A Tempori Diagnostic · 2026

Only 4% of companies
get a real return on AI.

12 questions that show you where to focus first, before you spend more on AI.

BCG · McKinsey · IBM data

9 pages 7-minute read Authored by Severi Tempakka
What you walk away with

A read on where your operating model can carry AI, and where it cannot.

Twelve questions · Four domains

Every question names a good signal and a broken signal. You mark where your business stands.

01 Where capacity is leaking Where the capacity gains behind the headlines sit in your business.
02 The people layer Whether your team will carry the rollout or quietly stall it. Most AI initiatives fail here.
03 Where AI compounds for you Which function rewards AI first, and how steeply.
04 Where judgment decides Where automation does not belong, and who inside the business can make that call.
One score · Three bands

Count the broken signals. Most leaders underestimate where they fall.

0-2 Ready to compound The foundation is in place. The only open question is the starting function.
3-6 AI will work for you, but not yet These gaps are why most rollouts stall. Close them before the next investment.
7-12 Do not deploy AI yet The gaps would swallow the spend. Most companies land here, and the path forward is clear once the gaps are named.

Whichever band you land in, you know where to focus first before spending more on AI.

Adoption of AI is widespread. Execution is where the value gap sits.
Authored by
Severi Tempakka, Tempori

Tempori works with leadership teams in knowledge-heavy mid-market companies, helping them make AI decisions with real conviction, owned by the operating model the company runs on.

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Read your operating model, before the next AI decision.

Seven minutes. Four domains. One score.