Information & Data Foundation
Copilot can see everything your staff can see
An AI assistant does not add access. It makes the access you already granted much easier to use.
Insights
Plain answers on getting ready for AI.
Insights are short posts for leaders of growing companies and Colorado cities and counties who want to know what to fix before they buy an AI tool. Each one maps to a pillar of the assessment.
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Business Direction
Name the problem before you name the tool
Companies that start from a problem finish AI projects. Companies that start from a tool rarely do.
Information & Data Foundation
Why information architecture comes before any AI tool
Copilot and its peers answer from whatever they can find. If your SharePoint is a pile, the answers are a pile too.
People & Tool Readiness
An acceptable-use policy fits on one page
Staff are already using AI. A one-page policy and a short training session close most of the risk.
Government
AI prompts and outputs may be public records
What a city clerk should ask before staff start using an AI assistant on city files.
Scorecard
How to read your scorecard in five minutes
Start with the lowest pillar, then look for the sub-score dragging it down. That is your first fix.