Most AI readiness assessments are built for the whole enterprise and written by vendors who want the answer to be “buy our platform.” HR needs something narrower and more honest: where is my team, really, and what is the next concrete step.
Score the team you have, not the one on the slide
Run the assessment across four dimensions: data, tooling, skills, and governance. Score each against the 5-Level Maturity Model, from novice to fully integrated. The gaps between dimensions matter more than the average. A team with great tooling and no governance is not ready, it is exposed.
The deliverable is a single page: current level per dimension, the one gap to close first, and the smallest project that closes it. That is a plan a CHRO can fund on Monday.
Frequently asked questions
How do you assess AI readiness for an HR team?
Score four dimensions, data, tooling, skills, and governance, against the 5-Level AI Maturity Model. The gaps between dimensions matter more than the average score.
What is the 5-Level AI Maturity Model?
A practitioner model that maps an HR team’s AI capability from novice to fully integrated, so the next step is the right size instead of a leap you cannot govern.