Your Pilots Aren't Shipping. Here's Why.
A one-day executive working session that turns AI experiments into funded workflows with owners, metrics, and a 90-day shipping cadence.
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Pilots don't fail because of technology. They fail because nobody owns the next step.
This workshop builds the operating model your AI program is missing: a portfolio of bets with owners, metrics, guardrails, and a cadence your board can actually track.
The pattern is always the same.
The demo worked. Leadership was impressed. Someone said "let's scale this." And then nothing happened.
Not because the technology failed. Because nobody assigned an owner, set a metric, or funded the next phase.
Multiple pilots, no path to production.
Teams are running experiments, but there's no shared method for what ships, what dies, and who decides.
The board keeps asking.
And executives can't answer with owners, measures, and timelines—just slide decks about "transformation progress."
Risk is accumulating.
Some teams are using AI aggressively. Others aren't touching it. Nobody knows what's compliant, what's consistent, or what's wasted effort.
The gap isn't strategy. It's execution discipline.
Do your AI pilots stall before production?
Select the challenges you're currently facing:
The Pilot-to-Production Sprint
A full-day working session for executives who are done approving pilots and ready to fund a portfolio that ships.
You leave with four things:
- 1
Guardrails that enable teams
What you will and won't do with AI. Clear enough to explain to the board, specific enough to guide every team. Not governance that freezes delivery—guardrails that create speed.
- 2
A portfolio of bets
Three to five funded workflows tied to real value. Each one passes the Sweet Spot Gate: high value, low complexity, real data, willing owner. No theoretical use cases. No "further exploration needed."
- 3
Owner and metric clarity
Every bet has a named owner, a success metric, and kill criteria. Your board sees who's accountable, what progress looks like, and when to scale or stop.
- 4
A 90-day shipping cadence
Milestones, review rhythm, and escalation paths. You'll know exactly what should be in production in 90 days—and what's blocking it.
What will I leave with?
- →Practical capabilities that put you in the top 1% of global AI users
- →Confidence using tools like Copilot and ChatGPT in your daily work
- →A personal framework for using AI as a thought partner, not just a task-slayer
- →Real-world use cases of AI-led disruption across sectors
- →Tools to reimagine new revenue, service and CX opportunities
- →A practical grasp of AI risk, governance and implementation.
Why MethodWorks?
MethodWorks is led by Joel Hauer, a veteran operator who bridges the gap between executive strategy and technical execution. We don't just talk about AI; we build the operating models that allow organisations to ship it safely and reliably.
- ✓15 years helping mid-market organisations turn operational chaos into execution discipline
- ✓Deep expertise in AI implementation, risk governance, and operational workflows
- ✓Proven track record of moving from pilot paralysis to production-grade shipping
- ✓Frameworks used by leading organisations to govern and scale technology
- ✓Focus on practical, board-ready outcomes, not just theoretical strategy
MethodWorks helps executives turn pilots into shipped workflows with owners, metrics, and a cadence boards can track.
"Joel's ability to see patterns in complex business systems is exactly what we needed."
Joel has spent 15 years helping mid-market organisations turn operational chaos into execution discipline. The Pilot-to-Production Sprint applies that same rigour to your AI portfolio.
How the Day Runs
Before the workshop (Week 1)
We interview key stakeholders and audit your current AI activity: pilots, tools, vendor relationships, workflow friction. You receive a pre-read summarising what we found.
Morning: The Operating Model
- •What does success actually look like? (Not "transformation"—metrics the board can track.)
- •What guardrails enable teams instead of creating bottlenecks?
- •Which workflow do we pressure-test first—and why?
By lunch, your leadership team has agreed on an operating model for AI. Not a vision document. A decision framework.
Afternoon: The Portfolio
- •Map the workflow and identify where AI creates value
- •Convert value zones into bets that pass the Sweet Spot Gate
- •Assign owners, define metrics, set kill criteria
- •Build the 90-day shipping cadence
You leave with a portfolio of bets and a plan to ship them.
After the workshop (Week 2)
- •Portfolio of bets with owners, metrics, and guardrails
- •90-day shipping roadmap with milestones
- •Risk and compliance register
- •Review cadence for ongoing accountability
You receive a board-ready pack.
30-day review
A 90-minute check-in to unblock delivery and adjust priorities.
Who This Is For
Right fit
- Mid-market organisations (typically 200–2,000 employees)
- Pilots have run but nothing has shipped to production
- CEO, CFO, or COO willing to sponsor and attend
- Ready to fund workflows, not approve more experiments
Wrong fit
- Looking for a vendor to run AI for you
- Want a strategy document, not a shipping plan
- No executive willing to own the outcome
- Still need to "build the case" for AI investment
Pricing
per participant
Minimum 8 participants ($10,000)
Includes:
- Pre-sprint stakeholder interviews and audit
- Full-day facilitated working session
- Board-ready documentation pack
- 30-day review session
Onboarding and implementation support available.
We'll discuss options during discovery based on your team's needs.
20 minutes. We'll tell you if this is the right fit—or point you somewhere better.
Format
- Full day, in-person. Sydney or Melbourne.
- 8–15 participants. CEO, CFO, or COO as sponsor. Functional leaders who own the workflows. One or two operators who know where work actually happens.
- Pre-work included. Stakeholder interviews and a scan of current pilots, tools, and workflow friction before we arrive.
- Post-work delivered. A board-ready pack within one week: portfolio summary, 90-day roadmap, owner accountability matrix, risk register.
Frequently Asked Questions
The sprint itself is a full-day working session. Pre-work (stakeholder interviews and audit) happens in the week before. Post-work (board-ready documentation pack) is delivered within one week. A 30-day review session follows.
8–15 participants. CEO, CFO, or COO as sponsor. Functional leaders who own the workflows. One or two operators who know where work actually happens.
Perfect. That's exactly who this is for. The sprint takes your existing pilots and builds the operating model to turn them into shipped workflows—with owners, metrics, guardrails, and a cadence your board can track.
You receive a board-ready pack within one week: portfolio summary, 90-day roadmap, owner accountability matrix, and risk register. Then a 30-day review session to unblock delivery and adjust priorities.
Full day, in-person. Sydney or Melbourne. We'll discuss options during discovery based on your team's needs.
Yes. We offer virtual sessions via Zoom, Google Meet, or Teams, delivered as 4 x 90-minute segments. This works well if your technology is stable and pre-tested. We'll verify connectivity and platform setup before the sessions begin. Same deliverables, same outcomes—just structured differently to work effectively in a virtual format.
We'll tell you during the 20-minute discovery call. If it's not the right fit, we'll point you somewhere better. No hard sell.
Mid-market organisations (typically 200–2,000 employees) where pilots have run but nothing has shipped to production. CEO, CFO, or COO willing to sponsor and attend. Functional leaders who own workflows. Teams ready to fund workflows, not approve more experiments.
8–15 participants. Minimum 8 participants required ($10,000 minimum). This ensures we have the right mix of executive sponsorship, functional leadership, and operational insight to build a portfolio that ships.
We schedule sessions based on your team's availability. During the discovery call, we'll discuss dates that work for your leadership team. Sessions run in Sydney or Melbourne, full day in-person.
Full refund if cancelled more than 30 days before the session date. 50% refund if cancelled 14–30 days before. No refund if cancelled less than 14 days before, though we'll work with you to reschedule if needed.
Yes. Pre-work includes stakeholder interviews and an audit of your current AI activity: pilots, tools, vendor relationships, and workflow friction specific to your organisation. The session works with your actual workflows and constraints, not generic templates.
Pilots die from lack of owners. Not lack of innovation.
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