Fixed-Price Diagnostic · 5 Business Days

One workflow.
Less admin drag.

A 5-day audit that finds it, sizes it, and shows you what to fix first.

Most service firms have one workflow that quietly costs them 5–20 hours a week — intake handoffs, inbox triage, document review, policy lookup, recurring report cycles. The AI Workflow Audit maps three of your bottlenecks, picks the one with the clearest ROI, and hands you a 14-day pilot plan. Fixed price. No slide deck. No retainer commitment.

What the Audit Looks For

Three places work slows down.

Every audit maps friction in exactly three places. We name them, measure them, and rank them by ROI. One of them becomes your first pilot.

I.

Workflow Friction

Recurring processes that slow down when information enters the business — intake, approvals, document prep, report cycles. The drag isn't dramatic; it's a steady tax on the week.

  • Client intake taking 3 days instead of 1
  • Approval chains that wait on one person
  • Report assembly redone every cycle
II.

Communication Drag

Dropped handoffs, manual email triage, slow client follow-up. The cost is invisible until you measure response time and the requests that quietly fall through the cracks.

  • Inbox triage eating senior time
  • Forwarding chains losing context
  • Follow-ups dependent on memory
III.

Knowledge Gaps

Staff hunting for SOPs, policies, or prior answers that should be findable instantly. The same questions get re-answered every week by the people whose time is most expensive.

  • Policy answers buried in email threads
  • SOPs scattered across drives
  • Prior work redone from scratch
The Deliverable

What you walk away with.

A written audit, not a slide deck. Specific, signed, and dated. You own it whether you hire me for the pilot or not.

Front Door
AI Workflow Audit
$1,500
Fixed price · 5 business days
  • Discovery interview (60–90 min)
  • 3 workflows mapped, 1 pilot selected
  • Written deliverable (Word + PDF)
  • 30-min readout call
  • Right to walk away after — no retainer obligation
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Math, Not Marketing

How we size the value.

Every audit produces a number. Here's the formula behind it. No hand-waving — these are the four inputs we'll measure together during discovery.

# Monthly Value monthly_value = hours_saved_per_week × loaded_hourly_rate × 4.33 + reduced_rework_cost + reduced_delay_cost + throughput_gain # Worked example 10 × $65 × 4.33 = $2,815/month labor + $800 rework saved + $1,200 faster client turnaround = ~$4,800/month total value

Estimates are conservative and written with the assumptions visible. We don't sell inflated savings — they get re-baselined during the pilot, and the real number replaces the estimate. If the math doesn't pencil, we don't recommend the pilot.

Where This Goes

Audit first. Then maybe more.

The audit stands alone. If the numbers warrant it, you can step into a pilot. If the pilot proves out, you can step into a retainer. Each step is a separate decision.

01 · Diagnose
AI Workflow Audit
$1,500 · 5 business days

Find the drag, size it, pick the first pilot. Written deliverable. No commitment beyond this.

02 · Pilot
Controlled Workflow Pilot
$7,500–$12,500 · 14–30 days

One workflow built, deployed, and measured. Documented process, staff handoff, governance boundaries, and the dashboard that proves it.

03 · Sustain
Fractional Workflow Lead
$4,500–$8,500/mo · 3-mo min

Ongoing roadmap, governance, and implementation leadership. New workflows shipped each month. ROI tracked against the dashboard you already trust.

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Plain Talk

What this is. And isn't.

What you get

  • A senior practitioner doing the work — no junior handoff
  • Plain-English findings written for an operator, not an engineer
  • Numbers with their assumptions visible
  • One clear recommendation, not five
  • A pilot plan that fits your stack (Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace)

What you won't get

  • A 60-page strategy deck
  • "AI transformation" framing
  • Five workflows recommended at once
  • A retainer pitch on day one
  • Vendor-driven tooling — your stack first, third-party only when it earns its keep
Book the Audit

Five days. One workflow on the table.

A 30-minute discovery call directly with me. We confirm fit, scope the audit, and lock the start date. If the audit doesn't make sense, I'll say so on the call.

Currently scheduling audits 2–3 weeks out

Or email jason@nycolai.com