AI & Automation
AI Readiness Audit: find out exactly where AI will save you time — safely
A fixed-fee diagnostic that shows you what AI your staff already use, where it will genuinely help, what to fix first, and who actually needs a paid licence. No hype, no guesswork.
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Why Foresight
- Cyber Essentials Plus certified
- Microsoft CSP & Copilot specialists
- Deep roots in schools & hospices
- Honest advice — not licence-selling
Quick answer
An AI Readiness Audit is a fixed-fee diagnostic that tells you exactly where your organisation stands with AI and where to start. We audit the AI tools staff already use (and the data going into them), check your Microsoft 365 for oversharing and governance gaps, then shadow a few key roles to map real tasks to the right AI — free Copilot Chat, paid Microsoft 365 Copilot, an agent, or no AI at all. You get a clear report, a per-department opportunity map, honest licence recommendations, a prioritised set of use cases, and a security fix-list.
Part A
Usage audit: what’s already happening
| We check | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| Shadow AI discovery | Which AI tools staff already use (ChatGPT, Gemini, browser extensions, AI note-takers) — from Defender for Cloud Apps or firewall logs plus a short staff survey |
| Data exposure check | What data is going into those tools — especially pupil, patient, SEND or safeguarding information |
| Tenant readiness | Oversharing in SharePoint and OneDrive, permissions, sensitivity labels and retention — because Copilot surfaces anything a user can already access |
| Policy gap | Whether you have an AI acceptable-use policy, and whether a DPIA is needed |
Part B
“Day in the Life”: where AI will actually help
We pick 2–3 representative roles per department and spend 45–60 minutes shadowing or interviewing each — capturing their real daily and weekly tasks, the systems they use, the repetitive writing, searching and admin, how sensitive the data is, and what frustrates them. Then we map every task to the right fit:
Want to run this yourself? Download our free “Day in the Life” interview template & capture sheet.
| Right fit | Best for |
|---|---|
| Copilot Chat (free) | Drafting, summarising and research |
| Microsoft 365 Copilot (paid) | Heavy users of email, Teams, Word and Excel |
| An AI agent | Repeatable processes or a knowledge base |
| No AI | Tasks too sensitive or too low-value to bother |
What you get
Your deliverables — fixed fee
| Deliverable | What it gives you |
|---|---|
| 1. AI usage & risk report | A clear picture of what’s happening and where you’re exposed |
| 2. Per-department opportunity map | Where AI will save time, team by team |
| 3. Honest licence recommendations | Who actually needs paid Copilot — and who doesn’t |
| 4. Prioritised top 3–5 use cases | With estimated time saved, so you start where it pays |
| 5. Security & governance fix-list | The remediation needed before you scale up |
What happens next
From insight to results
The audit feeds straight into the rest of your AI adoption journey — rolling out Copilot to the people who’ll benefit, and building agents for the repeatable work. Being honest that not everyone needs a paid licence is exactly what makes the bigger rollout work.
FAQs
Common questions
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Find out exactly where to start
Book your fixed-fee AI Readiness Audit and get a clear, honest plan for AI — and the licences you actually need.