Methodology

Lead the Human × AI era with clarity and confidence

A confidential advisory process for CEOs. We assess what your organisation actually does, test the assumptions behind your AI strategy against that evidence, and turn it into decisions your board can back.

Engagement Confidential, CEO-led
Participation Every employee
Time to Clarity 48 hours
Framework Audr Readiness Index

Executive advisory

Executive Advisor

A confidential, high-trust partnership with the CEO. We combine evidence from across your organisation with specialist expertise in how people adopt change - so every AI decision you make is sharper, faster and easier to stand behind.

01 Decisions grounded in evidence

Every recommendation is built on what your organisation actually does and says - not assumption or anecdote.

02 A confidential sounding board

A secure space to test high-stakes choices before they reach the board or the wider business.

03 Direction you can act on

Clear priorities, decision rights and milestones, translated from vision into a practical roadmap.

04 Counsel as it unfolds

Continued guidance through the transition, with progress measured against evidence over time.

The engagement

Four stages, from evidence to execution.

01
Assessment & discoveryClarity · Day 1

Every employee takes the assessment, alongside structured interviews with leadership, People, Tech and I⁠/⁠O, and a read-only pull of systems and usage data. Three lenses, one evidence base.

02
Assumption testingClarity · Day 2

The evidence is triangulated against the Readiness Index, then used to stress-test your strategy in confidence - where adoption is real, where it stalls, and which decisions should change before they reach the whole organisation.

03
Direction & designClarity · Readout

A board-ready Clarity report for the CEO and a Team Pulse summary for People and Tech leads - findings translated into sequenced priorities, decision rights and measurable milestones.

04
Implementation & reviewTrust · Ongoing

For organisations that continue into Trust, we stay alongside the leadership team as the transition unfolds - re-measuring against the Readiness Index so progress is judged on evidence, not sentiment.

The evidence base

Three lenses, triangulated into one picture.

Everyone takes the assessment - not a sample. The CEO plan includes five employees free; it's designed for your whole organisation to take part, because that's where the value compounds.

AI USAGE AND SYSTEMS INTERVIEWS PSYCHOMETRICS Clarity
Lens 01 AI Usage and Systems

Where AI tools are actually deployed, who touches them, and where adoption stalls

Lens 02 Structured interviews

Conversations with leadership, People, Tech and I⁠/⁠O functions, and a representative cross-section of the organisation - run to a consistent protocol, not a survey link.

Lens 03 Validated psychometrics

Instruments built on organisational-psychology research, not a generic maturity quiz - measuring the readiness constructs that predict adoption, not just intent.

Led by named expertise

Nikita Mikhailov

Chief Psychology Officer, Audr

An organisational psychologist specialising in adoption behaviour and psychometric assessment, Nikita built the instrument behind every Clarity engagement: a readiness framework validated against how people actually change behaviour, not how they say they will.

The Audr Readiness Index

ConfidenceBelief in one's ability to use AI well
CapabilityThe skills to apply it to real work
BehaviourObserved, sustained usage
TrustIn the tools, and in leadership's intent

Built for your tech team

Enterprise-grade security and data governance.

Every employee participates, which means the integration has to hold up to real scrutiny - not just a data-processing addendum nobody reads.

Least-privilege access

Read-only, scoped API access for the engagement window - no standing credentials left behind afterwards.

Never used for training

Your data produces your Clarity and Team Pulse reports - nothing more. It never trains any model, ours or a third party's.

Encrypted, audited

Encrypted in transit and at rest, with a full audit log of every access to your data.

SSO for every participant

Employees authenticate through your existing identity provider - no separate accounts or credentials for your team to manage.

Close-up of a precision instrument

Inside the instrument

Rigour you can inspect.

If you’re the one asked to trust the findings, you’ll have fair doubts. Here is how the instrument answers them.

01

Measured, not self-rated.

Four constructs - Confidence, Capability, Behaviour and Trust - scored from coded interviews and validated psychometric response, then cross-checked against real usage data. Each is chosen because it predicts sustained adoption, not stated intent.

“Psychometrics are soft”
02

Candour, protected by design.

No individual transcript, score or quote ever reaches the organisation. Findings are aggregated and anonymised at group level; raw material is held under NDA and destroyed when the engagement ends - so people say what they actually think.

“People won’t be honest”
03

Built for the people who act on it.

Alongside the CEO’s Clarity report, People and Tech leads receive a Team Pulse summary: the same four constructs at team and function level, designed for the day-to-day decisions that make adoption stick.

“Another report for the board”
04

Readiness, not tooling.

Maturity audits score which tools are switched on. The Readiness Index measures whether your people are ready to use them - the variable that decides whether your AI investment pays back.

“We’ve done a maturity audit”
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FAQ

FAQ

Is this a survey?

No. Clarity combines systems data, structured interviews and validated psychometric instruments - not a self-report questionnaire sent round on a link.

Who takes the assessment?

Everyone - not a sample. It's designed so your whole organisation participates, because the value compounds when every function is represented. The CEO plan includes five employees free.

How is our people's data protected?

Individual responses are never shared with the organisation. Every report shows aggregated, anonymised findings only; raw material is held under NDA and destroyed at the end of the engagement.

How do you access our systems and data?

Read-only, scoped API access for the engagement window only. No standing credentials or access are left behind once the report is delivered.

Is our data used to train any AI models?

No. Your data is used solely to produce your Clarity and Team Pulse reports. It is never used to train Audr's models or any third party's.

What security controls do you support?

Encryption in transit and at rest, SSO through your existing identity provider for participants, and a full audit log of every access. Enterprise security documentation is available on request.

What does executive advisory with Audr involve?

A confidential partnership with the CEO: an evidence-led assessment of your organisation, a secure space to test key decisions, and a clear roadmap - with continued counsel as the transition unfolds.

Who leads the assessment?

Chief Psychology Officer Nikita Mikhailov and the Audr research team design and run every engagement.

What do we actually receive?

A board-ready Clarity report for the CEO, and - separately - a Team Pulse summary built for the People and Tech leads who'll act on it.

How long does it take?

48 hours from kickoff to readout.

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