AI to ROI
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AI is Already in Your Marketing Teams - But It's Not Driving Results

Most marketing team in professional service firms are already using AI

But the pattern is the same:

• There are AI experiments everywhere, but they aren’t aligned with strategic objectives
• There are islands of AI productivity, but no alignment with firm goals. No impact on ROI.
• There’s no clear way to measure impact or prove ROI.

What looks like progress is often just noise.

And without a structured approach, that noise doesn’t turn into results.

AI doesn’t fail because of the tools.
AI fails because it is not aligned with strategic objectives.

You need the AI to ROI Implementation Framework™.

From AI to ROI with a Step-by-Step Implementation Framework

Avoiding AI Pilot Purgatory and Isolated Islands of AI Productivity

Most AI efforts fail because they start with tools. Firms build scattered AI pilot programs. The result is AI Pilot Purgatory - scattered islands of AI with no strategic impact.

The AI to ROI Implementation Framework™ starts with your firm’s strategic objectives,  identifies workflows that drive those objectives, builds a scaffold of AI to ROI Sprints^tm, then connects it all to create a strategic workflow that drives success.

The AI to ROI Workshops teach your professionals and staff how to:

•  Identify workflows that drive strategic objectives
• Build and test AI to ROI Sprints from our mega-prompt library
• Test and implement sprints
• Integrate sprints into a full beginning-to-end strategic workflow
• Implement using tools and template to reinforce governance, risk, roles, responsibities, metrics, and more.

Instead of saying:
“We’re trying AI tools…”

You can say:
“Here’s what we've implemented, here's why it works, and these are the measurable results it is producing.”

AI to ROI Workshops

Workshops with workplace problems have 200% retention over online training *

AI to ROI Workshops use hybrid learning to "Teach, Do, Review" using real-world workflows and AI sprints to solve and develop real AI solutions. Teams learn to develop solutions and implement them at workshop completion. 

AI to ROI workshops are available for marketing, sales, finance, human resources, executive functions, and more.

Workshops can also be private, with only your employees, and can be tailored to use your strategic objectives, workflows, and data.

* World-leading universities like MIT, Stanford, and Harvard use hybrid workshops in their professional programs. Multiple studies have shown that hybrid workshops have 2X retention and adoption over live or online static courses. 

Why This Works

Most AI efforts fail because they focus on tools and random experiments (AI Pilot Purgatory)

Most AI efforts fail because they focus on tools and random experiments (AI Pilot Purgatory) instead of aligned workflows built and tested in sprints.

The AI to ROI Implementation Framework™ works because:

• It starts with strategic business objectives - not technology
• It identifies the most important workflow(s) using strategic alignment and an Impact - Cost Matrix
• It identifies critical collections of tasks in the workflow – AI to ROI Sprints
• It jumpstarts development using a library of robust mega-prompts
• It develops the AI prompts and agents within each AI to ROI Sprint
• It integrates the AI to ROI Sprints, like putting rungs in the ladder of the strategic workflow
• It tests and validates the entire workflow
• It applies the AI to ROI Implementation Framework™ to ensure the workflow is adopted and endures in the firm: governance, risks, roles, responsibilities, metrics, and more

How It Works

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 Strategic Alignment - AI to ROI Sprints - Integrating Sprints - Scale

The AI to ROI Implementation Framework™ guides marketing teams through implementing AI along a strategic marketing workflow.

In the 6- to 8-week AI to ROI Workshops, your department or team builds AI or ROI Sprints. Each sprint produces a tested, stand-alone segment of the full strategic workflow.

At the end of the workshop, all AI to ROI Sprints are integrated into the full workflow and the final implementation plan is completed.

Workshops go through these four stages:

Stage 1

Aligning with Strategy and Implementation Plans

In this stage teams identify the strategic workflow for their department that drives the greatest impact on strategic objectives. (In workshops that are not tailored, this strategic workflow is pre-defined.)

That workflow is segmented into AI to ROI Sprints™ where each sprint is composed of prompts or agents that create a functioning, testable work segment. Sprints normally end with a Human-In-The-Loop checkpoint.

As they work, teams learn the implementation framework needed to manage the adoption and implementation of AI. The implementation framework includes templates and libraries that guide teams in:

• Governance
• Risk
• Objective
• Prompts and agents
• Metrics
• Roles and responsibilities
• Human-In-The-Loop check points
• Project scheduling
• More…

Stage 2

Building AI to ROI Sprints™

Each AI to ROI Sprint builds and tests a working segment of the larger workflow.

AI to ROI Sprints usually can run and be tested as stand-alone segments that can be implemented by themselves, outside the larger workflow.

A full strategic workflow might contain four (4) to eight (8) AI to ROI Sprints.

By working in sprints, teams build enthusiasm from quick wins, learn in chunks, and implement and validate working AI segments.

Members of each team work on the AI to ROI Sprints™ as homework by:

• Selecting and enhancing robust mega-prompts and agents from libraries
• Testing AI to ROI Sprint results using workshop data and/or proprietary data
• Completing AI to ROI Implementation Framework™ templates on governance, metrics, roles, Human-In-The-Loop checkpoints, etc.

In each week’s live weekly meetings, we review issues, identify enhancements, and give approved solutions.

Stage 3

Testing and Building the Workflow 

Once the AI to ROI Sprints are completed and individually tested, the workshop focuses on testing, measuring, and integrating the entire workflow. The AI to ROI Implementation Framework™ worksheets and templates are reviewed in preparation for launch and presentation to the executive board.

Stage 4

Confidential Follow-up Consulting

CTS does two (2) one-on-one consultations with your team. The first is at a mid-point in the full workshop, and the second is at a point you define after workshop completion.

These private consultations help us tune your AI and identify issues and areas for improvement. (These consultations are in addition to weekly live meetings where we discuss non-confidential issues and implementation questions.)

What You Can Expect

Most AI efforts fail because they focus on tools and random experiments (AI Pilot Purgatory)

When AI is implemented with the AI to ROI Implementation Framework™ you can expect:

• Measurable impact on ROI and strategic objectives
• Rapid development and testing of workflow segments in AI to ROI Sprints
• Improved validity, citations, and reduced hallucinations
• Increased quality and output
• Implementation and adoption that build a foundation for a culture of AI innovation

These outcomes come from building a ladder (the strategic workflow) and then testing and inserting each rung (AI to ROI Sprints™) one-at-a-time. The entire process is the AI to ROI Implementation Framework™.

You don’t want to increase AI.
You want to increase ROI.

AI to ROI Implementation Workshops for Marketing Team

Most AI efforts fail because they focus on tools and random experiments (AI Pilot Purgatory)

The AI to ROI Implementation Workshop for Marketing Teams is a hands-on workshop designed to help your team implement AI and build a real marketing workflow.

It produces measurable results within weeks.

What You’ll Walk Away With

• An AI-enhanced workflow that impacts marketing ROI
• AI to ROI Sprints that can be used in other workflows
• AI implementation templates, worksheets, and assets to manage AI governance, risk, roles, metrics, and adoption
• A library of robust AI mega-prompts for marketing
• A reusable implementation framework and process
• A clear path to scale AI across your team and firm

Who This Is For

• Marketing teams in professional service firms (2–10 people)
• Professionals and staff with basic familiarity with AI prompts, either in ChatGPT or Claude. (Pre-work includes links to free introductory courses for those who have not created intro-level Gen AI prompts.)
• Teams already using AI - but not seeing measurable impact
• Leadership responsible for performance, growth, and results
• Teams and leaders who want to learn the AI to ROI Implementation Framework™ so they can implement AI throughout the firm. (CTS can act as a Fractional CAIO.)
• All demonstrations and homework will use ChatGPT Plus, costing $20/month USD. This paid level is needed for memory, security, and data upload capabilities.

Who This Is NOT For

• Individuals looking to learn "AI tools”
• Teams who like random productivity experiments
• Organizations not focused on measurable outcomes