Free scorecard · 13 questions · 2 minutes
Is your AI work paying you back yet?
Two minutes tells you where your AI work stands — Exploring, Preparing, Building, or Operating — and a sensible next step.
INTAKE & FOLLOW-UP
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A new lead calls or fills out your form during business hours. What actually happens?
The maturity ladder
Four tiers. One honest question: where are you really?
Tier 01 · 0–24
Exploring
Running on effort. Every lead, task, and follow-up depends on someone remembering.
Tier 02 · 25–49
Preparing
Using AI, unevenly. Experiments everywhere, systems nowhere. Most firms sit here.
Tier 03 · 50–74
Building
Systems taking shape. Strong pillars carry the business; weak ones cap the payoff.
Tier 04 · 75–100
Operating
AI runs the routine; people hold the wheel. The work now is compounding the lead.
Why a score, why now
The gap isn’t adoption. It’s systems.
88%
of organizations now use AI somewhere in the business.
~6%
see meaningful bottom-line impact from it. The difference isn't tools — it's redesigned workflows.
22%
of SMB leaders who've deployed AI have an actual AI use policy.
Sources: McKinsey, The State of AI (2025); Vistage CEO survey (Q1 2026). Directional figures — which is exactly why the scorecard grades your answers, not an industry average.