How ready are you for AI?

Eight plain questions for owners, not IT teams. You get a score out of 100 and the three things to fix first.

1How much do you use AI yourself?
NeverI have tried it a few timesMost weeksEvery day, for real work
2Does anyone in the business use AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude or Copilot at work?
Nobody that I know ofA few people, on their own accountsMost people, each in their own wayYes, on agreed tools the company pays for
3Do your staff know what they can and cannot put into AI tools?
There are no rulesThey have been told informallyThere is a written rule, but no trainingThere is a written policy and everyone has been trained
4Who is responsible for AI in the business?
NobodyMe, when I have timeOne named person, alongside their jobA named person with time and a budget
5How much of how the business runs is written down?
It is in people's headsA few thingsMost of the important jobsNearly everything, and it is kept up to date
6Have you measured a result from using AI?
NoIt feels like it helpsWe have measured one taskSeveral tasks, with numbers
7If you wanted last month's sales, leads and margins in one place, how long would it take?
Days, across several spreadsheetsAbout a dayAbout an hourMinutes. It is on a live dashboard
8Are your main systems (accounts, customers, orders) online and able to connect to other tools?
Mostly paper or old desktop softwareA mixMostly onlineAll online, and already connected to each other

How the score works.

Each answer is worth 0 to 3 points. The eight answers are added up and shown as a score out of 100. There is no weighting and no secret formula.

It measures the things that decide whether AI pays back in an owner-led company: whether you use it yourself, whether your team has agreed tools and rules, whether the work is written down, and whether anyone is measuring the result.

It is a starting point, not an audit. How this site is made.