Tell us where your week goes, which tools you run on, and what's connected to what. You get an instant snapshot for free. The full report, written by a person on our team, is $100 and has concrete fixes ranked by impact, plus what to keep human.
Your workflow map and AI roadmap, ranked by impact.
We call it your AI Opportunity Map. It's a short, specific plan written by a person who read every answer.
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Your systems map
Every tool you use as a node, colored by how you feel about it. Every handoff as a line, so the ones copied by hand stand out.
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Your time, in hours and dollars
Each task you list becomes hours per year and a cost at your own hourly rate. Most owners have never seen this number.
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Fixes ranked by impact
Quick wins, high-impact projects and strategic bets, each with the concrete solution, the effort, and who stays in control.
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What to keep human
The decisions that should stay with a person, and how AI can still help around them. Your readiness on four pillars, with a first step for each.
The assessment
Start your AI readiness assessment.
Eight short steps. Rough answers beat no answers, and you can come back to anything.
Plain words
What is an AI readiness assessment?
An AI readiness assessment is a structured review of how a business works today, used to decide where AI and automation would pay off and what has to be in place first. It looks at the tasks that take time, the tools and data behind them, the people who would run a new system, and the risks where a person must stay in charge.
Most of the AI readiness assessment tools you'll find online are ten multiple-choice questions and a score. That tells you how you compare to other companies, and not much about what to do on Monday. Ours is closer to a business process assessment and an automation assessment combined, because it asks about your actual week. It's also a quick AI assessment of the tools you already own, since the fastest wins are often features you pay for and never switched on.
The output isn't a grade. It's a map of your systems, a count of the hours going to repeat work, and a short list of fixes in the order we'd do them.
Our AI readiness framework
The four pillars of AI readiness.
We score business AI readiness on the same four pillars we use before we build anything. Each one gets a plain Ready, Getting there, or Not yet, with a first step.
Your data
Where customer, job and money information lives, how many places it's split across, and how long it takes to pull a simple list. Data readiness for AI is mostly about having one source of truth, not about having a lot of data.
Your processes
Whether the task runs the same way each time, whether it's written down anywhere, and how many holdups sit inside it. A process that varies every time gets fixed before it gets automated.
Your people
Who would own a new system day to day, how the team takes to new tools, and how AI is used today. A named owner matters more than a big budget.
Your risk
Sensitive data, the rules you work under, who holds the admin logins, and the decisions that must stay with a person. This is where a human checkpoint goes in, on purpose.
The method
How we rank every opportunity by impact.
Every task you list is scored the same way, so the ranking is about your business, not our favorite tools.
Hours per year. How often it happens, how long it takes, and how many people do it. We estimate how much of that time automation can realistically take back.
Pain and cost of errors. How much you dread it, and what goes wrong when it slips. Late invoices and missed leads score higher than tidy-but-boring work.
Effort. Days when the fix lives in a tool you own, weeks when two systems need connecting, months for a custom build or a team-wide change.
Risk. Anything that moves money, sets prices, touches hiring, or speaks to customers in a new way gets a named person who approves it.
The result is sorted into four tiers. Here's what a sample plan looks like for a small contractor.
Quick win
Payment reminders on autopilot
Invoices go out when the job closes and reminders follow a schedule. You step in only when a customer replies.
about 110 h/yr
High impact
Estimates that build, send and chase themselves
A template with your options and prices, sent as a link the client signs. You still set every price. See the AI implementation example, from half a day to under 30 minutes per estimate.
about 750 h/yr
Strategic bet
One live board for jobs and crews
Jobs, crews and addresses on one schedule the field team sees on their phones. Worth it, and worth doing after the first two.
about 300 h/yr
Keep human
Pricing the unusual job
Your experience is the product here. AI can pull your last five similar jobs so you price faster, and you make the call.
judgment
Before you start
A quick AI readiness checklist for small businesses.
Count your yes answers. Five or more means you're ready for a first project. Fewer means the assessment will show you which to fix first.
There is one task your team repeats every week that follows the same steps almost every time.
Your customer and job information lives in one or two systems, not in inboxes and memory.
You could pull a list of last year's customers in under an hour.
Someone on the team would own a new system and check on it weekly.
You know roughly how many hours a week go to admin, follow-up and double entry.
You can name the decisions that must always stay with a person.
You know who holds the admin logins to your main tools.
You have a baseline to measure against, such as days to get paid or time to reply to a lead.
Your team has tried an AI tool, even casually, and nobody panicked.
You have a written rule, or are willing to write one, about what staff may put into AI tools.
Who it's for
Built for owners and the people who do the work.
Owners see the business. Staff see the workarounds. Most assessments only ask one of them. After you submit, you get a link to share with teammates, and their answers join yours under one team code. Your plan shows where the two views agree and where they don't, which is usually where the best fix is hiding.
It fits businesses of 1 to 50 people, and it works for nonprofits, churches, clinics and practices as well as companies. Pick your organization type in the first step and the examples follow.
Who reads it
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Stephen Peake and Jeff Murphy. The two owners read every assessment. Exclusive Image has built websites and systems for small businesses since 2000, from Sacramento and Clarksville.
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Tool-neutral advice. We don't resell software. The plan leads with what you already pay for, then connections, then AI, then custom work only if it earns its place.
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Honest about "not yet". If the groundwork comes first, the plan says so and names the groundwork.
Next steps
What happens after you submit.
AI readiness assessment services usually mean a two-week engagement and a fee. Your snapshot is free and instant, and the full report is a flat $100 and is still written by a person.
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Your snapshot, right away
Your readiness score on four pillars, the hours and dollars behind the tasks you listed, your top opportunities and your systems map, on screen as soon as you submit.
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A person reaches out
Within one business day, to confirm you want the full $100 report and ask one or two questions if we need them.
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Your full AI Opportunity Map
Fixes ranked by impact, what to keep human, your readiness by pillar, and a 30, 60, 90 day AI implementation roadmap. Yours to keep. $100, flat.
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You decide
Do it yourself, hand it to your IT person, or ask us to scope the first fix. The AI implementation work is a separate conversation, and only if you want it.
Questions
Frequently asked questions.
What is an AI readiness assessment?
An AI readiness assessment is a structured look at how a business runs today, so you can see where AI and automation would help and what has to be true first. Ours maps your tasks, tools and handoffs, scores four pillars (data, processes, people and risk), and ranks the opportunities by impact. It is also an AI opportunity assessment, because the point is the list of fixes, not the grade.
How do I know if my business is ready for AI?
Four things decide it. Whether your data is organized enough to use, whether the process is repeatable, who will own the system day to day, and where a mistake would cost you money or trust. The assessment scores all four and tells you honestly if it is too early for some projects and not for others.
How do I know which business processes to automate first?
Start with the ones that are frequent, repeatable and painful, where the information already lives in a system. That is exactly what the assessment measures. It turns each task you list into hours per year, checks how often it varies, and ranks it against the others. The first fix is usually small and in a tool you already pay for.
How can a small business use AI?
Begin with the time-consuming or painful tasks, not with the technology. For most small businesses that means replies to common inquiries, estimates and invoices, scheduling, reading paperwork into systems, and reports someone builds by hand. Keep a person on anything that moves money or touches a customer in a new way. The assessment finds those spots for you.
Is an AI readiness assessment the same as an AI audit?
They overlap. An AI audit usually reviews AI systems you already run, for accuracy, bias and compliance. Our assessment looks at a business that may not use AI at all yet, to find where it would pay off and what to set up first. If you already run AI tools, tell us in the form and we will cover how they are working too.
How is this different from an IT or business technology assessment?
An IT assessment looks at servers, networks, backups and security. This one looks at workflows and the tools your team actually touches, including spreadsheets, inboxes and paper. We do ask who holds your admin logins, because that affects what we can set up, but nobody will quiz you about your router.
How long does it take, and can I save and come back?
About 12 to 15 minutes for a thorough answer. Most questions are a tap. Your answers save in your browser as you go, so you can close the tab and pick up where you left off on the same device.
Is the AI readiness assessment really free?
The instant snapshot is free. It shows your readiness score, the hours and dollars behind your tasks, your top opportunities and your systems map. The full report is $100. It is the AI Opportunity Map, written by a person who read every answer, with every fix ranked by impact, what to keep human and a 30, 60, 90 day plan. Any fix you then want us to build is scoped and quoted separately.
How is this different from the free AI strategy session?
The AI strategy session is a free conversation about where AI might fit your business. The assessment is the more thorough, paid alternative. You answer in detail, we score it, and a person writes your AI Opportunity Map with every fix ranked by impact. Start with the session if you want to talk first, or the assessment if you want a written plan.
Who reads my answers, and are they kept private?
Stephen Peake and Jeff Murphy, the two owners, plus whoever on our small team helps draft your plan. Your answers are stored on our own form system, are never sold or used to train AI models, and are deleted on request. Please do not enter passwords, and leave out patient, donor or client personal details.
Can my employees fill it out too?
Yes, and we recommend it. After you submit, you get a link to share with teammates. Their answers join yours under one team code, so the plan shows where the owner and the people doing the work see things differently. Teammates appear in the plan by role, not by name.
What happens after I submit?
You see your free snapshot right away. Within one business day a person reaches out to confirm the full $100 report. We then review your answers and send your AI Opportunity Map, with fixes ranked by impact, what to keep human and a 30, 60, 90 day plan.
What if AI isn't the right fit for us yet?
Then your plan will say so, and it will still be useful. Many of the best fixes are a setting in a tool you own, a connection between two systems, or a checklist that gets a process out of one person's head. "Not yet" is a good answer when it comes with a first step.
