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    Is AI moving faster than your leaders?

    Score your organization on six signals in five minutes. See whether your leaders and managers are ready to turn AI investment into real change, and where rapid change is costing you.

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    What Is Your Organization's Speed Tax?

    Read each question. Rate the statement in gold on a scale of 1 to 5. Add your total. Takes about 5 minutes.

    Scale

    1 = Not at all true for our organization · 5 = Consistently true for our organization

    Q1 | Leaders & Managers Equipped

    Leaders & Managers Equipped

    Rate this statement:

    Our leaders and managers have the skills, time, and support to guide their teams through AI change, not just announce it.

    Leaders & Managers Equipped

    Q2 | Adoption Measurement

    How are you measuring AI adoption beyond usage metrics?

    Rate this statement:

    We track behavioral change, not just logins and token counts, to measure whether AI tools are genuinely changing how people work.

    How are you measuring AI adoption beyond usage metrics?

    Q3 | Transfer to the Work

    How well does learning from AI programs carry over into daily work?

    Rate this statement:

    We have an active strategy to support employees between programs so that new behaviors stick when they return to regular work, not just during training.

    How well does learning from AI programs carry over into daily work?

    Q4 | Listening Before Building

    Who was in the room when your AI rollout was designed?

    Rate this statement:

    The employees who use our AI tools had meaningful input in how those tools were selected, designed, and rolled out before launch.

    Who was in the room when your AI rollout was designed?

    Q5 | Trust Architecture

    Do employees believe AI tools are designed for them?

    Rate this statement:

    Employees in our organization trust that AI tools are here to support their work and development, not to surveil, replace, or evaluate them against their colleagues.

    Do employees believe AI tools are designed for them?

    Q6 | Measuring the Human Cost

    Are you measuring what AI adoption is doing to your people?

    Rate this statement:

    We track cognitive load, psychological safety, and wellbeing alongside efficiency and output as part of our AI adoption measurement.

    Are you measuring what AI adoption is doing to your people?

    Your Speed Tax score

    0 / 30

    6–12High Speed TaxAI deployment is well ahead of your leaders' readiness. Start with your lowest statement.
    13–19Moderate Speed TaxSome foundations exist, but gaps are growing. Prioritize your lowest area.
    20–25Low Speed TaxStrong foundations. Focus on any statement you scored 3 or below.
    26–30Speed Tax MinimalExemplary practice. Consider sharing your model with your industry.

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    Lori Adams-Brown is a Strategic Transformation Executive and founder of Brava Global Advisory. She works at the intersection of AI adoption, behavioral science, and human-centered organizational design. Host of A World of Difference podcast · 214,000+ downloads · 128 countries.

    bravaglobaladvisory.com · linkedin.com/in/loriadamsbrown