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Where does your company stand on AI readiness?

This short assessment gives you an honest picture of where you are — and a clear view of where to start. The Sparkhound team will follow up to talk through your results — in person at Birmingham AI or by email.

32
Questions
6
Dimensions
~10
Minutes

Takes about 10 minutes · Your responses stay with Sparkhound

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What the assessment measures

The 6 dimensions of AI readiness

The free AI Readiness Assessment scores your organization across 6 dimensions in about ten minutes. Here is what each dimension covers and the kinds of questions you will answer — 32 in all.

1

Data Readiness

Where your data lives, how much you trust it, and whether it can feed AI.

  • Where does most of your company's critical business data live today?
  • How confident are you that your data is accurate and up to date?
  • Can your business answer its most important operational questions without manual effort?
  • How long has your current core data been collected in its current format?
  • Does your team currently use data to inform decisions — or to confirm them?
  • How would you describe your company's data collection habits?
2

Tech Stack

How modern, integrated, and AI-accessible your technology foundation is.

  • How would you describe the maturity of your current technology stack?
  • Is your business data accessible via APIs or standard integration formats?
  • Does your company use Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, or a comparable productivity platform?
  • How is technology purchasing and adoption typically handled?
  • Does your company use cloud infrastructure for core operations?
3

Org Readiness

Whether your people, ownership, and training can carry AI into daily use.

  • If your company decided to deploy an AI initiative tomorrow, who would own it internally?
  • How would you characterize your team's general openness to new technology?
  • Does your company have employees who are already experimenting with AI tools?
  • How does your organization handle training when new technology is introduced?
  • How many employees does your organization have?
4

Data Governance

Whether you can use AI safely, securely, and in compliance with your data.

  • Does your organization have clear policies around who can access sensitive business data?
  • Has your organization discussed or established any policies around AI tool usage?
  • How would you rate your company's overall cybersecurity posture?
  • Does your company have a clear understanding of where its proprietary data lives and who controls it?
  • Has your company experienced a data breach or cybersecurity incident in the past three years?
5

CEO & Leadership

How leadership models, frames, and commits to AI — the strongest adoption signal.

  • How often does your leadership team use AI tools day to day?
  • How does your leadership team currently talk about AI?
  • Has your leadership team invested time in understanding AI — beyond reading headlines?
  • What's your leadership team's reaction to the pace of AI change right now?
  • What's your company's biggest internal barrier to moving on AI right now?
  • How do you expect AI to affect your industry over the next five years?
6

Strategic Horizon

Whether AI aligns with where you're actually taking the business.

  • Where is the business headed over the next few years?
  • How does your competitive set currently use technology relative to your company?
  • Does your company have a formal strategic planning process?
  • What would a successful AI deployment mean for your business in 18 months?
  • How would you describe your organization's relationship with external advisors and partners?