The AI Clarity Sprint
What if you could establish responsible AI use, unlock your highest-value opportunities, and position your organization as a force for good? This six-week sprint is designed to do exactly that.
The Problem
Most organizations have pockets of AI curiosity and informal, inconsistent use. Without shared governance, there are hidden risks, clear accountability gaps, and missed opportunities. AI tools are evolving rapidly. The window to get ahead of this is now.
But there’s a bigger question most organizations haven’t asked yet: What could AI actually do for the people and communities your work touches? That question is at the centre of this Sprint.
Meet the AI Clarity Sprint
A structured six-week engagement that helps your leadership team move from informal, inconsistent AI use to a clear, organization-wide framework for responsible adoption. This is not a technology audit. It is a governance process, building the shared understanding, practical policies, and prioritized opportunities your organization needs to use AI with confidence, consistency, and integrity.
How It Works
Startup and State of AI Briefing: A focused session to align on objectives and decision-makers, followed by a targeted briefing on what AI can reliably do today, and where it falls short. Ensures your leadership team starts from the same place.
Discovery and Baseline Scan: A structured review of your workflows, existing policies, data practices, and current AI usage across the organization, surfacing what is already happening, where the gaps are, and the ground-level reality that leadership does not always see.
Executive Vision Lab: Leadership sets the north star and defines non-negotiable guardrails. Realistic use cases are tested against your quality standards, risk tolerance, and organizational values.
Policy, Opportunity Matrix, and Wrap-Up: Sprint decisions are translated into a practical AI Policy Framework and a prioritized Opportunity Matrix, with two short review touchpoints before finalization. The Opportunity Matrix includes a Common Good Impact Map, evaluating every priority use case through our Five Tests of the Common Good — equity and inclusion, environmental stewardship, well-being and quality of life, shared prosperity, and legacy — to identify where AI can extend your reach and create lasting positive change. Final deliverables are presented to leadership, implementation directions are confirmed, and your organization leaves with everything it needs to move forward with confidence.
Who Is This For?
The AI Clarity Sprint is for purpose-driven organizations where AI is already showing up — informally, inconsistently, and without a shared framework for what is acceptable. This helps organizations move from reactive experimentation to confident, responsible use.
Ideal for organizations where leadership knows governance is overdue but has not had the structured process to get there — or where a specific trigger has made the conversation urgent.
The Team
The AI Clarity Sprint is delivered in partnership between Solway and Intelligent Futures, combining practical AI engineering with systems-level strategy and governance. We help organizations move from information experimentation to confident, responsible use, and towards something worth using AI for.
What You Receive
AI Policy Framework: Permitted, conditional, and prohibited uses; Data handling rules; Human review expectations; Roles and accountability tailored to your organization
Staff Decision Guide: A simple, everyday tool that answers: “Can I use AI for this?” Clear enough to apply without ambiguity.
Opportunity & Risk Matrix : Priority use cases mapped to your workflow, expected value, risk profile, and next steps.
Common Good Impact Map: Where AI can amplify the good that your organization does in the world. We evaluate opportunities through our Five Tests of the Common Good - equity & inclusion, environmental stewardship, well-being & quality of life, shared prosperity, and legacy - to identify where AI can extend your reach, deepen your impact, and create lasting positive change. Every organization has this potential. This helps you find yours.