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The AI readiness checklist for SMEs

Ten questions that tell you whether AI will actually help with your real work - or just make things up. Tick what's true today.

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An AI assistant is only as good as what it can safely work from. Before pointing one at your business, it's worth knowing where you stand. Tick each statement that's true of your business today, then read your score below.

The checklist

Ten things that make AI safe and useful on real work.

Knowledge & structure

Safety, rules & AI

Your score
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How to read your score

Where you land on the AgentReady maturity model.

Mostly unticked

Levels 1–2

Start by getting knowledge out of heads and into one organized place. That's the foundation everything else builds on.

About half

Level 3

You have a source of truth. The next step is making it safe - separating secrets and writing down what AI may touch.

Nearly all ticked

Levels 4–5

You're close. An assistant can start on real work - read-only first, earning access as it proves out.

Questions people ask

How do I know if my business is ready for AI?

If your core know-how is written down, kept in one organized place, cleaned of secrets and personal data, and governed by clear rules about what AI may touch, you're ready for an assistant to help with real work. This checklist turns that into ten concrete questions.

What should we do first if we score low?

Start by getting what's in people's heads written down and into one organized place. That foundation makes everything else - including using AI safely - possible. The AgentReady Method lays out the order.

Do we need to buy software to be AI-ready?

No. Readiness is about how your knowledge is organized and governed, not about new tools. It's set up where your team already works - Microsoft 365, Google Drive or shared folders.

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