Ottawa AI adoption, measured

AI your team actually uses, every week.

Nilai Partners helps owner-led companies of roughly 10 to 200 people make AI part of daily work, inside the workflows your team already runs. We measure where you start, make one change, and show you what moved.

Baseline firstWe measure the workflow before we touch it.
One changeBounded, inside real work, with your tools.
Your decisionA clear gate in week six. Scale, adjust, or stop.
Workflow Proof6 weeks
Six weeks. One workflow. One clear decision.
01 The problem

You bought the tools. The value is missing.

Most companies did the sensible thing. They bought licenses, ran a pilot, and sent a note asking everyone to try it. A year later, it is hard to point to a single workflow that runs differently.

That is not a technology problem, and it is not your people. Adoption was never designed or measured, so it never became part of the work.

Tick what sounds familiar0 / 5
Quick read
Tick anything that sounds like your company. Be honest, nobody is watching.
02 Who this is for

Built for owners who feel the friction themselves.

This works best when the person who signs off also sees the slow handoffs, the rework, and the late nights. It does not work as a box to tick.

A good fit

  • Owner-led or partner-led service firms of roughly 10 to 200 people.
  • The owner feels the workflow pain directly, not through a report.
  • There is one workflow everyone agrees is slower than it should be.
  • You want a measured answer, even if the answer is "not yet."

Not a fit

  • You are shopping for a chatbot demo to show the board.
  • You want a list of the best AI tools to buy.
  • You need enterprise-scale transformation theatre, with a hundred slides and no change on Monday.
03 The offer

The Workflow Proof Engagement.

Six weeks, one workflow, three phases. You see the starting point, the change, and the result side by side, and then you decide.

PHASE 01

Baseline

Weeks 1 to 2

We pick one workflow together and measure how it runs today. How long it takes, where it stalls, and who carries the load.

  • Choose the workflow
  • Measure the current state
  • Agree on what "better" means
PHASE 02

Proof

Weeks 3 to 5

We make one bounded human-plus-AI change inside the real workflow, with the people who do the work. Not a sandbox, and not a side project.

  • Design the change with the team
  • Run it in live work
  • Track use and results weekly
PHASE 03

Decision Gate

Week 6

Results against the baseline. You decide whether to scale, adjust, or stop.

  • Scale
  • Adjust
  • Stop

Stopping is a real option. You keep the baseline and everything learned, either way.

04 Proof

Done before, with the numbers kept honest.

These results come from Sibi's work at Assent. Each one names who did what, because adoption is a team effort and the credit should land where it belongs.

AssentAI adoption
150→226
ChatGPT Enterprise users, Q1 2024 to July 2024

ChatGPT Enterprise grew from 150 licenses in Q1 2024, at about 70% weekly active use, to 226 users by July 2024.

Sibi's roleHelped define and establish the AI strategy role at Assent.
AssentWorkflow change
275 to 300→12 to 15
Hours for a supplier classification workflow

The workflow went from 275 to 300 hours down to 12 to 15 hours, protecting a client relationship worth about $200K ARR.

Who did whatFrontline CSMs built it. Sibi enabled it and helped scale it.
AssentTeam growth
36→55
People on the Data Services team

The Data Services team grew from 36 to 55 people, and eNPS rose 43 points. Growth that people actually wanted to stay for.

AssentCornerstone
5→25
People on the Cornerstone team

Cornerstone grew from 5 to 25 people, part of $2M in offerings revenue across multiple offerings.

Now, in 2026

Client work is underway with owner-led firms. It stays anonymous here. Results will be shared when they are measured and the client is comfortable with it, not before.

05 Principles

Four rules we do not bend.

i.

Baseline first

If we do not know how the work runs today, we cannot tell you whether anything improved. So we measure before we change.

ii.

Adoption is the metric, not licenses

A license is a purchase. Adoption is your team choosing the new way on a busy Tuesday. We track the second one.

iii.

Bounded changes with decision gates

One change at a time, with a clear end date and a clear choice. You are never locked into a program you cannot judge.

iv.

Runs on the tools you already have

Most teams already pay for capable AI. We start there, and only suggest something new if the baseline shows a real gap.

Portrait of Sibi Anand
Sibi Anand · Ottawa
06 About

Hi, I am Sibi Anand.

I founded Nilai Partners in Ottawa. Before that, I was Consulting Director at Assent, where I helped define and establish the AI strategy role and led a global team of 55+ people.

What I learned there is simple. AI sticks when it lives inside the work people already do, when someone measures what changed, and when the owner gets a straight answer about whether it was worth it. That is the whole practice.

Role
Founder
Previously
Consulting Director, Assent
Based in
Ottawa, Canada
07 Questions

The things owners usually ask.

How long does it take?
Six weeks. Two weeks to set the baseline, three weeks to run the change inside the real workflow, and a decision gate in week six.
How much of my team's time will it take?
Less than most owners expect. We need one person who owns the workflow and can meet weekly, plus short check-ins with the people who do the work. We agree on the exact time before we start, so nobody is surprised.
What tools does it work with?
The ones you already have. If your team uses Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude, we start there. We only suggest something new when the baseline shows a gap your current tools cannot close.
What happens at the decision gate?
We sit down with the results next to the baseline. You choose to scale the change to more people or workflows, adjust it and run again, or stop. All three are fair outcomes, and the decision is yours.
08 Next step

Start with a coffee.

Tell me about the workflow that frustrates you most. We can meet in Ottawa or talk on a call. No pitch deck, just a conversation about whether a six week proof makes sense for you.