The AI Readiness Score: The New KPI Every Enterprise Needs to Track

Why Investment ≠ Success

Every enterprise tracks KPIs for revenue and uptime. But very few track the metric that actually determines their future: The AI Readiness Score.

Spending money doesn't deliver outcomes. Readiness delivers outcomes. Most organizations think they are ready—until they begin a project and hit foundational gaps in data quality or governance.

The Data Behind the Score

Only 14% of organizations currently achieve a "High Readiness" score. The gap between them and the rest is massive. High-readiness companies:

▪️Scale AI 3x faster.

▪️Have 4x fewer model failures.

▪️Deploy AI agents confidently.

The 5 Pillars of AI Readiness

To improve your score, you must audit your organization across these five areas:

▪️Data Readiness: Is data governed, high-quality, and accessible?

▪️Technology Readiness: Is the architecture hybrid and composable?

▪️People Readiness: Do teams have the literacy to validate and monitor AI?

▪️Process Readiness: Are workflows optimized for human-AI collaboration?

▪️Trust Readiness: Do you have guardrails for safety and compliance?

How to Improve Your Score

Start by investing in governance early, trust accelerates adoption. Move toward a hybrid-by-design architecture and focus on automating data workflows to reduce manual errors.

Conclusion

Before asking "What AI should we build?", ask "Are we ready to build it?"