The Carbon Copy Method

Audit. Pilot. Embed. Own.

A fixed four-step sequence that turns AI from scattered experiments into a capability your company owns. Every step ends at a natural stopping point, every step maps to one engagement, and the last step is the whole point.

Start with the audit Book an intro call

Audit

We find where AI actually pays off in your business.

We interview your team leads and walk the workflows where hours actually go.
We model ROI for every credible opportunity — and rule out the ones that don't pay.
You get the roadmap, the skip list, a draft usage policy, and a leadership walkthrough.

Stop here and you own a plan your team can execute alone. Many do.

This step, productized

AI Opportunity Audit

$3,500 fixed

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Pilot

We build and run the highest-ROI use case with your team, not around them.

We take the top roadmap item and capture its baseline before building anything.
We build with the people who'll run it, in your accounts, demoing weekly.
The pilot ends with numbers against baseline and a written go/no-go.

Stop here and you own one working workflow and an honest verdict on the rest.

This step, productized

AI Pilot Sprint

From $15,000

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Embed

We wire the tools into how each role actually works, and train the people who'll run them.

The workflow gets wired into how each role actually works — SOPs, handoffs, defaults.
Your team gets trained on their own real tasks, with 7/30/90-day follow-ups.
In-house software replaces rented tools where owning beats renting.

Stop here and AI is part of how your company operates, not a side project.

This step, productized

Team AI Upskilling

Workshops from $5,000

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Own

We hand you the keys. No retainer required to keep it running.

Everything is documented well enough that your team runs it without us.
Accounts, code, prompts, and policies all live in your name — they always did.
If you want senior counsel on call, the Fractional AI Officer retainer is there. If not, you're done.

This is the goal, not a sales stage. The method ends with you not needing us.

This step, productized

Fractional AI Officer

From $5,000/month

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Why "Own" is the last step

Every consulting framework we've seen ends on "scale" — which quietly means "keep paying the consultants." Ours ends when your team runs AI without us.

That's not altruism; it's the business model. Clients who own their capability refer us, come back for the next capability, and keep the retainer because they want to — not because they're trapped.

Built on established practice

The method isn't vibes.

Underneath the four steps are three boring, proven disciplines — applied with plain English and fixed prices.

Maturity-model assessment

The audit scores your company against an established AI maturity ladder — from ad-hoc experimentation to AI shaping how decisions get made — so the roadmap starts from where you actually are, not where a pitch deck assumes you are.

ADKAR-informed change management

Most AI failures are adoption failures. We apply the Prosci ADKAR sequence — awareness, desire, knowledge, ability, reinforcement — which is why the fear question gets answered on day one and why every training has 7/30/90-day follow-ups.

Three-tier ROI measurement

Usage first, workflow efficiency second, P&L impact third. Measuring all three tiers is how we catch 'vanity adoption' — tools with high logins and zero productivity gain — before it eats a year of budget.

Step 01 costs $3,500 and three weeks. Start there.

The audit is the method in miniature: fixed price, honest verdict, and a deliverable you own either way.

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