Guide
Vanguard
“I want to move forward”
A shift is reaching you and you have to decide what to do about it before committing budget. What comes out is a criterion you can defend the decision with, not a presentation.
19 concrete situations
The three doors are not three kinds of client: they are the cycle the same client goes through. How the full cycle fits together.
The services of Vanguard
Where each one comes in, in the network.
By the cycle
Vanguard“I want to move forward” · guideForge“I want to implement” · buildTaskforce“I want to stabilize” · sustainBy discipline
AI strategy7AI governance and compliance9Automation and agents10Data and analytics4Cybersecurity and resilience4Critical operations and crisis5Mergers, separation and diligence4Cost of AI and software6Infrastructure and platform6Its services
Frontier scenariosAI strategyInvestment verdictAI strategyAI Prioritization (by Function or Sector)AI strategyVerdict SessionAI strategyIndependent Advisor (to a Committee or an Executive)AI strategyFrontier radarAI strategyWhere inference runsAI strategyWorkshop: how to audit your vendorAI governance and complianceShadow AI inventoryAI governance and complianceIndependent implementation reviewAI governance and complianceDecision-Grade Reporting (with Leading Indicators)Data and analyticsHidden value in your textData and analyticsPost merger integrationMergers, separation and diligenceTechnology and operations due diligenceMergers, separation and diligenceVendor contract and performance auditMergers, separation and diligenceEnterprise readinessMergers, separation and diligenceLicensed Software ReplacementCost of AI and softwareInfrastructure Health CheckInfrastructure and platformStay or MigrateInfrastructure and platformEach thread is a service. A click on a door, another discipline or a service opens its page.
What is worth approving of what is on my desk?
- The business case was built by the person selling it to me.See→
- My team signs service agreements we cannot enforce afterwards.See→
- I have a call to make this week and almost everyone with an opinion has something to gain from the answer.See→
- The financial diligence is done. Nobody looked at whether the operation survives the day after.See→
- The vendor's dashboard shows green and the operation keeps going down.See→
- The integrator says it works and I am the one who signs.See→
- The licensing model changed and we have to decide whether we stay.See→
How do we decide better?
- The committee wants a position and I do not know what is real and what is noise.See→
- The committee gets forty pages every month and leaves without deciding anything.See→
- The decisions that weigh the most, I make without an independent peer in the room.See→
- Last year's session was useful, but it was a snapshot and the map has already changed.See→
How do I build something that later runs on its own?
How do I answer with evidence when they ask?
What comes next
An engagement rarely ends where it started.
What is the decision you have in front of you this week?