How this works
This module is the assessment itself. You will score your firm across five dimensions, each on a 1-5 scale. Your scorecard computes automatically as you answer — no manual tallying.
Be honest. The value of this exercise is directly proportional to how candidly you assess your firm's current state.
Dimension 1 — Leadership & Vision
Leadership alignment is the single strongest predictor of AI adoption success. It is not enough for the CTO to care. The question is whether the people who control budgets, set priorities, and shape culture understand AI well enough to direct it.
How would you describe AI leadership and vision at your firm?
Leadership & Vision
Dimension 2 — Talent & Skills
The most expensive AI tools are worthless if your people cannot use them. Talent readiness is not about hiring data scientists. It is about whether your analysts, associates, and MDs can direct AI to produce useful work.
How would you rate AI skills and talent readiness at your firm?
Talent & Skills
Dimension 3 — Technology & Infrastructure
Technology matters, but less than most people think. The question is not whether you have the latest models. It is whether your data is accessible, your tools are integrated, and your security posture supports AI use.
How would you rate your firm's AI technology and infrastructure?
Technology & Infrastructure
Dimension 4 — Governance & Risk
In regulated financial services, governance is not optional. The question is whether your existing compliance frameworks have been extended to cover AI, or whether AI is operating in a policy vacuum.
How mature is your firm's AI governance and risk framework?
Governance & Risk
Dimension 5 — Workflow Integration
This is the dimension most firms underestimate. AI does not improve vague, undocumented processes. It improves structured workflows with clear inputs and outputs.
How well are your workflows documented and structured for AI?
Workflow Integration
Your AI Readiness Scorecard
Save this scorecard. It becomes the first section of the readiness report you'll compile in Module 7.
Module 2 — Knowledge Check
A firm scores 4/5 on Technology but 1/5 on Talent. What is the most likely outcome?
Which readiness dimension is most commonly underestimated?
A total score of 13/25 places a firm at which maturity level?
