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The Lagos Operator's AI Readiness Checklist

A 10-point diagnostic to determine if your business is ready for AI automation. Answer honestly. Each "no" is a specific, fixable gap.

Published August 2026 · 5 min read

How to use this: Go through all 10 questions. Items marked CRITICAL are blockers. If you answer "no" to any critical item, that is your starting point. Items not marked critical are optimisations you address after the blockers.
1

Do you respond to new leads within 5 minutes?

CRITICAL

If not, you are in the 93% majority losing deals to faster competitors. AI can handle instant first-response and pre-qualification.

2

Is your lead data captured in a CRM or scattered across WhatsApp and email?

CRITICAL

AI needs structured data. If leads live in chat threads, the first automation to build is lead capture and routing.

3

Do you know your close rate and average deal value?

CRITICAL

Without these numbers, you cannot measure what AI is worth. Our calculator estimates them; the audit confirms them.

4

Can you name the three manual processes that consume the most staff hours each week?

If you cannot list them, you have not measured them. Start tracking time spent on admin before automating it.

5

Does your team use a shared calendar or scheduling tool?

AI booking and scheduling systems integrate with existing calendars. If you use one, integration is faster. If you do not, we set one up as part of the automation build.

6

Are your customer communication channels documented?

Which WhatsApp numbers, email addresses, and phone lines do customers use to reach you? Mapping these is step one of the audit.

7

Do you have a documented sales process or onboarding sequence?

AI automates what you can describe. Even a rough outline of your sales stages gives us the skeleton for an automated pipeline.

8

Is your internet connection stable enough for cloud-based tools?

Most AI automation runs in the cloud. You need reliable internet for setup and monitoring, but the automation itself does not depend on your local connection being perfect.

9

Does your business generate at least 10 leads or enquiries per month?

CRITICAL

Below 10 leads per month, automation may not yet be the highest-ROI investment. Above 10, the leak becomes measurable and worth fixing.

10

Are you prepared to spend 2 hours mapping your operations if it saves you 18+ hours a week?

The audit requires two hours of your time. The automation build requires some input during scoping. The return is measured in recovered staff hours per week.

Scoring your readiness

8-10 yes answers: Your operation is ready. An AI ROI Audit will map the highest-return opportunities within days.

5-7 yes answers: You have gaps. The audit will identify them and sequence the fixes. Start with the critical items you answered "no" to.

Below 5 yes answers: Your operation needs foundational structure before full automation. The audit will give you the priority order. Do not skip the audit because your score is low. Low scores have the most to gain.

Your score is a starting point, not a verdict.

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5 Processes to Automate First →AI vs Hiring Staff Comparison →Free AI ROI Calculator →Book an AI ROI Audit →

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