--- title: "AI Strategy Consulting & Fractional Chief AI Officer" description: "AI strategy consulting and fractional Chief AI Officer leadership for growing SMBs: prioritize valuable workflows, set governance, select tools, improve adoption, and measure business outcomes." url: https://lidvizion.ai/services/fractional-chief-ai-officer/ site: Lid Vizion index: https://lidvizion.ai/llms.txt --- [Services](https://lidvizion.ai/services/) · Chief AI Officer # AI strategy consulting with an accountable executive owner. AI strategy consulting and fractional Chief AI Officer leadership for growing SMBs: prioritize valuable workflows, set governance, select tools, improve adoption, and measure business outcomes. [Talk through the role](https://lidvizion.ai/contact/?need=fractional-chief-ai-officer) · [All services](https://lidvizion.ai/services/) What we can own ## Scope with clear ownership. - AI opportunity and workflow portfolio - ChatGPT, Claude and agent operating model - Governance, permissions and human approval - Tool, model and vendor decisions - Adoption, evaluation and ROI measurement You’re ready when ## The signs are already there. - AI use is spreading across tools and teams with no shared rules. - Pilots stalled before reaching production. - Your CTO is overloaded and AI decisions keep slipping. - Vendor and model choices are unresolved or duplicated. - Leadership cannot yet say which AI work is paying off. A practical engagement ## A 90-day AI operating plan that identifies priority workflows, configures the foundation, and ships the first measurable use case. Scope, cadence, decision rights, and success measures are agreed before the engagement begins. [Book a call](https://calendar.app.google/bB26LdA9e2gmGFp69) Use cases ## Where teams start. Illustrative workflow patterns for this service. [All use cases](https://lidvizion.ai/use-cases/) - [From stalled AI pilot to production](https://lidvizion.ai/use-cases/stalled-ai-pilot-to-production/): Leadership Take a pilot that impressed in a demo but never shipped, decide whether it deserves production, and get it there with owners and controls. - [A company-wide AI rollout with rules people follow](https://lidvizion.ai/use-cases/company-wide-ai-rollout/): Leadership Move from scattered personal AI accounts to one approved setup, a short policy and a first set of shared workflows the whole company uses. - [Quarterly AI usage and risk review](https://lidvizion.ai/use-cases/quarterly-ai-usage-review/): Leadership Each quarter, take stock of which AI tools people actually use, what data goes into them and how that matches policy, so leadership can approve, restrict or retire tools with evidence instead of guesswork. Decision support ## Answer the next question. Useful comparisons and planning tools for this engagement. - [What a 90-day AI plan should include](https://lidvizion.ai/answers/what-should-a-90-day-ai-plan-include/): Turn AI ambition into owned workflows, controls, implementation and measurement. - [When to hire a fractional Chief AI Officer](https://lidvizion.ai/answers/when-should-a-company-hire-a-fractional-chief-ai-officer/): Signs AI use is outpacing anyone deciding how it should work. - [Write an AI use policy in one week](https://lidvizion.ai/guides/write-an-ai-use-policy-in-one-week/): A five-day sequence from current AI use to a published, owned policy. - [Build a 90-day AI plan](https://lidvizion.ai/guides/build-a-90-day-ai-plan/): Assess, set the foundation, ship one measured workflow and plan the next quarter. - [Keep customer data safe with AI tools](https://lidvizion.ai/answers/how-to-keep-customer-data-safe-with-ai-tools/): Data rules, business accounts, scoped access and review before anything leaves. - [Document a workflow before automating it](https://lidvizion.ai/answers/how-to-document-a-workflow-before-automating-it/): Map the real steps, decisions, exceptions and timing first. - [AI agent vs workflow automation](https://lidvizion.ai/answers/ai-agent-vs-workflow-automation/): Use fixed rules where steps are predictable; add an agent only for judgement. - [How to choose a fractional Chief AI Officer](https://lidvizion.ai/answers/how-to-choose-a-fractional-chief-ai-officer/): Look for workflow-first thinking, governance by design and a concrete 90-day plan. - [AI governance for a smaller company](https://lidvizion.ai/answers/what-is-ai-governance-for-a-small-business/): Define tools, information boundaries, approval points and ownership. - [AI workflow readiness assessment](https://lidvizion.ai/tools/ai-readiness-assessment/): Test one workflow for the operating conditions needed to implement it responsibly. Questions ## Common questions. ### Do we need a Chief AI Officer to start using AI? No. Teams can use AI without creating an executive role. Fractional Chief AI Officer support is useful when AI decisions span multiple workflows, data boundaries, vendors, teams, governance questions, and measurements that need one accountable owner. ### Does a Chief AI Officer build the automations too? The role owns the AI operating model and priorities. Implementation can include hands-on configuration, integrations, agents, and automation, or it can coordinate an internal or external delivery team. The engagement should separate executive ownership from delivery scope. ### What should be measured in an AI program? Measure the work the AI is meant to improve: completed work, cycle time, review effort, exceptions, quality, cost, adoption where relevant, and business outcomes. Usage volume by itself does not show whether the workflow improved. Other ways to engage ## Leadership or delivery. [All services](https://lidvizion.ai/services/) - [Own the technology direction.](https://lidvizion.ai/services/fractional-cto/): Architecture, vendors, technical roadmap, engineering decisions, risk, hiring support, and executive-level technology leadership. - [Move from idea to a product people can use.](https://lidvizion.ai/services/fractional-product/): Discovery, requirements, prioritization, product architecture, delivery management, validation, and iteration. - [Give us the outcome.](https://lidvizion.ai/services/milestone-delivery/): Integrations, automations, prototypes, migrations, internal tools, AI applications, and custom software delivered against a defined milestone. Bring the messy version ## One workflow. A better way to run it. Show us the tools, the handoffs, and the part that keeps slowing your team down. [Let’s map your workflow](https://lidvizion.ai/contact/) · [Read our approach](https://lidvizion.ai/approach/)