live zoom event
Are Your Operations
Ready for AI?
6 readiness gaps to check
before you scale
AUGUST 7, 2026 | 12PM EDT
Michael HarrisonSr. Process ConsultantPolished Geek
AI tools are moving fast, and many teams are being asked to move with them.
But speed is not the same as readiness. 95% of enterprise generative AI pilots delivered no measurable impact on profit and loss, with organizational readiness named as the issue, not the technology.
Before you automate workflows, launch AI pilots, or turn on smarter platform features, your operations need to be ready underneath. That means trusted data, clear workflows, connected systems, practical guardrails, defined ownership, and people who know when to trust the tool and when to question it.
Join Polished Geek for a live Zoom event on AI readiness and learn how to spot the gaps that can quietly derail AI projects before they scale.
Meet The Presenters
Meet The Presenters- SpeakerMichael HarrisonSr. Process ConsultantPolished Geek
ModeratorDeb Cinkus, PMPFounder & CEOPolished Geek
ModeratorJeni TholmerSr. Process ConsultantPolished Geek
HostShae TrievelCustomer Success ManagerPolished Geek
About The Event
As organizations move fast with AI, it's easy to assume the technology will carry the work. The reality is different. AI can amplify strong operations, but it also exposes weak ones. Most teams are being asked to adopt AI before their workflows, data, systems, and ownership models are ready to support it. The result: pilot projects that never scale, automation that breaks under real-world use, and leaders being asked to move faster with less confidence, not more.
This live session is designed to help you assess your operational readiness before you scale AI. We'll walk through the readiness gaps that quietly derail AI initiatives — and show you what to fix first so your organization can move forward with confidence.
What You'll Learn- Why "ready enough" is not ready when it comes to AI adoption
- The 6 operational readiness gaps that most often stall AI initiatives
- How weak data, unclear workflows, and disconnected systems show up as AI risk
- What practical guardrails look like before you automate or scale AI tools
- How to identify whether a workflow is ready to automate — or not ready yet
- A practical framework for prioritizing readiness fixes before scaling AI
Who should attend?
This live event is for leaders and teams responsible for making AI useful, safe, and scalable inside real operations.
It is especially useful for:
- Operations leaders
- IT and business systems leaders
- Digital transformation teams
- Marketing operations and sales operations teams
- PMO and project leaders
- Process improvement teams
- Customer operations and customer experience leaders
- Finance and reporting teams
- Executive teams exploring AI, automation, or platform-based AI features
Best fit: organizations already experimenting with AI, preparing to automate workflows, using platforms like monday.com, HubSpot, Asana, or other work management and CRM systems, or trying to understand whether their current operations are ready to support AI at scale.
Why Polished Geek?
Polished Geek helps organizations improve the operational foundation underneath major technology, workflow, and change initiatives.
We do not start with the shiny tool. We look at the work behind it: the process, the data, the systems, the ownership, the adoption risks, the governance gaps, and the decisions teams need to make before they scale something new.
For AI, that foundation matters even more. AI amplifies what is already there, so the smartest move is to understand what is ready, what is risky, and what needs to be fixed first.
Attendees will receive geeky goodies!
Stay to the end and receive three practical AI readiness resources from Polished Geek.
AI Readiness Self-Check
A 12-minute self-assessment that scores your organization across six dimensions of AI readiness and helps identify the one gap to close first.
Before You Automate Gate
A workflow-level readiness check that helps you decide whether a specific workflow is ready to automate, not ready yet, or should stop before moving forward.
Four Patterns Action Guide
A practical guide to help you identify your organization’s AI readiness pattern, understand the trap that comes with it, and take your first moves.