Documents and audiences
I review representative documents, their intended readers, their purpose and the standard required before release.
Who am I?Start here Editorial AI Assessment
Know where AI fits before you commit
The Editorial AI Assessment establishes where AI can make a useful contribution to your organization’s writing and editing, what needs to change, and where human judgment should remain central.
A practical basis for your next steps
The assessment gives decision-makers a practical basis for choosing their next steps. I look at the documents you produce, the people who write and approve them, and the way AI is already used, then tell you in writing what to do first.
Who am I?What the assessment covers
The current process
I examine how information is gathered, briefs are prepared, drafts are written, edits are made and approvals are obtained.
Who am I?Existing AI use
I explore how your staff currently use approved tools, which instructions they rely on and how they judge the results.
Who am I?Editorial problems
I identify recurring issues such as unclear structure, unsupported statements, generic language, inconsistent terminology and repeated rewriting.
Who am I?Suitable tasks
I assess opportunities for assistance with outlining, drafting from approved material, summarizing, restructuring, editing and adapting content for different readers.
Who am I?Review requirements
I identify what can be checked editorially, what must be checked against source material and what requires approval from a subject specialist.
Who am I?Practical constraints
I consider staff capacity, document volume, deadlines, existing style guidance and your organization’s rules for using information in AI tools.
Who am I?What you receive
The assessment produces a written summary of findings, a prioritized set of opportunities and recommendations for improving the selected writing processes. It identifies suitable starting points, the resources needed and the principal questions to resolve before implementation.
Depending on the agreed scope, deliverables can include an annotated document review, a map of the current workflow, an outline of a proposed workflow, a recommended pilot and a simple set of measures for evaluating improvement.
How you use the findings
You can use the findings to make changes internally, commission a focused setup and training project, or proceed into guided implementation. An assessment can stand alone; further work is agreed separately.
A good place to start
A useful starting point is often one document that causes disproportionate effort: a recurring report, a proposal that passes through many reviewers, or a communication that repeatedly loses its intended meaning during revision.
Demonstration
What I look for: a demonstration
A report summary that hides the problem
AI draft
The project was a resounding success, delivering significant value across all key areas and exceeding stakeholder expectations.
Robert’s edit
The project met four of its five targets. Staff training, the fifth, is three months behind (see section 4).
- Replaced praise with results
- Kept the shortfall the draft left out
- Pointed the reader to the evidence
A demonstration written to show the kind of work. Not a client document.
Tell me what your team writes
Tell me where the process becomes difficult and what you would like to improve. Together, we can define an engagement that fits your organization’s needs.
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