Executive AI advising on AI readiness, AI strategy, and the human-skill development that AI requires. Built on The 7 Levels of AI Proficiency: the measurable standard for AI-capable companies. For mid-market companies, 50 to 500 employees.
Free. 10 minutes. A level placement and a written next step.
I work with Indianapolis-anchored and Indiana-anchored mid-market companies (50 to 500 employees), plus national clients across the same band. AI has already entered through everyday tools: Office, Google, Adobe, Salesforce, the CRM, the e-mail client. Most leadership teams are still mapping what those tools are actually doing and what is coming from regulators. The 7 Levels of AI Proficiency gives them the operating picture.
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If any of those describes your seat, the right next step is the free 7 Levels assessment, then a 20-minute conversation.
35 questions, 10 minutes, built on SJT methodology and behavioral-science research. Returns your level (1-7) and a personal roadmap. The full 117-question instrument is in active psychometric validation.
Take the assessment →Six-week diagnostic-and-development program for leadership teams. Pre-assessment, four live cohort sessions, post-assessment, written Capability Report at close, Day-90 persistence supplement. Cohort up to 15 (Standard) or up to 20 (Enterprise). Remote default; on-site available.
See the engagement →12-month annual program available after The 7 Levels Engagement. Quarterly capability re-audits, monthly working sessions, founder-led office hours. Quoted in the engagement-close proposal. 20% discount on annual prepay.
See the Mastery Track →Keynotes for boards, conferences, leadership off-sites, and industry associations. AI strategy, AI readiness, The 7 Levels framework, and the human-skill spine that determines whether AI investment pays back.
Book Harrison to speak →For CEOs and leadership teams who need a sustained advisory relationship outside the cohort engagement format. Board prep, deal-side AI diligence, M&A integration, post-pilot strategic reads. Quoted per engagement.
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Indianapolis-based executive AI advisor. Founder and CEO of LaunchReady.ai. Creator of The 7 Levels of AI Proficiency. Author of You Have Already Been Replaced by AI and The White-Collar Factory is Closing. Host of the AI Ready Podcast. Builder of AI Law Tracker, the free Indiana AI legislation tracker referenced by State of Indiana resources. U.S. Navy veteran. Facilitator of Ivy Tech Community College's AI Certification Course. Featured in the Indianapolis Business Journal Spotlight.
The measurable standard for AI-capable companies. Each level pairs an AI capability with a human EQ skill. Companies that move fastest develop both.
An executive AI advisor works with CEOs and leadership teams on AI strategy, AI readiness, and the human-skill development that AI requires. Decision-grade work: what to build, who to develop, when to buy, how to measure. Different scope from AI development firms, who write software. Harrison Painter advises mid-market leadership teams on AI readiness through The 7 Levels of AI Proficiency framework.
AI consulting and AI development firms build software: custom models, chatbots, data pipelines, agent deployments. An executive AI advisor builds capability inside your leadership team: the skills, the operating picture, and the measurement system that lets your company decide what to build and what to skip. The two roles compound. Most CEOs need the advisor first.
An Indianapolis AI consultant working with mid-market companies (50 to 500 employees) typically delivers AI strategy assessments, executive AI advising, AI readiness measurement, and AI training. LaunchReady.ai provides this through The 7 Levels of AI Proficiency: a free assessment for individuals, a six-week engagement for leadership teams, and a 12-month Mastery Track for ongoing development. Indianapolis-based, serving Indiana and national clients.
Harrison Painter is the executive AI advisor working with Indiana CEOs and leadership teams on AI readiness. He is the founder of LaunchReady.ai, creator of The 7 Levels of AI Proficiency, host of the AI Ready Podcast, and creator of AI Law Tracker (the free Indiana AI legislation tracker at ailawtracker.org). Based in Indianapolis.
Executive AI advising at LaunchReady starts with the free 7 Levels of AI Proficiency assessment at assess.launchready.ai. Paid engagements include: The 7 Levels Engagement (six weeks, $19,500 Standard or $35,000 Enterprise per cohort), The 7 Levels Mastery Track (12 months, $96,000 Standard or $180,000 Enterprise per year), and AI Keynote Speaking (starting at $5,000). Custom advisory scopes are quoted in the engagement-close proposal.
AI readiness is the measurable capability of a team or company to deploy, govern, and benefit from AI. It is a function of seven layers of human and AI skills measured by The 7 Levels of AI Proficiency framework. AI readiness is different from AI adoption (people using tools), AI literacy (understanding AI exists), or AI implementation (engineers building systems). It is the leadership-team capability question.
AI strategy consulting helps CEOs decide where AI applies in the business, what to build versus buy, how to sequence investment, and how to measure return. It precedes implementation. At LaunchReady, AI strategy work runs through The 7 Levels Engagement framework, anchored on a measured baseline of leadership-team capability.
Mid-market companies, typically 50 to 500 employees. AI has already entered through their everyday tools, and most leaders are still mapping what those tools are doing and what is coming from regulators. The 7 Levels gives them the operating picture. Enterprise engagements available for organizations of 1,500+ employees.
Indianapolis-anchored, serving Indiana and national clients. The work is mostly remote, which keeps cohort scheduling clean. On-site kickoff and close are available as a proposal upsell at +$4,500 on the Standard tier and included on the Enterprise tier.
The 7 Levels of AI Proficiency is the published framework by Harrison Painter that measures individual and team AI capability across seven roles grouped into four tiers. Foundational: Cadet (AI Aware) and Ensign (Prompt Engineer). Practitioner: Lieutenant (Critical Thinker) and Commander (Context Engineer). Builder: Captain (Design Thinker) and Admiral (Systems Integrator). Leader: Mission Director (AI Orchestrator). Each level pairs an AI capability with a human EQ skill.
Ten minutes. A level placement. A written next step. Then a 20-minute conversation if it's a fit.
Free. 10 minutes. Built on SJT methodology and behavioral-science research.