Question 1

What is AI Edge Adoption?

Accepted Answer

AI Edge Adoption is the full engagement: getting your organization ready to take full value of AI. Four phases, Diagnose, Architect, Transition, Govern, designed to give you time, intelligence, and margin without replacing the people who built the operation.

Question 2

What is low-value work?

Accepted Answer

Low-value work is the repetitive, manual work your highest-paid people get stuck on, the tasks that do not need the skills you hired them for. It is the hidden labor cost of paying senior salaries for routine work.

Question 3

What is a Digital Associate?

Accepted Answer

A Digital Associate is a custom AI agent built on your data and workflows. It handles the repetitive work your experts currently do manually, so they spend their time on judgment, strategy, and relationships instead.

Question 4

How is this different from a generic AI consultancy?

Accepted Answer

AI Edge Strategy is experience-led, not vendor-driven. Paula spent 25+ years inside enterprise operations, including as Global Director of Indirect Procurement at a $13B semiconductor company managing $400M+ in indirect spend and a 10,000-contractor contingent workforce program. Every framework comes from running the work, not from a lab.

Question 5

What does a 30-minute fit call cover?

Accepted Answer

A conversation, not a pitch. Paula will ask about your operation, your team structure, and where the time is going. You will walk away with clarity on whether the Workflow Diagnostic or an AI Edge Adoption engagement makes sense, and honest feedback either way.

Question 6

What is included in an AI Edge Adoption engagement?

Accepted Answer

It starts with a 30-day diagnose phase that produces four deliverables: a Hidden Labor Cost Assessment, Digital Associate Architecture, Governance Framework, and a board-ready investment case. Shadow AI inventory is included. Engagements typically start at $50,000. Comparable enterprise AI engagements run $50,000 to $150,000.

Question 7

What is the Workflow Diagnostic?

Accepted Answer

A fixed-fee, two to three week look at one core workflow for $7,500. We map how the work actually runs, show you where low-value work concentrates and what it costs, and rank what to fix first. The fee credits fully toward a larger engagement.

Question 8

How do you keep AI outputs safe?

Accepted Answer

Governance is built in from day one: a Shadow AI inventory, brand-safe constraints, legal red lines, a clear escalation path, and a human reviewing tone, accuracy, and compliance before any output ships. Adoption should never outrun risk.

Question 9

Do you sell layoffs or headcount reduction?

Accepted Answer

No. AI Edge Strategy does not sell replacement stories. The thesis is the opposite: senior experts return to the work that needs their wisdom, institutional knowledge is preserved as a competitive moat, and people are empowered, not replaced.

Question 10

What is the AI Readiness Assessment?

Accepted Answer

Eight questions, three minutes, free. The assessment gives you a score and a straight answer about where your senior experts' time is going, including the Shadow AI risk most assessments miss. The assessment gives you the score. The Workflow Diagnostic gives you the roadmap.

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