FAQ

The questions buyers actually ask.

Cost, timelines, what happens to your people, and what you walk away with if you stop early. If something you need isn't answered here, ask us directly — we'll give you the same kind of answer.

Questions

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These are the answers we give in first meetings, written down so you can read them before booking one.

What does UNLOK do?

UNLOK is an AI transformation partner for mid-sized companies. We map where AI fits in your business, build the skills your people need, and deliver the use cases and AI agents that absorb routine work — from the first pilot through to an AI-first operating model.

What does AI transformation cost?

It depends on scope, and we price per phase rather than as one lump sum. Phase one — the discovery, the opportunity map, and the first pilots — is deliberately small enough to prove value before you commit further. The free AI Discovery assessment is what we use to size it, and it costs nothing.

How long does AI transformation take?

Phase one delivers first measurable wins and leadership buy-in within weeks, not quarters. Phase two, scaling AI agents and embedding new ways of working, typically runs over the following months. Phase three — an AI-first operating model where agents deliver core outcomes — is a longer arc, and every phase proves its value before the next begins.

What do we keep if we stop after phase one?

Everything produced in it: the opportunity map ranking where AI saves the most hours, the pilots already running in your business, the governance guardrails, and the people whose skills you built. Nothing is locked to us — the point of phasing is that stopping is a real option at every gate.

What is an agentic organization?

One where AI agents don't just answer when asked, but monitor, decide, and execute multi-step work on their own — with humans holding the authority. Reports get drafted, exceptions get flagged, and routine processes run without someone shepherding each step, while your people own the strategy, the judgment, and the relationships.

How does the free AI Discovery assessment work?

It is a short guided questionnaire. You describe the work that fills your week — the repetitive tasks, the prep that buries your expert decisions, the things that should always stay human. UNLOK then returns a snapshot showing how many hours per week AI could give back and which AI agents to build first. It is free and takes about ten minutes.

Who is UNLOK for?

Leaders and teams in mid-sized companies who want practical AI results rather than a strategy deck. We work with whole teams, because adoption — not technology — is what usually decides whether AI transformation succeeds.

How is UNLOK different from a traditional consultancy?

We are practitioners. We led AI transformation inside a global enterprise, drawing on 20 years of experience: reverse mentoring for leadership, upskilling programs for whole teams, prompt libraries, copilot rollouts, and the first production AI agents. We build alongside your people and leave them able to carry it forward.

Will AI replace our people?

No. Our operating principle is trusted autonomy with human authority: AI handles the routine, your people own the strategy, the judgment, and the relationships. Part of the assessment is deliberately naming the no-go zones that must always stay human.

Do we need clean data or a big IT project first?

No. We start with the work your people actually do, not a data warehouse programme. Most first wins run on the tools and documents you already have — the heavy lifting comes later, and only where a measured opportunity justifies it.

What about security, privacy, and compliance?

Governance is part of phase one, not an afterthought. We set the guardrails, approval flows, and data boundaries before agents touch real processes, so autonomy is earned rather than assumed.

How do you measure whether it worked?

In hours given back and outcomes delivered. We baseline the time your teams spend on the tasks we target, then track adoption, time saved, and business value as each phase lands — the same numbers the assessment starts measuring on day one.

Your AI transformation starts with one question.

Where does your team's time actually go? Answer it with the free AI Discovery assessment — and see where AI can step in.