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The signature output

The AI Coherence Score.

Every Exedra Pulse Check produces one number — a 0–100 measure of how well your strategy, governance, behaviour, controls and value actually line up, benchmarked against comparable organisations. It turns an invisible, hard-to-argue problem into a single figure your leadership team can rally around. The question we want your market asking: "Have you done the Pulse Check? What was your score?"

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What it measures

Five dimensions. One score.

Coherence isn't about how much AI you use — it's about whether the pieces line up. We measure five, then combine them into your headline number and benchmark it against organisations like yours.

Strategy & direction

Is there a shared, honest view of where the business is heading — and where AI actually fits?

Governance & ownership

Who owns AI, what are the rules, and does anyone actually follow them?

Behaviour & usage

How — and how widely — people really use AI, day to day, across every level.

Controls & risk

Quality, data handling and exposure: what could go wrong, and what's actually caught.

Value & measurement

Is the payoff real — and is anyone actually tracking it, or is it just a feeling?

Your headline score

The five combine into a single 0–100 figure, banded from Exposed to Aligned, with a peer benchmark.

A sample report

What you actually walk away with.

An illustrative AI Coherence Score report. Yours arrives within two weeks of the Pulse going out — figures below are not from a real engagement.

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AI Coherence Score™
Sample report

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Meridian Advisory Group
Professional services · 140 staff · 6 offices  ·  92 responses (78% of org)
ExposedDevelopingCoherentAligned
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One number your whole leadership team can rally around.

The five dimensions of coherence

Strategy & direction — is there a shared view of where AI fits?71
Governance & ownership — who owns it, and what are the rules?38
Behaviour & usage — how, and how widely, AI is actually used64
Controls & risk — quality, data and exposure41
Value & measurement — is the payoff real and tracked?52
Your score Peer median (44) — professional services, 50–250 staff

What this means

Meridian sits above its peers, but coherence is uneven. Strategy is clear and people are using AI confidently — yet governance and controls haven't kept pace, and that gap is exactly where the risk concentrates.

The priority isn't more adoption. It's closing the distance between how much AI is already being used and how well it's actually governed.

Act on first

  1. Give AI a named owner. Governance scored lowest (38) — today, no one is accountable when something goes wrong.
  2. Publish a one-page usage standard. High usage (64) with weak controls (41) is precisely where data leaves the building.
  3. Start measuring value. Teams report time saved, but nothing is tracked — so the payoff can't be defended or scaled.
© 2026 Exedra Advisory · Clarity before scale. Illustrative sample. Figures shown are not from a real engagement.

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So — what's your score?

Start with a Pulse Check. Within two weeks you'll have your AI Coherence Score, benchmarked, with the three things to act on first.

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