Making AI Work for Your Organization: Assess. Align. Act.
By Laura Gramling – Founder & President
A framework to strengthen alignment, surface opportunities, and scale what works.
Artificial Intelligence can transform how we work, but only when it’s driven by purpose, aligned with people, and grounded in what makes your organization strong.
The Positive Impact AI Assessment is a simple, practical tool designed to help you take stock of where you are, define where you’re headed, and map the best path forward—with your people at the heart of it all.
What is the Positive Impact AI Assessment?
It’s not a test. It’s a tool designed to help you think critically, reflect intentionally, and lead with purpose—opening the door to deeper conversations about AI and its impact. It invites leaders and teams to step back and ask:
Where are we now on our AI journey?
Where do we have alignment and momentum?
Where do we need to deepen our focus to make AI work for our people and our mission?
By using this assessment, organizations can surface blind spots, celebrate strengths, and identify where a more intentional approach will deliver meaningful, sustainable value.
How the Assessment Works
The Assessment is structured around our Positive Impact AI Framework, which guides you through five key stages:
Define: Clarify your AI business case and strategic “why now.”
Discover: Identify existing organizational assets, data, and champions.
Dream: Align diverse perspectives on your AI vision and future.
Design: Create a realistic, responsible roadmap for action.
Deliver: Implement and iterate AI solutions with strong culture and feedback loops.
This framework shifts the focus from technology alone to the alignment, readiness, and culture that make AI adoption successful.
What’s at Stake—And Why It Matters Now
When AI is guided only by technical requirements, it often leads to resistance, misalignment, or missed opportunities. But when it's rooted in a clear purpose, aligned with your unique strengths, and shaped with your people at the center—it doesn't just work. It amplifies what’s already working and helps unlock entirely new value. The Positive Impact AI Assessment helps you pause, ask the right questions, and build a strong foundation addressing:
Are your leaders aligned? Are you leveraging existing data, talent, and experiments? Does your team share a clear, inspiring vision? Do you have guiding principles and realistic pilots? Are you ready to implement, iterate, and celebrate early wins?The framework is technology-agnostic: it won’t tell you which system to buy—it helps you get clear on why you’re using AI, how you’ll use it responsibly, and who needs to be involved to turn good ideas into impact.
Discuss what’s strong and what needs more focus.
Use your insights to prioritize next steps—like a roadmap session, a capability mapping workshop, or new ways to engage your teams.
Leveraging the Assessment
Use the assessment to spark meaningful dialogue—whether in a leadership meeting or across teams in a collaborative workshop.
From Reflection to Action
Ready to go beyond reflection? We’re here to help you take the next step to:
Build trust and reduce resistance through inclusive engagement
Map underused data, tools, and capabilities
Align AI strategy with your organization’s mission and values
Turn pilots into scalable impact
Strengthen your culture for sustainable AI adoption
EnSpark Positive Impact AI Offerings:
Leadership strategy sessions
Cross-functional AI readiness workshops
Strength-based capability mapping
Change management and storytelling support
Roadmap co-design and action planning
Ready to Get Started?
Step 1: Take the Positive Impact AI Assessment to spark the necessary internal conversations regarding your AI.
Step 2: Co-design a strategy session or workshop with EnSpark that turns insights into meaningful action.
Step 3: Turn your AI aspirations into results that truly benefit your people, your mission, and your bottom line.
Questions? Contact EnSpark
About the Author
Laura Gramling has the experience and expertise to help you transform your organization in an AI-driven world. Together with her talented team, she builds on the strengths of your people to help them embrace the future with confidence. Laura approaches every client engagement knowing that each person brings a unique and vital perspective — unlocking a greater collective willingness to move forward.
With over 20 years as a change, leadership, and performance consultant, Laura has guided organizations across industries including higher education, tech, and pharma. She is an expert in organizational performance, meeting design and facilitation, and navigating complex change.