L-ARM: The Theory of Organisational AI Readiness

Artificial intelligence has become unusually easy to access. An employee can open a browser and interact with a sophisticated language model within minutes. A small organisation can use capabilities that once required specialist infrastructure, data-science teams and substantial capital. This accessibility is important, but it can also create an illusion: access can feel like capability, experimentation can feel like transformation, and a successful demonstration can feel like proof that an organisation is ready to scale.