills, policy and risk, with data handling as one of six areas. The AI security assessment goes deeper on one question: which AI tools are in use, what data goes into them and who has access, with a closer review of admin settings. If your main worry is information leaking into AI tools, start there instead. If you're not sure, we'll recommend one on the Fit Call.
Is this a certified audit?
No. It is a practical business assessment. It is not a certification, a SOC 2 or ISO audit, a penetration test, a formal compliance report or legal advice. If you need one of those, we'll say so on the Fit Call and point you to the right kind of specialist.
How much of our team's time does it take?
Leadership: a kickoff, an interview and the working session. Staff: a short anonymous survey, plus interviews with a few of the people who do the work. We schedule around your team and agree the list of people when we confirm scope.
What access do you need?
Only what you approve, and you can remove it at any time. We look at how your tools are set up, usually on a screen share with your administrator. We don't need to read client files or private messages to do this work.
We barely use AI yet. Is it too early?
No. In that case the assessment puts more weight on where AI fits and what to put in place before people start, such as an approved tool and a short policy. The survey often shows that some staff already use AI on their own accounts.
Who does the work?
It is led by our founder and/or a Hero team member. You'll know who is running your assessment before it starts, and you can reach us directly by phone or email.
Do we have to buy anything afterwards?
No. The roadmap is written so your team can act on it without us. If you want help later, consulting, training and AI security work are separate, and each is your choice.
What if we cancel?
Full refund if you cancel before the kickoff session. Once the kickoff has happened, the fee covers work already delivered. Full terms are on the Refunds page.
A CLEAR NEXT STEP STARTS HERE
Find out where your team stands.
Tell us about your team on a free 30-minute call. We’ll tell you honestly whether the readiness assessment, training or AI security work is the right first step.
Free 30-minute call with our founder · Video call, camera optional