Most institutions are already using AI, whether or not it is in a plan. CBT helps you move from scattered use to an institution-wide approach that is assessed, governed, written down, and owned. Seven capabilities, taken in sequence or one at a time, led by former presidents, provosts, and CIOs.
AI transformation is not a technology project. It is a governance, learning, and culture question, and it deserves senior leadership's attention.
Each capability stands on its own with its own scope and deliverables. Most institutions start with one, then add the next once the first has landed. You do not need to begin at step one.
"What is actually happening here?"
Shadow usage inventory, technical capacity, literacy baseline, and policy gap analysis. Identifies where process redesign and automation would pay off.
"Get everyone to one vocabulary."
Eight self-paced modules, about 70 minutes, no jargon. For cabinet, faculty, staff, and board, with an individual assessment at the end.
"Who has authority over what?"
The board sets principles, the cabinet holds procurement, and the senate owns curriculum. One named executive owner.
"What is permitted and required."
Data classification, security guardrails, academic integrity, disclosure, procurement triggers, and a review date.
"Where are we going, and who owns each part?"
Four talent groups against three problem domains: jobs, governance, and talent. Includes a roadmap for technology investment and metrics.
"Application, by role and discipline."
Deliberately light. Much already exists publicly, so we build only what is specific to your roles and disciplines.
"Put it to work."
We map a process, build a pilot agent or workflow, measure it, and hand it off with documentation and an owner. Built on platforms you already license, Google Workspace or otherwise, inside the guardrails set in governance and policy. We build our own, too: Woicely, a voice agent, and Testamur, our AI literacy assessment.
Structured listening from faculty, staff, students, and community, paired with facilitated in-person sessions. It feeds the assessment, tests the policy, and grounds the strategy in what people actually said.
The right entry point depends on what is already in place. These are the situations we hear most often.
Across the seven capabilities, the work touches four areas of the institution. We assess all four and prioritize the ones that matter most for you.
We respond to formal solicitations for AI transformation, AI strategy, process redesign, and automation, and can scope our proposal to your RFP's language and deliverables. MBE certified through WRMSDC.
Most AI consultants are technologists who have never run a department. We bring former provosts, CIOs, and faculty leaders who understand institutional change, paired with technical expertise where it matters.
We start with what your institution exists to do and let that shape every decision about policy, pedagogy, and procurement.
We don't resell software or take referral fees. Recommendations are built around your context.
Our team includes former tenured faculty and academic leaders who can sit with your senate and earn trust.
We build what is defensible, ethical, and usable, not a 60-page strategy that sits on a shelf.
"They helped us think clearly about AI without pushing tools or trends. Mission first. That's rare in this moment - and it's exactly what we needed to bring our faculty along."- VP of Enrollment · Public Research University, Missouri
Download an anonymized sample AI Strategy Plan, in the same format and depth we deliver to presidents and cabinets.
Download the sample plan ↓A 30-minute call is enough to share where you are and identify which capability comes first. No pitch deck. No vendor agenda.
