The problem with traditional consulting
Most AI consulting follows a familiar pattern: a polished pitch, a lengthy proposal full of assumptions about your business, and a significant upfront commitment to a plan that hasn't been calibrated to your actual numbers.
By the time the plan meets reality, the budget is already committed.
A different starting point
At Meridian, every engagement starts with Discovery — one to three weeks, structured around a defined set of questions about where you are today, where you want to be, what's in the way, who needs to be involved, and what success looks like.
The output is a strategy document specific to your firm: your tier on the AI maturity curve, the workflows worth attacking first, the team you'd need internally, and the projected economics calibrated to your numbers.
We arrive with a framework and a set of questions. Discovery is what turns the framework into a delivery plan that fits your specific organisation.
What you walk away with
The output is a strategy document specific to your firm: your tier on the AI maturity curve, the workflows worth attacking first, the internal team you'd need, and the projected economics calibrated to your numbers.
It's yours to act on — whether or not the conversation continues with us. We talk through scope, timeline, and commercials before any work begins; nothing about the engagement is open-ended.
Why this works
For you: Decisions based on a strategy calibrated to your numbers, not a vendor's pre-baked thesis. No commitment to delivery until you've seen what delivery would look like.
For us: We arrive with the right team for the work — at minimum a Principal AI Engineer and a Head of Adoption, deployed by vertical from day one. We don't pitch what we can't deliver.
Discovery isn't a sales call
It's a structured engagement with defined outputs. Specialists deployed by vertical. Department heads interviewed. The economic model calibrated to your blended rate, your billable hours, and the work your teams actually do.
When Discovery ends, you have a delivery plan — phase shape, timeline, fee, internal team needed — or you have a strategy you can run yourself. Either way, the time wasn't speculative.
Start with Discovery and see for yourself.