AI strategy consulting
A board-ready map from your current operating model to an intelligence-led one: which workflows to rebuild, in what order, at what cost, with what return. Sequenced and accountable.
The second discipline ✦ Intelligence
AI consulting that survives contact with production.
I am an AI strategy consultant for founders and executives: AI strategy consulting, AI automation, and intelligent systems built to one standard, they work where it counts, in production, on your P&L.
The practice
AI consulting services, end to end
AI automation
As your AI automation consultant I take the work that consumes your payroll, the documents, support, reporting, and follow-up, and hand it to systems that do it continuously, correctly, and at a fraction of the cost.
Intelligent systems & agents
Architecture and oversight of production AI: agents, copilots, and decision engines. Designed for the realities of your data, your risk, and your customers, not for the demo.
AI for small business
An AI consultant for small business owners who want enterprise muscle without enterprise theatre. Fixed-scope engagements that deploy in weeks and pay for themselves.
The record
Automation, measured by what stopped going wrong
An ISP's operations, moved from memory to machine
Customer operations ran on scattered manual processes: billing, renewals, payments, and expiry reminders held together by spreadsheets and vigilance. We built the company's internal operating system: a CRM managing the customer lifecycle end to end. Complaints fell, renewals stopped slipping, and payment tracking went from chase to glance.
The standing offer
Outcomes are anonymized by agreement; specifics and references are furnished in the first conversation. Every engagement is measured against the baseline we record on day one.
The fit
An AI consultant for small business, not just the boardroom
The practice serves small businesses and SMBs across ecommerce, home services, agriculture, SaaS, construction, and professional services, with clients worldwide. The work AI automation does best, the quoting, follow-up, support triage, document handling, and reporting, is precisely the work that consumes a small team's week. Engagements are fixed-scope and quoted before work begins.
The rite
How an AI consulting engagement unfolds
I.
The audit
Where intelligence belongs in your business, and the honest list of places it doesn't. Every recommendation priced against its return.
II.
The architecture
Systems designed around your data, your compliance reality, and your team's capacity to operate them after I leave.
III.
The build
Deployed intelligence, built by me or by your team under my oversight, then measured against the baseline we recorded on day one.
IV.
The watch
Production AI degrades without stewardship. Quarterly counsel keeps the systems sharp and the strategy ahead of the field.
Questions of court
Hiring an AI consultant, answered
What does an AI consultant do?
An AI consultant decides where artificial intelligence belongs in your business, and where it does not. That means an AI strategy tied to revenue or cost, the architecture of the systems that deliver it, and oversight of the build until it works in production. Strategy and engineering, one accountable counsel.
How do I hire an AI consultant?
Start with the business problem, not the technology. If you can name the workflow that is too slow, too manual, or too expensive, you are ready. Write to me with that one sentence; the first conversation establishes whether AI is even the right answer, before any engagement begins.
Is AI consulting worth it for a small business?
Often more than for enterprises. AI automation now does work that used to require headcount: quoting, support triage, reporting, follow-up. A small business can deploy in weeks what a large company debates for quarters. Engagements are scoped accordingly.
What does AI consulting cost?
Engagements are fixed-scope and quoted before work begins. The audit prices every recommendation against its expected return, so the engagement is judged by the same arithmetic it produces, and you will never discover the price at the invoice. For what those engagements include and how they are scoped, see AI consulting services.
Which AI projects pay back first?
Almost always automation of high-volume, low-judgment work: document handling, customer response, internal reporting, lead qualification. The glamour projects come later; the payback projects fund them.
What is an AI strategy consultant?
An AI strategy consultant decides where artificial intelligence creates real advantage and where it doesn't, then sequences the build. The deliverable is a costed, prioritized AI roadmap tied to revenue or cost, not a list of tools. It is the strategy layer above any AI implementation.
What does an AI automation consultant do?
An AI automation consultant finds the high-volume, low-judgment work draining your team, quoting, support triage, reporting, follow-up, and replaces it with systems that run continuously and correctly. The test is simple: a workflow eating 20 hours a week, automated with human review, that pays back the engagement inside a quarter.
Further counsel
Related notes from the journal
How to Measure AI ROI Before and After You Build
How to measure AI ROI before you commit and after you ship: the formula, the metrics that matter, the traps that inflate the number, and when not to bother.
AI Readiness Assessment: Are You Actually Ready to Build?
An AI readiness assessment tells you whether to build now or fix what is underneath first. A practical rubric, the four real gaps, and when to skip it.
How to Choose an AI Automation Agency Without Getting Burned
How to choose an AI automation agency: the red flags, the questions to ask, and the pricing models that protect you. Built for production, not demos.
The invitation
Name the workflow that costs you the most.
That sentence is the beginning of every AI engagement worth running. Write directly. No forms, no intermediaries.
nadirdogar@dgrtechlabs.co