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AI Cost & ROI Calculator
Build the cost of a real AI initiative, scale it across similar work, estimate spend at risk from stalled or underperforming projects, and model a directional first-year ROI case.
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Make better AI decisions.
Explore free, practical tools to understand AI, assess your business, evaluate risks and make informed investment decisions.
Where is AI already running in your business?
Six ways AI enters an organization, the records that reveal it, what to record for each use and a five-minute leadership self-check.
Why AI value goes unmeasured, and how to fix it before launch
Three reasons AI value goes unmeasured, the four-layer measurement chain, the five decisions to make before launch and example KPIs by function.
Proving AI value: review, calculate and decide
Guardrail metrics, four traps that distort the result, the 30, 60 and 90 day reviews, calculating net value and defining every KPI.
Measuring AI Value
How to set baselines before launch, choose KPIs by function, track guardrail metrics and run 30, 60 and 90 day reviews, with a net value worksheet and a KPI definition card.
AI Literacy Glossary
A plain-language guide to the AI terms business leaders and teams meet most often, from agents and governance to RAG, reasoning models and synthetic data.
The AI Operations Maturity Model
A four-stage framework for where AI actually stands in your operations, based on decisions, ownership, execution, governance and measurable outcomes, not the number of tools you have bought.
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AI Use Case Prioritization Tool
Rate candidate AI use cases on business impact, strategic fit, feasibility, data readiness and risk. See which to start now, which need preparation and which to park, with the gaps to close before committing budget.
Questions to Ask Any AI Vendor
A practical checklist covering data and security, integration, model transparency, commercial terms, support, roadmap and internal readiness before you sign anything.
Writing Your AI Acceptable Use Policy
The 18 sections a practical AI policy needs, what to include in each and the decisions to make, from approved tools and data rules to review and incident reporting. General guidance, not legal advice.
Threat Readiness Playbook
Find the few disruptions that could materially harm the business, from ransomware and AI impersonation to supplier failure and severe weather, then reduce the exposure and prove your team can respond, with a 90-day plan, an assessment checklist and working templates.
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ilene.ai helps leadership teams turn these tools into decisions, policy and measurable results through five solutions, from assessment to performance tracking.
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AI Operations Maturity Scorecard
The Maturity Model describes the four stages. The Scorecard is a paid assessment that rates your organization on all six dimensions and shows which gaps to close first.
AI Operations Maturity ScorecardSample report