AI TRANSFORMATION / GROWTH PROJECT™

Turn an AI priority into a practical pilot.

Work with an experienced operator to choose a useful AI opportunity, test it in a real workflow, and build the evidence your team needs to decide what comes next.

Three colleagues discussing a practical AI pilot beside a laptop.

One workflow.

A practical pilot.

What progress can look like

01

A prioritized use case tied to a business need.

02

Evidence of where AI helps, where human judgment matters, and what needs improvement.

03

A clear decision to refine, expand, or stop the pilot.

04

A team better prepared to apply what it learns to the next opportunity.

The AIRAS approach

AIRAS is how the work gets done. Mindset, skillset and toolset are what your people build.

01

Align

Choose what matters.

Agree on what matters and what success looks like.

Shared priorities. Clear ownership. Success measures.

02

Inspire

See what good looks like.

Build the belief and motivation to turn challenges into progress.

Connect the work to shared business goals.

03

Reflect

Know where you stand.

Build self-awareness and identify what you can change.

Surface the habits, assumptions, and barriers holding your team back.

04

Apply

Build it and put it to work.

Teams learn by doing with support from expert coaches.

Review project outputs, results, and lessons with senior leaders.

05

Scale

Prove it and grow it.

Turn successful projects into lasting ways of working.

Build shared playbooks and equip internal owners to sustain progress.

Built around your team’s real work.

Explore who the project is for, what is included, and how the work unfolds.

Your team has ideas for AI, but choosing where to start is harder than finding another tool. The opportunity may be unclear, the workflow may need work, or people may be experimenting without a shared definition of success.

This Growth Project™ helps you focus on one business problem, bring the right people together, and run a manageable pilot with clear ownership and measures.

Who this project is for

Business and functional leaders who need to move from AI interest to a focused application. A typical team includes the process owner, people who do the work, and relevant technology, data, and governance partners.

Bring a business sponsor, access to an appropriate workflow, and time for the team to test and learn between coaching sessions.

  • Prioritized use-case shortlist and selection rationale.
  • Current-workflow map and pilot brief.
  • Success measures, test plan, and review criteria.
  • Working guidance for participants, including human review and escalation.
  • Pilot findings and a practical adoption roadmap.
  1. Choose the opportunity. Map the workflow, understand the users, and compare possible use cases against value, feasibility, and risk.
  2. Design the pilot. Agree on a baseline, a small test, approved tools, and the role of human review.
  3. Coach through application. Review real work, resolve obstacles, and adapt the approach as the team learns.
  4. Decide what comes next. Assess results against the agreed measures and define the requirements for wider adoption.

Set around the selected workflow, pilot requirements, and team availability.

Quotation mark

Demand Metric have been a great partner in helping us to retool our growth engine.

In addition to their useful templates, I have worked closely with them to conduct workshops, develop custom documents, provide coaching and other essential tasks and I have been extremely pleased with the results. Their service level is top-notch and they really commit as a business partner to help you improve. I highly recommend them.
Ron Denoo
Senior Director Market Strategy Development - Global

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Meet the coaches and experts behind the work.

Our coaches and experts bring experience in commercial growth, research, marketing, and team resilience. We shape the team around your priorities and agree the right support for your project.

Kurt Friedmann

Kurt Friedmann

Growth Coach

Kurt designed and implemented sales and customer service training programs as a partner at Impact Learning Systems. He later led Mentored Pathways as CEO and has served as an advisor, investor, mentor, and coach to more than 700 companies.

John Follett

John Follett

Co-Founder | Demand Metric

John is the architect of the INSIGHTS™ Framework. His research has helped brands engage buyers, establish thought leadership, and build pipeline, with work for Salesforce, Adobe Marketo Engage, HubSpot, Smartsheet, and more than 100 other companies.

Jesse Hopps

Jesse Hopps

Founder | Commercial Excellence Consortium

Creator of the Mindset, Skillset, Toolset framework and Founder of Demand Metric, Jesse helps B2B teams turn strategy into practical capabilities. His consulting experience includes work with Microsoft, Mitsubishi, and Esri. His focus is helping leaders clarify priorities, put practical tools to use, and develop their teams’ ability to apply new approaches to real business challenges.

Ron Denoo

Ron Denoo

Growth Coach | Commercial Strategy

Ron brings commercial leadership experience from Mitsubishi Chemical Group, with a background spanning innovation, market strategy, and business leadership. As a Growth Coach, he helps teams work through live opportunities using practical tools, objective advice, and mentorship that supports better decisions and action.

Jerry Rackley

Jerry Rackley

Marketing Research & Analytics

Jerry combines four decades of sales and marketing experience with research, consulting, and teaching at Oklahoma State University. The author of Marketing Analytics Roadmap and a former Demand Metric Chief Analyst, he brings expertise in marketing strategy, customer understanding, content, and analytics.

Dr. Paul Stoltz

Dr. Paul Stoltz

Growth Coach | Resilience & AQ®

Founder and CEO of PEAK Learning and originator of Adversity Quotient®, Paul focuses on the science of resilience. His work on AQ and GRIT helps leaders respond constructively to change, strengthen adaptability, and build the mindset to keep progressing through difficult challenges.

Make this Growth Project™ your own.

Tell us about your priorities, team, and timing. We’ll shape a practical engagement around the progress you need to make.