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Your businessisn't ready for AI.

But, I can change that.

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Briefs open · Q3 2026
One brief at a time
§ 00 · Studio
Hi, I'm Daniel.

I help project-based
expert-service firms avoid failed AI adoption
by fixing the operating model first.

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§ 01 · Streams

Two ways
I work.

Phase One · AI Readiness Preparation↓

Map the mess. Before making it worse.

For project-based expert-service businesses that know AI matters but aren't sure what needs fixing first. I map how work actually gets delivered, identify the gaps in systems, data, knowledge, and governance, and give leadership a clear view of what has to change before AI can work safely.

Diagnosis, literacy, and readiness pathway
Phase Two · Strategy to Shift↓

Design the operating layer. Then move.

For project-based teams ready to go deeper. I design the systems, workflows, data structures, knowledge architecture, and governance that AI depends on, so implementation happens on solid ground, not broken operations.

Operating design, knowledge, and governance
§ 03 · Position

AI won't fix broken systems. That's where I start.

Day Zero ProjectsIndependent · Melbourne · 2026
§ 04 · Capabilities

An index
of the work.

Phase One · AI Readiness Preparation
001
AI Readiness Diagnostic
Phase One · AI Readiness Preparation · 2 weeks

I answer four questions before you commit to anything: what AI is already being used and where the risks are, what could realistically help, what should stay away from AI, and what needs to be fixed first.

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002
Data and Systems Health Check
Phase One · AI Readiness Preparation · 1 month

AI relies on the tools, platforms, apps, spreadsheets, reports, and records the business runs on. I run a first sweep of the operating stack: what exists, what each system holds, where records conflict, who owns them, and what must be fixed before AI relies on them.

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003
Practical AI Governance Setup
Phase One · AI Readiness Preparation · 1 month

Your staff are already using AI. Some of it puts client data and confidential material at risk. I build the governance layer: plain-English rules, approved tool list, data-sharing limits, human review requirements, and a named internal owner.

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AI Operating Literacy Program
Phase One · AI Readiness Preparation · 3–5 weeks

Governance rules exist. Staff behaviour is somewhere else. I build and deliver role-specific AI operating literacy from your own approved tools, data rules, and governance outputs — not generic AI training.

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Phase Two · Strategy to Shift
005
AI-Ready Knowledge Audit
Phase Two · Strategy to Shift · 1 month

AI tools that search, summarise, draft from, or reuse internal knowledge need a clean corpus. I go deep on one bounded knowledge area and identify what is current, trusted, duplicated, stale, restricted, missing, or unsafe for AI retrieval.

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006
Process Analysis and Workflow Design
Phase Two · Strategy to Shift · 6–8 weeks

I analyse two to three candidate workflows to find the right one, then redesign it completely: what AI does, what people own, where review happens, what good output looks like, and how exceptions are handled.

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AI Pilot Design and Evaluation Plan
Phase Two · Strategy to Shift · 1 month

A pilot without a plan is just spending money. I take the redesigned workflow and define exactly what tests it properly: scope, participants, data requirements, risk controls, acceptance criteria, and the go/change/stop decision rule.

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Custom Projects
Phase Two · Strategy to Shift · Scoped to brief

When the prior seven services show that implementation needs a bespoke project, I define the brief, boundaries, owners, risks, and delivery path before anyone starts building.

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§ 02 · Projects

Selected work.

100%
§ 05 · Proof

"The value is not another tool. The value is knowing what must be true before the tool makes sense."

Operating principle · Day Zero Projects
§ 06 · Start

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