Maturity self-check

Where are you on the agentic curve?

Seven questions, five minutes. You get your stage, the typical trap, and the highest-leverage next move. No email required.

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Who owns AI outcomes?

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What's actually in production?

03

Autonomy level

04

Data & integration

05

Reliability & operations

06

Governance & EU AI Act

07

Operating model

7 question(s) left.
The model behind the check

The Agentic Curve

Four stages, each with its typical trap and one highest-leverage next move. The check places you on one.

Stage 1

AI-Aware

The conversation has started, but no one owns a number yet.

Trap: innovation theater — demos, no owner, no metric.

Next move: name one business-owned problem with a number.

Stage 2

AI-Enabled

AI is paying off in a few workflows, but it only assists.

Trap: the copilot plateau — humans do every step; gains cap around 15–20%.

Next move: from assistance to delegated action (one task, an approval gate).

Stage 3

AI-Native

Agents run real, multi-step processes end to end.

Trap: pilot purgatory — works in demo, fails on edge cases; trust never builds.

Next move: build the reliability layer (evals, guardrails, escalation).

Stage 4

AI-First

The business is being designed around agents.

Trap: local maxima — optimizing the old model instead of redesigning it.

Next move: redesign a core value-chain process with agents as the default.