Start with a conversation.
If you're thinking about AI adoption — whether you're at the very beginning or already running programmes that aren't quite landing — a focused 30-minute conversation is the right place to start.
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The most useful first step. A direct conversation about your situation — where you are with AI, what you're trying to achieve, and whether there's a genuine fit with how Human–AI Systems works. If there is, we'll talk about what a sensible starting point looks like. If there isn't, that'll be clear too.
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Email MikeWhat to expect from the call
- It's a working conversation, not a sales call. The goal is to understand your situation clearly enough to give you a useful answer about whether and how we might work together.
- You don't need to have a fully formed brief. Many people come to this call with a general sense that AI matters and a question about where to start. That's a perfectly good starting point.
- If the fit is there, the conversation will naturally move towards what a first engagement might look like — almost always a Radar to create a clear, evidence-based starting point.
- If the fit isn't there, you'll leave with a clearer picture of your situation and, if relevant, a better sense of what kind of support would actually help.
- 30 minutes is enough time to have a genuinely useful conversation. It won't be rushed.
Common questions
Things people often want to know before getting in touch.
We're still very early with AI — is it too soon to talk?
No. Being early is often the best time to have this conversation — before decisions have been made, before tools have been bought, and before the wrong starting point has been set. A Radar engagement is specifically designed for organisations that are at the beginning and want to start with evidence rather than enthusiasm.
We've already started — can you help with a programme that's already in progress?
Yes. Many engagements begin with an organisation that has already done some work — run pilots, adopted tools, started governance conversations — but has reached a point where it isn't progressing the way it should. That's a common and very workable starting point.
We're in local government. Is your experience relevant?
Directly. The AI adoption and governance work at Cotswold District Council — including the AI Policy and the Microsoft Copilot rollout to around 250 officers and elected members — was done in an environment with all the constraints that apply to local government: scrutiny, political accountability, constrained resources, and a workforce with a very wide range of starting points. That experience is different from commercial settings, and it matters.
What size of organisation do you work with?
The work is suited to organisations large enough to have real operational complexity — typically teams of 50 or more, though the right fit is less about headcount and more about whether AI adoption is genuinely on the leadership agenda. The questions that come up in a 200-person professional services firm are often structurally similar to those in a 2,000-person local authority.
Do you work with organisations outside the UK?
The primary focus is UK-based organisations, but the governance frameworks and operating model work are not UK-specific. If you're outside the UK and the work looks like a good fit, it's worth a conversation.