A practical AI readiness workbook for Māori, Pacific, and values-led organisations that want to think clearly before choosing tools.
This workbook helps you slow down, look at your mahi, and decide where AI may help, what needs protecting, how ready your people are, and what safe next step makes sense.
Built on the WHĀKĀ-6 Framework™, this resource supports relationship-first, culturally grounded, governance-aware AI decision-making.
It is designed to help you start with your work, your people, your responsibilities, and your context, not the tool.
Work through your organisation’s mahi before choosing AI tools
Identify where AI may safely support your work
Clarify what information, relationships, and responsibilities need protecting
Understand where AI may create risk or require stronger review
Check whether your people, leadership, and organisation are ready to move
Create a practical AI Readiness Plan you can revisit, share, or use as a starting point for future decisions
This digital product includes one practical workbook:
Start with the Mahi, Not the AI Tool - AI Readiness Workbook
Inside the workbook, you will work through:
Section 1: Your Mahi, Your Mission
Section 2: Understand AI Well Enough to Decide
Section 3: Where AI Might Belong, and Where It Should Not
Section 4: Protecting What Matters
Section 5: People, Trust, and Readiness
Section 6: Your Safe Next Step
Section 7: AI Readiness Plan
Appendix A: Glossary
Appendix B: Where to go next
By the end, you will have a clearer view of your organisation’s AI readiness and one safe, right-sized next step.
This workbook is designed for:
Māori, Pacific, and values-led organisations exploring AI carefully
Leaders, founders, trustees, managers, and team members who want a clearer starting point
Community, education, public sector, business, and purpose-led organisations
Teams that want to reduce confusion before investing in tools, training, or implementation
Organisations that need to consider privacy, data, governance, trust, culture, accessibility, and people readiness before moving forward
You do not need technical skills to use this workbook.
This workbook is not a prompt engineering course, ChatGPT tutorial, or technical implementation guide
It is not legal, privacy, clinical, financial, cyber security, Te Tiriti, or Māori data governance advice
It does not replace specialist advice where your organisation handles sensitive information, protected knowledge, client records, staff information, or culturally significant material
It is a practical readiness tool to help you think clearly before making bigger AI decisions
Mahi-first: starts with your organisation’s real work, not the latest tool
Practical: uses guided activities, tables, reflection questions, and clear outputs
Governance-aware: helps you think about privacy, data, risk, human review, and accountability
Culturally grounded: supports careful thinking about Māori, Pacific, community, and relational responsibilities
Accessible: written in plain language for busy leaders and teams
Action-focused: helps you choose one safe next step, including the option to decide “not yet”
✓ Instant access after purchase
✓ PDF workbook download
✓ 44-page practical workbook
✓ Designed for self-paced use
✓ Can be completed individually, with a colleague, or with a leadership team
✓ Suitable for printing or using as a discussion guide
Please use general descriptions only when completing the workbook. Do not enter private, client, staff, cultural, confidential, or sensitive information into AI tools while working through this resource.
This workbook gives you a practical way to slow down, ask better questions, and create a clear AI Readiness Plan.
No. This workbook is written in plain language and is designed for non-technical leaders, teams, trustees, managers, founders, and community organisations.
No. This workbook is not about learning prompts or using one specific AI tool. It helps you decide where AI may belong, what needs protecting, and what safe next step makes sense.
You will have completed a practical AI Readiness Plan. This can help you explain your current position, identify possible AI use cases, name risks and boundaries, and choose a right-sized next step.
Yes. You can complete it by yourself, with a colleague, or with your leadership team. Keep sensitive details out of the workbook unless you are using your organisation’s own safe process.
No. This workbook helps you think about readiness, risk, privacy, data, and governance questions, but it does not replace specialist advice. If your organisation handles sensitive information, seek advice from an appropriate professional.
No. Due to the nature of instant-access digital downloads, this product is non-refundable once purchased. Please read the product description carefully before buying. If you are unsure whether this is the right next step, you are welcome to book a free 15-minute strategy consult before purchasing.
No. It is designed especially for Māori, Pacific, and values-led organisations, but any organisation that wants a practical, relationship-first, governance-aware approach to AI readiness can use it.
That is a valid outcome. The workbook is not designed to push you into AI adoption. It helps you make a better decision, including the decision to pause, strengthen your foundations, or revisit AI later.
Your next step may be to keep learning, have a leadership conversation, improve data and privacy practices, run a small low-risk pilot, seek specialist support, or decide “not yet”. If you want support from JamesPratt.com, possible next steps include a Practical AI Snapshot, AI Systems Consult, or AI Health Check, depending on your readiness and needs.
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