# A practical prompt for evaluating AI readiness

> Published 2026-10-27 · https://www.promptzone.com/mxddigital/a-practical-prompt-for-evaluating-ai-readiness-119i

Before choosing an AI tool, start with the business outcome and the workflow it could improve. A useful assessment looks beyond enthusiasm for the technology: it asks whether the organisation has the data, people, infrastructure and governance to use it well.

## A prompt to structure the discussion

Copy this prompt into your preferred assistant and replace the brackets with information you are comfortable sharing:

> Act as a practical AI adoption adviser. Our organisation wants to improve [business outcome] in [workflow]. Ask me one question at a time about our strategy, data quality, team capability, infrastructure, expected return and governance. Do not assume missing facts. After the questions, summarise the main constraints, suggest one low-risk pilot and list the decisions a human owner must make before proceeding.

## Use the answer as a starting point

Check the output with the people who own the workflow. Avoid entering confidential customer, financial or employee information into a tool unless your organisation has approved that use. Record the baseline, the owner and a way to measure the pilot before rollout.

MxD Digital’s [CEO AI Readiness Test](https://www.mxd.digital/ai-readiness) offers a short assessment across those six areas, with practical next steps.