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Most AI rollouts fail not because the tool is wrong, but because there's no enablement strategy behind it.

The tool gets bought, a handful of people use it, and six months later leadership is asking why nothing changed. I help businesses figure out where they're actually losing time, implement AI at the workflow level, not just the software level, and then measure whether it's working in terms that matter to leadership. The result isn't just a tool deployment. It's a program.

Tool-agnostic. No platform to sell, so the recommendation is about your workflow, not my product.

“Anyone can deploy a tool. Not everyone builds the feedback mechanism that makes it better over time.”
500%+

Faster installation cycles across 4 years of partnership, driving millions of dollars in increased revenue.

DAVID · VYVE BROADBAND


In their words

Fifteen-plus years running programs inside pharma, tech, and telecom organizations, most recently leading AI enablement at Merz North America.

“Over 4 years, our installation time frames dropped by over 500%, driving in millions of dollars of increased revenue directly as a result.”

DAVID · VYVE BROADBAND

“If you're hiring someone who needs to build processes that hold up when they hit the team using them, Adrian is the kind of operator you want.”

KENNY · MERZ AESTHETICS

“Adrian thinks like a practitioner, communicates like a strategist, and gets things done.”

JULIE · MERZ AESTHETICS


The A·I·M Framework

Every engagement runs the same sequence, whether it's a 30-minute call or a full roadmap session.

PhaseWhat happens
Assess Map the current state before recommending anything. Identify root causes, not symptoms. Separate AI hype from genuine operational opportunity. Score use cases on frequency, time cost, complexity, and risk.
Implement Guide responsible deployment and adoption. Design phased rollouts with governance built in from the start. Build enablement and champion networks alongside the technology, not just the software.
Measure Track impact across three layers: Adoption (are people using it?), Efficiency (is it creating operational leverage?), and Sentiment (do people trust it?). Feed findings back into the next Assess phase.

“The program loop is what separates a program from a rollout. Anyone can deploy a tool. Not everyone builds the feedback mechanism that makes it better over time.”

Measure feeds back into Assess. That loop is what turns a rollout into a program.

One workflow, mapped end to end. What looks like a single process rarely turns out to be just one use case. The sessions below focus on mapping one workflow closely, not surveying an entire org chart.

Three ways to begin

Each session is a fixed scope, fixed price, and a real starting point, not a sales call in disguise.

OfferPrice / TimeWhat it isBook
Systems Snapshot Call
Most people start here
$15030 min A focused conversation to map where your team is losing time and determine whether AI is actually the right lever to pull. If it's clear in the first ten minutes that AI isn't your real problem, I'll say so, and you won't pay for the call. Book →
Workflow Strategy Session
$30060 min We go deeper into a specific workflow, identify where automation or AI creates real leverage, and leave you with a clear sense of next steps. Book →
AI & Automation Roadmap Session
$60090 min A structured session that maps one workflow end to end and produces a sequenced roadmap: use cases ranked by value, a governance framework, and a measurement plan. Delivered within 48 hours of the working session. Sign on for a follow-on engagement within 30 days and the $600 credits toward it. Book →
Every session is built to get your internal team moving, not to create ongoing dependence on an outside consultant. If the work grows beyond a session's scope, that becomes a separate, phased engagement, scoped and priced on its own, never assumed.

Extended work beyond a session's scope runs $200/hr, billed in 30-minute increments, or a separate project agreement for program-level engagements.

Start with the Systems Snapshot.

Thirty minutes to find out whether AI is actually the right lever for what's slowing your team down, before anyone talks about a tool.