An AI project is planned, but nobody can say whether the organisation is ready for it
A strategy exists. What is underneath it has not been checked.
For heads of public institutions and companies.
AI readiness
Can your organisation run AI, or only buy it?
Most AI projects do not stop because of the model. They stop because the data is not ready, the systems are not connected and nobody was named as responsible. I show where your organisation stands today and what to do first.
When I can help
Does this sound familiar?
Suppliers bring proposals, and you cannot tell a real one from a showcase
You sign the budget and answer for the result, but the proposal is written for engineers.
A pilot was done, and nothing followed
The demonstration worked. Daily work did not change.
You are asked where your institution stands compared with others
And there is no answer that fits on one page.
The five steps
I measure readiness on five steps. Each one rests on the one below it.
AI bought two steps too early is a showcase, not a result.
Infrastructure
Servers, networks, licences, security
Data and systems
Registers, information systems, electronic documents
Integration
How the systems talk to each other and to outside platforms
People
Skills, roles, who is responsible
AI and analytics
Models, use cases, reporting
What I offer
A check of the organisation and a programme for the person who decides.
AI readiness check
Three weeks, fixed scope. I read the documents, speak with five to eight people in management and IT, and place the organisation on each of the five steps.
Deliverable: a one-page scorecard; the three decisions to take first; a list of what not to buy yet; a 90-minute session with the head of the organisation. The detailed findings are available as an annex for the team that will do the work.
One-to-one programme for the executive
Six sessions of ninety minutes over six to eight weeks, for one person, built on their own organisation. No code and no jargon. Topics: what AI can and cannot do; why projects stop; how to read a supplier's proposal; who is responsible for what; how to run the process; a plan for the next ninety days.
Deliverable: a short personal brief with decisions, and a list of questions for the IT lead and for suppliers.
The two can be taken separately. Most clients begin with the check and continue with the programme.
Public sector
A view from four years of procurement
For government institutions in Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Slovakia, Moldova and Kazakhstan I add an outside view: what the institution has actually bought for IT over the last four years, taken from open procurement data. It shows which steps were funded and which were skipped.
The same data is behind our AI readiness rating of government institutions in these five countries.
An institution's place in the rating is calculated from procurement data only. Working with me does not change it.
How we start
First the situation. Then the agreement.
An initial enquiry is not an order for paid services. Fees are agreed before paid work begins.
You describe the situation
A message or a call, no preparation needed.
We clarify the task
Thirty minutes: what is planned, what worries you, who will act on the result.
We agree the scope and the fee
In writing, before any paid work.
I begin
I do the work personally.
In the European Union, Article 4 of the AI Act asks organisations that provide or use AI to take measures on the AI literacy of their people. It is reasonable to begin with those who decide.
Start here
Start with one question: which step are you on?
Tell me what is planned and what is getting in the way. An initial enquiry is not an order for paid services.
consulting@elshanmusayev.comA general description is enough for an initial enquiry. Do not send passwords, payment details or confidential documents — we will agree how to share those separately.