AI Risk & Value Scorecard

For regulated SaaS businesses in fintech, legaltech, insurtech, healthtech and high-trust, compliance-critical sectors.

  • Where is AI exposing your organisation to risk?

  • What’s blocking more value from being created?

  • Which initiatives should you stop, fix, or scale?

Let’s find out.

The gap between AI activity and AI value is widening, and most organisations don't know where they stand.

Why this matters now

10 weeks until the EU AI Act lands — do you have clarity?

2 August 2026 is a very real test of AI clarity.

Regulated SaaS businesses need to tell users when they are interacting with AI, and make that disclosure clear, accessible, and visible from the first interaction.

Shadow AI is already inside most businesses

78% of AI users are bringing their own AI tools to work. Risks are moving faster than governance.

Microsoft and LinkedIn, ‘2024 Work Trend Index’, published May 8, 2024.

Almost half of AI projects are abandoned before they deliver value

Organisations abandon 46% of AI projects between proof of concept and broader adoption.

S&P Global Market Intelligence, ‘Voice of the Enterprise: AI & Machine Learning, Use Cases 2025’.

What does this mean for you?

The AI you approved isn't delivering. The AI you haven't approved is already running. These problems carry consequences that go well beyond operational inconvenience; in a regulated environment, that gap is a liability.

Know where you stand with the AI Risk & Value Scorecard

A personalised assessment of your entire AI position, across governance, strategy, commercial value, technology, culture, delivery, adoption, and measurement.

The result is a clear report telling you exactly where AI is creating risk, where it's failing to deliver, and what to prioritise next for your organisation.

Scail Risk and Value Scorecard

See how we assess your AI position and exactly what you'll receive.

How the Scorecard works

  • Stop flying blind on risk. Know exactly which AI systems are creating exposure. And what to do about it before it becomes a board-level problem.

  • End the 'scale, fix, or stop' paralysis. Get a clear, prioritised view of which AI initiatives deserve more investment and which are draining resource.

  • Go from activity to impact. Turn scattered AI experimentation into a coordinated, commercially measured programme, with clear next steps.

Get a FREE ‘Mini’ AI Risk & Value Scorecard in your inbox

Get instant clarity on your AI risk and value positions with a snapshot of how they stand today.

The ‘Mini’ Scorecard gives you a two-page, personalised assessment showing exactly where the gaps are. It's free, delivered to your inbox within 24 hours.

Get AI specialists in your corner

Alastair Cole

Value Partner - Governance

Board-level AI governance, growth strategy and digital transformation. 5 years as a Chief Innovation Officer catalysing organisational change for Clifford Chance, E.ON, Barclays, Santander, and Tesco Mobile.

Alastair Mackie

Value Partner - Risk

Board-level AI governance, risk and enterprise implementation. 11 years as a Lloyds Director, bringing corporate discipline, regulated growth insight and practical governance to scalable agentic AI solutions.

Douglas Cole

Tom Kegode

Value Partner - Engineering

Value Partner - Culture

Elle Connolly

Jackie Fecitt

Value Partner - Creative

Value Partner - Brand

How we score you

  • Governance & Risk

  • Strategy & Prioritisation

  • Commercial Alignment & Value Design

  • Technology & Data

  • Culture & Capability

  • Execution & Delivery

  • Adoption & Integration

  • Measurement & Value Realisation

We analyse your AI capability across 8 core areas

The result is a clear, structured view of where AI is increasing risk, where it is creating value, and where action is needed next.

You get a powerful set of deliverables

Detailed score breakdown

A clear analysis of your AI position across 8 core areas. See where capability is strongest, where risk is building, and where value is being blocked.

So you can walk into your next board meeting or investment round with a real picture, not assumptions.

Prioritised recommendations

Practical, evidence-based actions shaped around your current position, helping you reduce risk, unlock value, and build confidence fast.

So you can stop trying to decide on everything all at once, and know precisely which actions to take next.

Risk & Value roadmap

A decision-focused roadmap showing which initiatives to stop, fix, or scale — and the critical next steps to take.

So you’ve got a single, clear direction of travel that will help align your leadership team and empower you to move forward with confidence.

How it works

Three step approach

Complete the assessment

We gather structured input across the 8 core areas, covering governance, strategy, commercial value, data, culture, delivery, adoption, and measurement.

We analyse your risk and value position

Your inputs are reviewed and scored to identify strengths, weak points, dependencies, exposure, and the capability gaps affecting AI performance.

Receive your scorecard and roadmap

You receive a report with prioritised recommendations, and an action-oriented roadmap to help you make better AI decisions with more clarity and control.

People-first

Who it is for

The scorecard will give you clarity on what to do next. relief that your next board conversation is sorted and confidence that you’re not going into that governance review blind.

Finally, stop the guessing and make a real call on that AI pilot you’ve been running for six months…

It is especially relevant for:

  • software businesses

  • leadership teams shaping AI strategy

  • commercial and operational leaders responsible for measurable impact

  • risk, product, data, engineering, and transformation teams

What it helps you answer

  • Where is AI exposing your organisation to risk?

  • What’s blocking more value from being created?

  • Why is adoption stalling before we reach ROI?

  • Which initiatives should you stop, fix, or scale right now?

  • What practical steps should we take next?

Why it matters now

The EU AI Act becomes fully enforceable on 2 August 2026.

Shadow AI is already inside most organisations. 78% of employees are bringing their own tools to work. And almost half of AI projects are abandoned before they deliver value.

If you don't have a clear, current view of your AI position, you are making governance and investment decisions in the dark. The AI Risk & Value Scorecard puts a spotlight on where you’re standing right now and illuminates the path forward.

See inside a real Scorecard

We'd rather show you than tell you.

Inside the 25-page personalised report you can see how breakdown

  • The scoring framework

  • How findings are presented

  • What recommendations look like

  • How the roadmap is structured

Want to explore it at your own pace?

Download a sample report.

How clear is your AI picture?

Every week without clarity is another 7 days of unchecked risk exposure, investments that can't be fully justified, and decision-making based on assumptions, rather than evidence.

The organisations that will navigate this moment well are the ones who know where they stand right now.

The Scorecard gives you the picture. The roadmap gives you the path. The next step is yours.

Most businesses don’t have an AI activity problem – they have a clarity problem. Our scorecard solves that.

Alastair Cole

Value Partner - Governance

Research Report

The urgent challenges facing regulated SaaS as AI scrutiny grows

Regulated SaaS must build AI that proves value, reduces risk, strengthens control, and earns trust across products, teams, and governance.