AI Situational Audit
Structural validation before commitment hardens.
A bounded intervention between a successful demo and formal commitment.
Designed for decision-accountable roles and the people advising them.
The Moment
A prototype works.
The room relaxes.
A roadmap appears.
A budget line follows.
The word “prototype” quietly disappears.
Technical success begins to substitute for structural clarity.
This is the narrow window between validation and organizational momentum.
The audit operates inside that window.
What This Intervention Is
A one-session structural review of a concrete AI initiative under real constraints.
Not:
- Implementation
- Vendor selection
- Security review
- Code audit
- Roadmap design
It examines:
- Where assumptions are embedded
- Where safeguards are informal
- Where authority is undefined
- Where early decisions create irreversible paths
- Whether feasibility is real or narrative-supported
When It Is the Right Move
01 — A fork in the road
A material AI decision is about to be formalized.
02 — Risk containment
You want to avoid budget and credibility loss on architectures that fail under load.
03 — Post-demo uncertainty
The demo worked. You are unsure whether the structure will.
04 — Decision tension
Conflicting viewpoints, vendor pressure, or a dominant internal champion.
05 — The gut check
A direction has been chosen, but reversal is still possible.
What Happens in the Session
- The initiative is examined for structural stability, not surface behavior.
- “Safety” mechanisms are stress-tested conceptually.
- Hidden couplings between prompts, workflows, data, and authority are surfaced.
- Narrative confidence is separated from structural reliability.
- Reversibility is evaluated before scale.
Deliverable
A Go / No-Go Decision Brief
Clear assessment of:
- Structural risks
- Hidden dependencies
- Undefined authority
- Trapdoor commitments
- Reversibility before scale
Enough clarity to approve, revise, pause, or stop.
No prescriptions unless explicitly requested.
No implied continuation.
Format
One focused session.
One concrete initiative.
One bounded intervention.
No pitch.
No pipeline.
No follow-up sequence by default.
The Operator
25 years building and stress-testing complex systems where failure appears outside controlled conditions.
What holds under real constraints is the point.
Previous contexts include: Oracle · Mastercard · Marriott · Veolia · KPMG · FICO · Ritz-Carlton · LexisNexis
Availability
Limited to preserve independence and signal integrity.
Scheduled deliberately based on decision timing and material impact.