How it works

Start with the business result.

Every AI project needs a measurable improvement tied to your P&L or balance sheet. If we cannot make that connection, we do not recommend the project.

Brass compass beside a map

A credible financial connection

Starting point

What happens today

Business connection

Revenue, cost or balance sheet

Decision rule

Continue, change or stop

One opportunity at a time

A decision process your team can follow.

  1. 01

    Understand the problem

    Set the baseline and agree how a useful change could reach revenue, costs or the balance sheet.

  2. 02

    Test what looks promising

    Run a small test with an owner, cost, measure and review date.

  3. 03

    Put the useful changes to work

    Continue, change or stop based on the evidence, then check the financial result.

Project NANDA’s preliminary 2025 report described 95% of organizations as getting no return from enterprise generative AI. For Compass, the lesson is to measure financial outcomes.

Read the 2025 report (PDF)

Your team stays part of the decision.

Adam guides the choices and the work you agree to do. Your team contributes the business context and participation that an outside adviser cannot supply. The scope and each person’s part are agreed up front.

See how Adam helps

Start with the decision in front of you.

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