Workflow Audit
The strategic wedge.
- Workflow map of 4–6 expensive recurring processes
- Quantified time and money cost per workflow
- Ranked roadmap with payback periods
2 weeks · fixed fee, scoped on the call
Workflow Audit · 2 weeks · fixed fee
We don't scope without numbers.
Two weeks. Fixed fee. The artifact that prevents a $200,000 mistake.
Who it's for
Three buyers who get the most out of this.
Marketing leaders
You've been asked to put AI on the roadmap and you don't want to flinch on the next board call. You'll leave with a defensible plan and the numbers to back it.
Ops & revenue leaders
Your team is using ChatGPT in tabs and you don't know how much capacity is leaking through manual workflows. You'll leave with a quantified map and a ranked roadmap.
Founders & MDs
You feel the AI FOMO but don't trust the people pitching you. You'll leave with a peer-grade artifact you can take to your exec team without translation.
What's included
Two weeks. Six deliverables.
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Discovery interviews with 5–10 stakeholders across your organisation.
- 02
Workflow mapping (trigger to outcome) for your 4–6 most expensive recurring processes.
- 03
Time and cost quantification per workflow at current state.
- 04
Ranked AI opportunity list: high-leverage, medium-leverage, leave alone.
- 05
Executive summary with payback period calculated for each recommendation.
- 06
90-minute readout to leadership.
The deliverable
A board-grade audit report.
Not a slide deck. A document. The kind your finance team can audit. The kind your board reads in 20 minutes and asks intelligent questions about. Take it to your exec, your partners, your investors. The artifact stands on its own whether or not you hire us next.
25–30 pages + 1-page executive summary.
Chairos · Workflow Audit · [Client] · April 2026
Six workflows. One ranked roadmap. Twelve months of payback projected.
Contents
- 01 · Executive summary
- 02 · Workflow map
- 03 · Cost quantification
- 04 · Opportunity ranking
- 05 · Payback projections
- 06 · Recommendations
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What it costs to skip it
95%of enterprise AI pilots deliver zero measurable financial impactSource: S&P Global Market Intelligence, 2024
They were scoped without numbers. The audit is the artifact that prevents that mistake. Two weeks, fixed fee, the math attached. Or skip it and become the 95%.
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After the audit
What happens next.
Most audit clients then engage on a Build Sprint to ship the highest-payback recommendation. Some take the audit to their internal team. A few use it to evaluate other vendors. All three are fine outcomes, the value is in the artifact, not the upsell. There's no obligation to engage further. We say so on the call.
Audit FAQ
Questions worth asking.
What if I already know the workflow I want to fix?
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Probably skip the audit. If you've already quantified the cost of one specific workflow and have stakeholder buy-in to fix it, skip straight to the Build Sprint. The Audit is for buyers who don't yet know which workflow to attack.
Do I have to commit to a Build Sprint after the audit?
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No. The fee covers the audit alone. About two-thirds of audit clients engage further; one-third take the report and run it internally or with another vendor. We're fine with all three outcomes. The artifact stands on its own.
Who from my team needs to be involved?
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5–10 stakeholders for 30–45 minute interviews each across the two weeks. Typically: one exec sponsor, two to four operational leads, and a few practitioners closest to the workflows being mapped. We schedule around your team.
What kinds of workflows are in scope?
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Anything repetitive, expensive, and currently human-handled. Marketing ops, sales ops, customer service, content production, billing reconciliation, compliance review, vendor management, internal reporting. We scope candidates with you on the kickoff call.
What if the audit recommends we not use AI?
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It happens, and we say so plainly. The honest answer for some workflows is, fix the manual handoff and leave AI out of it. We're not paid to recommend AI; we're paid to recommend whatever has the best payback.
Two weeks. Fixed fee. The artifact that prevents a $200,000 mistake.
We run two audits per month. Schedule a 30-minute Strategy Call to confirm fit.