Data and AI Value Review
Find where Data and AI can create real value.
Identify where Data, automation and AI can create the strongest credible value—and which opportunity should be pursued first.
- 2 weeks
- From £7,500
- Led directly by Tom Arnold
Fixed scope and fee agreed before work begins.
Situations this review is built for
- Leaders suspect value exists in manual work and reporting, but nobody has quantified it.
- There is pressure to invest in AI without a credible first use case.
- Several ideas are competing and none has an agreed value case.
- Suppliers are proposing platforms before the opportunity is understood.
- The Data team is stretched and needs a clear, defensible priority order.
What the review delivers
An independent, evidence-based view of where Data, automation and AI can create value, what foundations are missing and which single opportunity should go first.
- Leadership interviews and evidence review
- A Data and AI Value Map
- A ranked opportunity shortlist
- A recommended first use case and the reasoning behind it
- An initial financial or operational value hypothesis
- An agreed measurement baseline
- Readiness blockers and required foundations
- A practical 90-day direction
- An executive decision session
How the review works
- 01
Understand the business
Establish the outcomes, pressures and constraints that any opportunity has to respect.
- 02
Map the value
Work through processes, reporting, decisions and manual effort to build the Value Map.
- 03
Test readiness
Assess Data, ownership, governance and capability against the shortlisted opportunities.
- 04
Decide the first move
Present the ranked shortlist, the recommended first use case and the measurement baseline.
Typical duration: 2 weeks
Typical engagement
- Typical duration
- 2 weeks
- Starting fee
- From £7,500
- Leadership involvement
- Executive sponsor and relevant decision-makers
- Main output
- A Value Map, a ranked shortlist and a recommended first use case
Includes
- Leadership interviews and evidence review.
- A Data and AI Value Map.
- A ranked opportunity shortlist.
- A recommended first use case and the reasoning behind it.
- An initial financial or operational value hypothesis.
- An agreed measurement baseline.
- Readiness blockers and required foundations.
- A practical 90-day direction.
- An executive decision session.
Does not include
- Implementation of the selected use case.
- Guaranteed savings.
- Enterprise platform selection or replacement.
- A generic maturity report with no decision attached.
- Technology resale or vendor commission.
Starting fees provide a realistic guide. Final scope and fees are agreed before work begins, with VAT added where applicable.
From opportunity to a decision you can act on
The Value Review is deliberately short. It establishes where value credibly sits, what the organisation is ready to attempt and which single opportunity deserves to go first.
It ends with an executive decision session, not a report left on a shelf. If the evidence does not support investment, we will say so.
Tangible outputs
- Data and AI Value Map
- Ranked opportunity shortlist
- Recommended first use case with reasoning
- Initial value hypothesis and measurement baseline
- Readiness blockers and required foundations
- Practical 90-day direction
- Executive decision session
What you need to provide
- One executive sponsor
- Access to a small number of relevant leaders
- Existing reporting, process or plan material where available
- Honest context about current capability and constraints
What the review does not include
- Implementation of the selected use case.
- Guaranteed savings.
- Enterprise platform selection or replacement.
- A generic maturity report with no decision attached.
- Technology resale or vendor commission.
The review is designed to produce a decision. If the evidence does not support investment, we will say so plainly.
Founder-led delivery
Every programme is led directly by Tom Arnold, an experienced Data Director with approximately 20 years across financial services, Amazon, Skyscanner and insurance.
You work with the person whose experience you are buying. There is no hand-off to a junior consulting team.
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