Sample Deliverables

Don't imagine the deliverables. Read them.

Every document below is a full sample of something my clients actually receive — the monthly report, the assessment, the backlog, the policy. Open the PDFs. If this is what your leadership team is missing, you'll know by page two.

All samples are written for Meridian & Frost, a fictional 118-person accounting and advisory firm — a composite of patterns from real engagements, not a disguised client. The names and numbers are invented. The format, the method, and the level of detail are exactly what you'd receive.

What the retainer delivers, in writing

The advisory seat is $15,000/month. These six documents are why it isn't a leap of faith — this is the paper trail one composite client generates in a single quarter.

8 pages · the flagship monthly deliverable

The Monthly AI Executive Report

Adoption metrics, shipped work, the scored backlog, blocked decisions, risk notes, vendor updates, and the next 30 days. The written record that makes the retainer concrete.

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Read: inside the monthly report →

6 pages · updated every month

The AI Opportunity Backlog

Eighteen candidate workflows scored on impact, feasibility, data tier, and time-to-value — including the killed list, kept visible on purpose.

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Read: how the scoring works →

4 pages · monthly governance artifact

Governance & Risk Review

What's approved, what's exposed, what changed: exception requests, near-misses, and a risk register with owners and dates.

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Read: governance without bureaucracy →

3 pages · quarterly money memo

AI Investment & ROI Memo

Every initiative gets a verdict in writing — fund, hold, or kill — with the P&L line it moves and the math shown.

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Read: how I decide what to kill →

3 pages · during any build

Implementation Oversight Brief

What I pushed back on, the go/no-go gates, and the acceptance criteria — supervision of the builder, documented, even when the builder is my own firm.

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Read: who watches the builders →

4 pages · the enablement program

90-Day Adoption & Training Plan

Champions, a training calendar, measurement from week one, and the playbook for when a department stalls. Unused tools have zero ROI.

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Read: why AI training fails →

What the Assessment produces

The AI Executive Assessment is the two-week, fixed-price front door ($5,000–$7,500, credited toward advisory). This is the actual output.

12 pages · the board-ready readout

The AI Executive Assessment Report

Stakeholder findings, the shadow-AI audit, a workflow and data-source map, five scored use cases, the architecture recommendation, and a 90-day roadmap.

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Read: the 90-day roadmap, in full →

4 pages · private vs. commercial vs. hybrid

Architecture Decision Memo

The decision record for a composite client — where I recommend against private AI because the arithmetic said so. That honesty is the product.

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Read: when private AI makes sense →

4 pages · scored, never a reseller's quota

Vendor & Model Evaluation Brief

Claude, ChatGPT, and Copilot scored against one firm's data tiers and workflows — gates first, weighted criteria second, price last.

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Read: how to evaluate AI vendors →

Governance, ready to follow

3 pages · the one-page policy, plus the desk card

AI Acceptable Use Policy

Data tiers, approved tools, and six rules people can actually follow — proof that governance at 50–500 people fits on a page.

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Read: governance without bureaucracy →

Free for any leadership team

5 pages · 15 questions, scored

The AI Readiness Checklist

Ten minutes with your leadership team and a clear read on where you stand. One scoring band reads: "you have shadow AI, not an AI strategy."

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Get it with the scoring guide →

This is what a seat looks like.

If reading these made your current AI reporting feel thin, that's the gap the advisory seat closes. Start with the Assessment — two weeks, fixed price, credited toward the retainer.

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