The AI Business Enablement Audit
The Operating System for Running AI as a Permanent Business Function
Available NowThe diagnostic foundation of the series. A structured evaluation of how AI is currently operating across a business, what it is costing fully loaded, and whether it is producing measurable outcomes. Built for executives and boards who need a defensible understanding of their AI posture, written in plain English, no technical background required.
You can't manage what you can't see, and most businesses can't see their AI.
AI tools have spread through your business one signup at a time: a subscription here, an embedded feature there, a workflow someone automated without telling anyone. No one set out to lose track of it. It simply accumulated faster than anyone thought to count. The result is an operating reality most leaders cannot describe with confidence, what AI is actually running, what it truly costs, and whether any of it is producing results.
That blind spot is expensive. Duplicated subscriptions, tools no one owns, outputs no one checks, and risk no one has assessed, all of it sits inside the business, unpriced and unmanaged. You cannot govern it, budget for it, or improve it, because you cannot see it.
This book gives you sight. It is the diagnostic that turns scattered, invisible AI into a managed business function you can actually run.
What this book gives you
At its center is the AI Business Enablement Audit, a structured way to surface every AI tool, embedded feature, and hidden subscription operating inside your business, what each one costs fully loaded, and whether it is producing measurable outcomes. It is the baseline every other AI decision depends on.
This is not a technology book. It requires no engineering background and no data science team. It applies the same discipline you already bring to your finances, your vendors, and your operations, turned toward the AI you are already paying for.
By the end, you will have a complete inventory of the AI in your business, a fully loaded view of its cost, a clear read on what is working and what is not, and a defensible foundation for deciding what to keep, what to cut, and what to govern more closely. You will have stopped guessing about AI and started managing it.
Who it's for
Owners, executives, and boards of small and mid-sized businesses who are accountable for AI outcomes, who need a defensible understanding of their AI posture, and who would rather make decisions on evidence than on vendor pressure or instinct.
The seven audit worksheets, editable and ready to use.
The complete toolkit from the Appendix of the book. Download the master Excel workbook for the full audit, or grab individual templates one at a time. Each is pre-formatted with dropdowns, formulas, and conditional formatting. Works in Excel, Google Sheets, Numbers, and LibreOffice Calc.
All seven worksheets as tabs in one Excel file. 110 working formulas. SRJ-branded.
The Appendix introduction and closing guidance are available as standalone Word documents for organizations that want to brief their teams or distribute the methodology internally.
Visual frameworks, ready for your presentations.
Every diagram, framework, and chart from the book is available here as an individual file. Use them in your slide decks, internal memos, board presentations, or training sessions. Free to use within your organization. Browse by chapter, click any image to download.
Explore the full book series.
The Operating Discipline for AI is a six-book series, each mapped to one of the six SRJ service lines. Browse the series, or speak with us directly about applying the framework in your organization.