AI Strategy Consulting (Phase 2)
AI strategy consulting turns audit findings into decisions: where your organization uses AI, how it governs it, what it funds first and who owns each step. Fixed-price entry point: two weeks, $2,900 CAD + HST.
Deliverables
In short
- Price: the two-week AI Opportunity Audit is $2,900 CAD + HST, fixed. Larger strategies are quoted after a call.
- Input: interviews with 6–10 people, walk-throughs of real workflows and a data and systems check.
- Output of the audit: a ranked map of 10+ use cases with ROI ranges and risk notes, a 12-month roadmap and a recommended first pilot with its budget. Governance roles and an operating model come with a multi-department strategy.
- Canadian rules in view: privacy and regulatory risks noted per use case, see AI compliance in Canada.
- What follows: the six-week AI Pilot Sprint ($9,800), with the audit fee credited.
Your situation
Strategy work is useful when AI activity has started without shared direction. Typical cases:
- Scattered experiments. Several teams test tools; nobody compares results or costs.
- A mandate without a plan. The board, council or owner expects an AI plan this year.
- Budget season. Leadership needs to fund one or two AI initiatives and defend the choice.
- Governance gaps. Staff use ChatGPT or Copilot, and there are no rules on data or accountability.
What the strategy phase produces
A ranked use-case map. Every candidate scored on value, feasibility and risk, with the data it needs.
Decisions on scope. Where AI will be used, where it will stay out, and which tools are approved.
A target way of working for the first workflows. Which steps AI performs, which stay with people, who reviews what.
Governance roles and rules. Who approves new AI uses, who owns each system, how incidents are handled. This feeds your AI use policy.
A 12-month roadmap with a costed first pilot. Waves of work with owners, budget ranges and measures.
The fixed-price Opportunity Audit delivers the ranked map and the 12-month roadmap with a costed first pilot; decisions on scope, the target way of working and governance roles come with a multi-department strategy.
Questions the strategy answers
- Which three to five AI uses will create the most value in the next 12 months, and why these?
- Which uses are off the table for now, because of data quality, privacy or risk?
- Which tools are approved, under which contracts and data settings?
- Who owns each AI workflow, and who approves new ones?
- What will the first pilot cost, and which number decides whether it continues?
- What do staff need to learn, and in what order?
How long it takes
The fixed-price Opportunity Audit takes two weeks. In our experience strategies that cover several departments or sites usually take four to eight weeks. It depends on the number of units, calendars and approval cycles.
What it costs
| Scope | Price (CAD + HST) | Time |
|---|---|---|
| AI Readiness Review, a first position | $490 | 1 week |
| AI Opportunity Audit, ranked use cases and 12-month roadmap | $2,900 | 2 weeks |
| Multi-department AI strategy | Quoted after a call | 4–8 weeks |
Package details are on the pricing page.
Why Remolda for AI strategy
- Public prices and fixed scope for the first two steps.
- Strategy that ends in a build. Every roadmap names a first pilot, and Remolda can deliver it.
- Vendor-neutral. Tools compared through AI vendor selection on fit with your stack and data rules.
- Canadian regulation per use case, with official sources.
- A Canadian contract. Innova Consulting Group Inc., Ottawa; work in English or French.
Where strategy sits in the Remolda Cycle
The Remolda Cycle has five steps: Audit → Strategy → Implement → Empower → Evolve. Strategy takes the AI readiness assessment findings and turns them into decisions and a roadmap. Implementation follows in waves, starting with the first pilot, for example AI workflow automation. Training for leaders and staff runs alongside, starting with executive AI training.
Frequently asked questions
What does an AI strategy consultant do?
An AI strategy consultant helps leadership decide where AI will create value, what it will cost, which risks to govern and in what order to act. The output is a written strategy and roadmap that the organization can fund and execute.
How much does AI strategy consulting cost in Canada?
Remolda's fixed-price entry point is the two-week AI Opportunity Audit at $2,900 CAD + HST, which produces a ranked use-case map and a 12-month roadmap. Multi-department strategies of four to eight weeks are quoted after a 30-minute call.
What does an AI strategy document contain?
Where AI will and will not be used, the ranked use cases, the target way of working for the first workflows, governance roles and AI use rules, the privacy and regulatory checks that apply, a 12-month roadmap and the budget and measures for the first pilot.
How is an AI strategy different from an IT strategy?
IT strategy plans systems, infrastructure and support. AI strategy plans how work, roles and decisions change when AI takes on reading, writing and routine judgment, and it depends on the IT strategy for data and security.
How do you prioritize AI use cases?
Each use case is scored on value (time, cost or risk reduced), feasibility (data, systems, owner) and risk (privacy, accuracy, reputation). High value and high feasibility go first; the rest are staged behind the work that unblocks them.
Who should own the AI strategy?
An executive sponsor, usually the CEO, COO or deputy head, with IT, privacy and the business owners of the first workflows around the table. AI decisions change how work is done, so the business side leads.
How long does AI strategy work take?
Two weeks for the fixed-price Opportunity Audit. In our experience strategies spanning several departments usually take four to eight weeks, depending on the number of units, stakeholder availability and approval cycles.
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