The business problem
The process that keeps breaking, written as a business problem rather than a technology wish. If you cannot describe what it costs you today, the canvas makes that visible first.
Free framework
The AI Canvas: turn an AI idea into a business case
One page. Five blocks. A clear answer to "should we build this?"
Most AI projects start with a tool and go looking for a problem. The AI Canvas works the other way: it forces the business problem, the users, the data and the expected value onto one page before anyone commits to a build. It is the same framing we use in our own diagnosis work with clients from our Miami office.
What is on the canvas
Five blocks, one decision.
The users
Who touches the process every day, who owns the exception, and who signs off the result. Most AI projects fail on adoption, and adoption starts with naming these people.
The data
Where the information actually lives — ERP, CRM, inboxes, PDFs, spreadsheets — and whether it is reachable and consistent enough to build on.
The AI opportunity
What the system would read, decide, act on and escalate. This is where a vague idea becomes a scoped system you can estimate and challenge.
The expected value
Time saved, errors avoided, capacity gained — stated before anything is built, so the result can be measured honestly afterwards.
Filled in honestly, the canvas tells you whether the opportunity is worth a build — or saves you from one.
How it works
From request to mapped opportunity in under an hour.
Request the canvas
Leave your name and work email. We use them only to share the canvas and relevant follow-ups.
Open the AI Canvas
You get immediate access to the canvas — no waiting for an email, no call required.
Map one opportunity
Pick the process that keeps breaking and fill in the five blocks. Thirty minutes is enough for a first pass.
Who it is for
Built for operators, not innovation decks.
- Leadership teams weighing several AI ideas and needing a way to compare them
- Operations owners who know the bottleneck but need the business case to fund the fix
- Teams burned by a pilot that never reached production, who want the diagnosis first this time
Want the thinking behind the canvas first? Read AI Automation Consultant: What to Buy First or the pillar on what it takes to make an AI automation work.
Map your AI opportunity before you build it.
Free, one page, thirty minutes. Leave your details and open the canvas straight away.