AI Pulse

Where could AI actually improve your organisation?

Answer six questions to identify your current AI position, where value may be available, and what may be preventing progress.

6 questions · Around 2 minutes · Instant diagnostic

No preparation required. This is a directional diagnostic, not an audit.

Start with the work.

AI Pulse looks for signals across value, work, capability, integration, evidence and assurance. It does not create a generic maturity score.

Six signals

Score each statement from 1 to 5. There are no right answers—the pattern is what matters.

Value: We can identify where AI could materially improve professional work or business outcomes.
Value

We can identify where AI could materially improve professional work or business outcomes.

1No clear opportunities identified

3Some opportunities are understood

5Clear opportunities linked to meaningful outcomes

Work: We understand where professional time is being consumed by repeatable work around judgement.
Work

We understand where professional time is being consumed by repeatable work around judgement.

1We have little visibility

3We understand some of the work

5We have a clear view of where time and effort are being consumed

Capability: Our people know how and when to use AI effectively.
Capability

Our people know how and when to use AI effectively.

1Limited confidence or capability

3Capability varies significantly

5People use AI confidently and appropriately

Integration: AI is incorporated into defined ways of working rather than used as isolated individual tools.
Integration

AI is incorporated into defined ways of working rather than used as isolated individual tools.

1Mostly experimentation

3Some repeatable use

5Integrated into defined workflows

Evidence: We can demonstrate whether AI-enabled changes improve time, quality, cost or outcomes.
Evidence

We can demonstrate whether AI-enabled changes improve time, quality, cost or outcomes.

1We do not measure impact

3Some indicators are available

5Improvements are routinely evidenced

Assurance: The controls around AI are proportionate to the consequence of the output being wrong.
Assurance

The controls around AI are proportionate to the consequence of the output being wrong.

1Controls are largely informal

3Important uses receive some review

5Controls are designed around risk and consequence

Complete all six signals to see your diagnostic.

Behind AI Pulse

The public Pulse is a six-signal diagnostic designed to identify where further investigation may be useful.

The full 1LAB diagnostic examines approximately 35 indicators across value, work, capability, integration, evidence and assurance. It provides a more detailed view of where AI can improve work, what constraints exist and what controls may be required.

Better work—not more AI—is the aim. The most useful intervention is usually the simplest one that improves the work reliably.