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Ongoing AI Advisory for UK SMEs | Hartz AI
Ongoing AI advisory for UK SMEs

Keep your AI work aligned and on track

Ongoing advisory gives you a trusted AI partner in your corner. Regular check-ins, decision support and light-touch coaching so you can move forward confidently without committing to a full-time AI hire.

Monthly or quarterly cadence
Board & leadership support
Risk-aware, pragmatic guidance

The rhythm of ongoing advisory

Quarterly AI check-ins

Review progress, unblock decisions and update your roadmap.

Workflow & tooling reviews

Sense-check tools, prompts and processes against your goals.

Risk & governance support

Keep policy, ethics and controls in step with new use cases.

On-call thinking partner

A sounding board for live questions between sessions.

Ideal if you already have some AI activity in place and want guidance as things grow — without adding another permanent role to your payroll.

Who ongoing advisory is for

A good fit if you’re leading AI change, not just buying tools

Most clients who choose advisory already have experiments, pilots or early workflows running. They want a calm outside perspective to help them choose priorities, avoid blind spots and keep people engaged.

SME leadership teams

Owners, MDs and exec teams who want to bring AI into strategy, planning and board-level decisions without spinning up a large internal programme.

Heads of function

Marketing, operations, HR or finance leaders who are already experimenting with AI and want help shaping direction and guardrails.

Organisations post-training

Teams who have completed AI training or an audit and want ongoing support to implement the roadmap and track impact.

What advisory typically includes

Practical support across strategy, delivery and governance

Each engagement is tailored, but most advisory work touches the same core themes: priorities, workflows, people and risk.

Strategy & prioritisation

Sense-check your roadmap, weigh up opportunities and choose where to focus next for the biggest impact with the least disruption.

Tools, prompts & workflows

Review how teams are actually using AI, refine prompts and workflows, and spot chances to standardise good practice.

Risk & governance alignment

Keep policies, guidance and sign-offs aligned with evolving regulation, vendor terms and your internal risk appetite.

Board & stakeholder updates

Help shaping clear, plain-English updates for boards, trustees and non-technical stakeholders so everyone understands the journey.

Light-touch coaching

Regular space for leaders or champions to ask questions, road-test ideas and grow their own confidence with AI.

Impact & course-correction

Simple measures of progress, including hours saved, quality shifts and adoption, so you can adjust quickly when needed.

Flexible engagement options

Advisory you can dial up or down as you grow

We’ll agree the right cadence and format together. Most clients choose one of the patterns below and then adjust as their internal capability builds.

Foundations

For organisations starting to move beyond experiments.

  • Quarterly 90-minute advisory session
  • Email support for key decisions between sessions
  • Light guidance on roadmap and priorities

Best starting point if you’ve recently completed an AI readiness audit or training.

GrowthMost popular

For teams actively rolling out AI across multiple workflows.

  • Monthly 60–90 minute advisory sessions
  • Support with stakeholder updates and board papers
  • Prompt and workflow reviews as new use cases appear

Works well alongside training, implementation projects and champion programmes.

Leadership partner

For organisations with fast-moving AI programmes that want close support.

  • Fortnightly advisory and decision-support sessions
  • Increased access for time-sensitive questions
  • Closer involvement in governance and steering groups

If you need someone acting almost like a part-time AI leader, see our Fractional Chief AI Officer service.

Talk about advisory options

Not sure if advisory or Fractional CAIO is right? We’ll explore both on the call and suggest a sensible first step.

A simple way to stay on top of AI

Make AI decisions with confidence, not guesswork

Use ongoing advisory to keep your AI work grounded, safe and useful — without adding another permanent role to your team.