AI Kickstart

Kickstart Your AI Transformation

One focused engagement to set the vision, agree on the guardrails and pick your first moves, grounded in how your people actually use AI today. For leadership teams that have rolled out Claude, Copilot or ChatGPT Enterprise and can’t yet agree on where it’s going, what the rules are, or where to start.

Certified in the Claude Partner Network

Voltage Control is Certified in the Claude Partner Network. Our facilitators hold Claude certifications, so the AI practices we teach your teams come from people who use the tools every day.

The Problem

The licenses are out. The plan isn't.

No shared vision. The licenses are out, but no one agrees on what AI is for here.

Unclear rules. People don't know what's allowed, so they stall or go around the rules.

Uneven usage. A few power users race ahead while most seats sit idle.

No plan to stand behind. Leadership wants a plan and an answer on ROI, and the pilots don't add up to one.

The Kickstart: one engagement that gets your leadership team aligned and moving, with evidence instead of opinions.

What you walk away with

A vision, guardrails and first moves, grounded in real usage.

The Kickstart is the Align phase of our AI Transformation program, sold on its own. In a few weeks your leadership team leaves with:

A shared vision:

a one-page narrative your leaders can use to tell the company where this is going

Guardrails people follow:

decision rights, approved uses, and how new uses get a yes

First moves:

two or three workflows to change first, with owners and a 90-day plan

Your baseline:

a snapshot of real AI usage from your admin export, plus a short team survey

A readout package:

the narrative, guardrails one-pager, 90-day plan and baseline, plus a follow-up check-in

How it works

Before: a sponsor interview, your usage export and a short survey, and a self-scored readiness check.

The session: a facilitated working session with your leadership team (1 or 2 days, in person or virtual) on vision, guardrails and first moves.

After: the readout package and a follow-up check-in to keep the first moves on track.

Then, if you want: AI & Claude Training for your teams, the full AI Transformation program, or an embedded partner to keep it moving.

What a baseline shows

From a recent client with about 60 Claude seats: nearly 9 in 10 people used Claude in 90 days, about half were regular users, roughly 1 in 4 had tried Claude Code, and no one had opened Cowork. About 1 in 10 seats were never used.

That picture changes the conversation. Instead of debating whether AI is working, the leadership team decides where to push, what to standardize, and which teams go first.

Who it's for

For operating leaders with an AI mandate.

Your company is rolling out Claude, Copilot or ChatGPT Enterprise. Usage is uneven, the rules are unclear, and leadership wants a plan it can stand behind. Typical sponsors:

COOs and operations leaders

Heads of Digital and transformation or PMO leads

CTOs and CIOs who own the rollout

Chiefs of Staff driving the AI agenda

AFTER THE FIRST ENGAGEMENT

Change Doesn't Happen in One Workshop

Real Needs, Uncovered

We join the meetings where change actually happens and surface what's really in the way.

Any Session, Facilitated

Steering meetings, offsites, cross-team sessions and the weekly meetings that stopped working.

Your People, Leveling Up

Coaching for your leaders and internal facilitators. Many clients keep us on as an embedded partner. Retainers start at $10K/month.

Get Started

Start with a 20-minute call.

Tell us what you're rolling out and where it's stuck. We'll tell you whether a Kickstart fits, and what it would cover.

Frequently Asked Questions

How long does a Kickstart take?

A few weeks from kickoff to readout. The working session itself is 1 or 2 days, in person or virtual, with prep before and a check-in after.

Do we need to be on Claude?

No. We run Kickstarts for teams on Claude, Copilot, ChatGPT Enterprise or a mix. Where your platform has an admin usage export, we use it for the baseline. Voltage Control is a Certified Claude Solution Partner, so we go deeper on Claude where it fits.

How is this different from your AI Transformation program?

The Kickstart is the Align phase of that program, sold on its own. Many clients start here, then move into Build and Run, AI & Claude Training, or an embedded partner retainer.

Who should be in the room?

The leadership team that owns the rollout: usually the sponsor, the heads of the functions using AI most, and whoever owns IT, security or legal sign-off.

What happens after the Kickstart?

You leave with a plan you can run yourselves. If you want help, we can train your teams, run the full program, or stay on as an embedded partner to keep the first moves moving.

Book a 20-Minute Call

Tell us what you’re rolling out and where it’s stuck. We’ll follow up within one business day.