Build a 12-month AI strategy for your business - not a wish list, a working plan.
AI Strategy Consultancy
We map every AI opportunity in your business, score each one by impact and effort, make the build vs buy calls, and hand you a sequenced 12-month plan with quarterly milestones. Designed for businesses with 10 to 50 people ready to make AI a serious part of how they operate.
Without a strategy, AI spend is mostly guesswork.
Most businesses try AI tool by tool, without a view of the full picture. They end up with a patchwork of subscriptions that don't connect, significant time sunk into setup, and no clear measure of what it's all worth. A strategy engagement changes that by mapping the whole opportunity before anything is built or bought.
Quick answer
An AI strategy engagement produces a 12-month plan for your business - covering every AI opportunity, prioritised by impact and effort, with build vs buy decisions made, quarterly milestones set, and budget requirements specified. It replaces reactive AI experimentation with a deliberate plan.
How the strategy engagement works.
Four stages from current state to a 12-month strategy document - delivered within three to four weeks.
Current state mapping
We document where your business is today - your team structure, workflows, data sources, and existing tools. This gives us the baseline we need to build a strategy that's grounded in your actual operating reality, not a generic framework.
Strategic opportunity analysis
We identify where AI can move the needle most in your business - across revenue, margin, and capacity. We map each opportunity to your strategic goals and score them by impact, effort, and risk. You see exactly what's possible before any decisions are made.
Build vs buy vs defer decisions
For each prioritised opportunity, we advise whether to build a custom tool, buy an off-the-shelf product, or defer until later. We model the cost, time, and risk of each option so you can make the right call for your business and budget.
12-month AI strategy document
You receive a written AI strategy: a 12-month plan with quarterly milestones, budget requirements, team responsibilities, and success metrics. We present and walk through it with you before you make any commitment.
What the engagement delivers.
Four written outputs from the strategy phase - yours to act on, with or without us.
12-month AI strategy document
A written plan covering what to build, what to buy, what to defer, and the sequence and budget for each quarter.
Strategic opportunity matrix
Every AI opportunity identified in your business, scored by impact, effort, and strategic alignment - with a clear recommendation for each.
Build vs buy analysis
A detailed comparison of custom build versus off-the-shelf options for each prioritised opportunity, with cost models and trade-off notes.
Implementation brief
A brief for each first-quarter initiative covering scope, resource requirements, timelines, and the metrics you'll use to measure success.
Why businesses choose Reformat Labs for AI strategy.
We work exclusively with SMEs - our strategy process is designed for the constraints and objectives of a 10 to 50 person business, not scaled down from an enterprise model.
Strategy built for your scale
AI strategy for a 20-person business looks nothing like an enterprise roadmap. Our frameworks are designed specifically for the resource, budget, and timeline constraints of SMEs.
Honest about what AI can't do
We won't recommend AI for things that don't warrant it. The strategy will tell you where AI adds real value and where it's a distraction - even if that means a shorter engagement.
Actionable from day one
You won't receive a strategy document that sits in a folder. Each initiative in the plan comes with an implementation brief so work can start immediately after the strategy is agreed.
Aligned to business goals, not technology
The strategy is built around your commercial objectives - growth, margin, capacity, or competitive position. The technology choices follow from that, not the other way around.
Common questions before getting started.
Everything you want to know - answered plainly.
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