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The ROAI Calculator

ROAI (Return on AI): a forward, projected return to justify starting. Your real ROI is measured after the work, in the Applied AI Advantage.

Benefits£6.5k/mo(already × capability 51%)−Costs£3.6k/mo =Net£2.9k/mo

×12 mo÷ total invested =7%ROAI

Linked to Org Capability: AI Agent time savings and errors avoided are scaled by your Capability Score of 51/100, so today you capture 51% of theoretical value (self-assessed; the AAA measures it for real).

What will it cost?

One-time investment + recurring run cost.

Build / implementation

One-time setup & dev workChange management

Training, comms, rolloutLLM / API usage / mo

Infra / hosting / mo

Maintenance / mo

Iteration, prompt tuning, opsLicensing / mo

Vendor seats, platformsTime horizon

Over 12 months you'll invest £73k total.

What value will it create?

Internal productivity, errors avoided & workforce economics.

Contributes

£6.5k / mo

This task£2.5k / mo

Users affected

ppl

Task daily frequency

×/day

How many times each user does this task per dayMinutes saved / task

min

Avg gross annual salary

Of the role(s) doing this task

Fully-loaded hourly cost = £37 = £50,000 × 1.35 ÷ 1824 h/yr

Errors & rework avoided

£1.0k / mo

Errors avoided / month

Avg cost per error

Workforce economics

£3.0k / mo

External spend displaced / mo

Agencies, contractors, vendors you no longer needRole cost delta / mo

Net change from rebalancing roles (+ saved, − added)Agent-ops role added / mo

New cost of someone running the AI agents

Net workforce = £3.0k + £0 − £0 = £3.0k / mo

Projected return over 12 months

7%ROAI

Payback

10.3 mo

Net value

£5.0k

Annualized

£35k

Monthly net

£2.9k

Next step

Book your AI Advantage Canvas

These are projections. To measure your real return, start with your AI Advantage Canvas, then we measure actual ROI in the Applied AI Advantage.

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Cumulative benefit vs. cost Benefit Cost

Where the value comes from

Drafting client emails£2.5k / mo

Errors avoided£1.0k / mo

Workforce economics£3.0k / mo

Total / mo£6.5k

Three doors. Pick the one that fits where you are.

Ready to put this to work? Pick where you start.

Lab Live

A free masterclass every first Thursday at 12:30pm UK. Sixty minutes. Sara demos one thing she has built that month, walks through how it works, and answers questions. No slides. No selling.

The Soloist

8 sessions, built entirely around your role and your tools. By session three you will be saving a day a week. By session eight you have built one working system and know how to build the next.

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The Studio

6 months, your whole team. We turn what your business knows into AI powered IP your competitors cannot replicate.

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30 minutes. No pitch. We will tell you honestly which door is right, or if the answer is none of them yet.