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AI transformation is the process of embedding AI into an operating model to create measurable business value. It fails in 95% of cases not because the technology is wrong, but because organisations choose tools before understanding the problem. The most common mistake is treating AI as a technology project rather than an operating model question.
What is AI transformation and why does it fail so often?
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Interim means full-time presence with a defined mandate, typically as AI Transformation Program manager, CDO, or Chief Transformation Officer. Consulting is strategic advisory alongside your leadership team, without operational integration. Fractional means senior expertise embedded one or two days a week over a sustained period. The right model depends on urgency, complexity, and whether you need someone to lead or someone to challenge.
What is the difference between interim, consulting, and fractionAl?
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Everything. An operating model defines how work gets done, how decisions are made, and how value is created. AI changes all three. Without redesigning the operating model alongside the AI deployment, the technology gets bolted on to broken processes and delivers no value.
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What does an operating model have to do with AI?
Who do you typically work with?
C-suite leaders: CEOs, CDOs, CTOs, accountable for transformation outcomes. PE-backed companies navigating value creation mandates. Operating Partners at private equity funds who need a specialist to deploy into a portfolio company. And occasionally founders scaling who need senior digital leadership without a full-time hire.
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Do you work across Europe?
Based in Paris, we operate across Europe, with a a specific area of strength on Francophone market coverage (France, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Assignments usually include up to 15-20% of travel, as relationships are not built over visio, slack or email.
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A senior executive working with your organisation part-time, typically one to three days a week. Board-level digital and technology leadership without the cost or commitment of a full-time hire. Works best when you have a specific transformation challenge that needs senior ownership but not a permanent role.
What is a fractional CDO or CTO?
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A diagnostic can be completed in four to six weeks. An interim mandate typically runs six to twelve months. A fractional engagement usually runs six to eighteen months. Advisory work is scoped by deliverable rather than duration. Every engagement ends with a clear handover.
How long does a typical engagement last?
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Hospitality and luxury services (Accor, John Paul), energy renovation (Effy Group), retail marketing (Altavia), online travel (Weekendesk), food delivery (Deliveroo), financial services (Hilbert Investment Solutions, BPCE, Natixis), consumer goods (Reckitt Benckiser, Danone) and Telco (Orange). The common thread is not the industry, it is the operating model challenge and the need for transversality.
What industries do you have experience in?
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If you are trying to make AI, Data, Product or Technology work for your business and the results are not matching the investment, it is worth a conversation. Thirty minutes, no agenda, no pitch. We will both know quickly whether there is a fit.
How do I know if this is right for my situation?
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