AI-First Operating Model Executive Worksheet

This document is an executive worksheet designed to assess an organization's readiness to adopt an AI-First operating model. It outlines the limitations of traditional operating models that focus on automating tasks and trimming budgets, emphasizing the need for a more transformative approach. The worksheet includes various assessment statements that organizations can rate to evaluate their alignment with AI-First principles. Key areas of focus include designing work around measurable outcomes, enabling rapid decision-making, ensuring technology serves people, scaling productivity without proportional headcount growth, and elevating talent rather than displacing it. The document encourages organizations to identify critical functions for redesign using AI-first principles and to measure success through visible wins that enhance confidence and momentum. The final reflection stresses the importance of rethinking value creation and decision-making processes in the context of AI integration.