Bespoke Discipline Planning – AI for the Way Your Discipline Really Works
Transform the way a discipline thinks, works and creates with AI – and leave behind a system that keeps improving long after we’ve gone.
Why Discipline Planning exists
Every discipline has its own identity. Its own pressure points. Its own “moments that matter” and hidden work that never shows up in a job description. That’s why AI lands differently in HR than it does in Strategy, CX, Creative or Finance.
What we see again and again is not a lack of intelligence or ambition – it’s a lack of clarity. People are asking:
- Where does AI actually fit in the way we work?
- Where is the real value for this discipline?
- What should we measure so we know we’re moving?
- How does our discipline evolve as capability grows?
Discipline Planning is our deep-dive process that:
- Maps how the discipline really works – including the emotional labour.
- Reveals where AI can lift people, workflows and outputs.
- Develops immediate AI craft – behaviour shifts people can use the same day.
- Designs the agents, workflows and learning that the discipline actually needs.
What Discipline Planning unlocks
Using your measurement suite, maturity models and transformation playbooks, Discipline Planning reveals value on three layers – from quick wins to a genuinely transformed discipline.
| Layer | What we focus on | What shifts for the discipline |
|---|---|---|
| Short-term uplift Immediate wins |
Practical ways AI can make work:
– faster and clearer – more creative – less cognitively draining and repetitive |
People leave with concrete workflows and AI craft they can use the same day – speaking to AI, contexting, using documents and letting it structure their thinking. |
| Medium-term uplift Agents & micro-tools |
We identify discipline-specific agents and small tools that:
– take away repetitive thinking – structure complex work – explain decisions – support consistency and quality |
The discipline gains its own reusable intelligence – agents that embody best practice and act as daily collaborators, not one-off demos. |
| Long-term uplift A transformed discipline |
We explore:
– new skills and behaviours – new learning rhythms – new collaboration patterns – AI-enabled operating models and measurement |
This is the shift into the Third Paradigm: humans and AI co-creating the work, with a story of uplift the discipline can show to leadership. |
What we actually do with teams
Discipline Planning is structured working time with the people who do the work – mapping reality, redesigning workflows and building the agents that will live on after the sessions.
| Step | What we do | What your discipline gets |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Map how the discipline really works |
We unpack:
– hidden jobs inside the job – cycles, rituals and deadlines – knowledge flows and collaboration quirks – blockers, bottlenecks and emotional labour |
An honest picture of how work actually gets done – the foundation for every AI decision. |
| 2. Identify the real AI opportunities |
Using your uplift framework (human, organisational, business), we surface where AI can:
– save time – increase quality and clarity – sharpen thinking and creativity – unlock flow and reduce risk |
A clear, discipline-specific opportunity map – far beyond a generic “use case list”. |
| 3. Redesign the workflow |
We rework key workflows through three lenses:
– Human uplift (confidence, clarity, creative range) – Workflow uplift (structure, smoothness, less drag) – Output uplift (quality, consistency, differentiation) |
Before/after workflows people recognise and want to use – including where AI steps in and where humans lead. |
| 4. Build the agents the discipline needs |
With the team we design and build agents that:
– handle repetitive tasks and checks – structure thinking and guide decisions – capture and reuse knowledge – represent the discipline’s best practice We also teach the team how to build and improve agents themselves. |
A small ecosystem of discipline-specific agents – plus the internal capability to keep building more without us. |
| 5. Create a custom path for learning |
If needed, we design:
– a discipline-specific AI curriculum – onboarding for new joiners – self-guided challenges and simple certification |
A structured way for people to grow AI craft in this discipline – aligned with your existing training ecosystem. |
| 6. Build the culture of sharing & celebration |
We help the discipline:
– showcase examples and wins – surface clever hacks – embed simple rituals for “show and tell” |
A visible culture where people learn by watching each other become brave – not a private, hidden experiment. |
| 7. Design the discipline’s measurement model |
Using your Third Paradigm measurement suite, we define:
– what uplift looks like in this discipline – how to measure human, workflow and quality signals – how to track adoption and avoid “automation suicide” |
A measurement model that leaders can understand, teams can influence, and everyone can use to tell the story of progress. |
All of this work is captured in a Discipline Playbook – a practical guide that becomes the discipline’s living north star.
Where this sits in your AI maturity journey
Discipline Planning is the bridge between strategy and day-to-day reality. It takes your landscape sessions, roadmaps and measurement models and lands them inside a specific discipline – in language and rituals that make sense to that team.
Run once, it creates a powerful pilot and proof point. Run across multiple teams, it becomes a pattern for organisational uplift. Run as a rolling programme, it’s the rhythm that keeps your AI flywheel turning.
| Maturity focus | How Discipline Planning helps |
|---|---|
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Human uplift People feel confident, not threatened. |
We start from the human reality of work – fears, pressure points, invisible labour. People see AI as a partner that makes their discipline stronger, not a replacement. |
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Organisational uplift Teams become an intelligent system. |
Each discipline gets its own plan, agents and playbook – and we cross-pollinate insights so leaders can see patterns across the organisation, not just isolated experiments. |
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Business uplift Quality and differentiation improve. |
Workflows shorten, outputs clarify and customers feel the difference. Real value shows up first in people and workflows – and then in the numbers your board cares about. |
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Third Paradigm shift Humans + AI as the new normal. |
Discipline Planning helps teams move past “AI as automation” into “AI as augmentation” – the Third Paradigm where humans and algorithms co-create the work. |