A business reason to invest.
Choose work that matters, with a baseline to judge whether the effort pays off.
Make AI a business decision
you can stand behind.
You need progress you can point to, and your team already has a full plate. Blueprint helps you decide where AI is worth the effort and co-builds useful workflows with your people, with a clear owner and a way to measure what changes.
Bring one problem that keeps slowing the business down. We’ll discuss whether Blueprint fits and what your team would need to contribute.
ONE RECURRING BOTTLENECK
The weekly report.
TODAY
Hours spent chasing the numbers.
SalesOperationsFinance
WHAT COULD CHANGE
Connected inputs.
A clear next decision.
Reviewed by your controller.
Owned by your team.
Owned by your team.
WHAT TO MEASURETime spent preparing the report
Experience building a business. Applied to yours.
HVL was founded by Shegun Otulana, who built and exited Therapy Brands for $1.25B.
Blueprint brings HVL’s hands-on approach to the work inside your company.
Who this is for
For business leaders whose teams already have a full plate.
You are responsible for moving the business forward. Blueprint is for CEOs and operating leaders who want a clear place to start and useful work to show for the effort.
- Reporting and handoffs still depend on someone chasing information across systems
- AI experiments are happening, but you need to know what is worth the investment
- You need to explain what changed and why the investment was worth making
- Your people need a way forward that fits the work they already carry
What this could look likeSpend less time assembling reports.
Spend less time assembling reports.
See what needs a decision.
Picture today’s scenario: someone pulls numbers from sales, operations, and finance to prepare the weekly report. A connected workflow could bring those inputs together, flag exceptions for the controller, and give a finance analyst ownership of the next improvement.
Weekly
operating
report
- 01CONTEXT
Connect the signal.
CRM, ERP, and finance data arrive in one operating view.
- 02DECISION
Review exceptions.
The controller focuses on the outliers, not the raw reports.
- 03OUTPUT
Put the report to work.
Use one shared view to turn operating data into the next decision.
- 04OWNERSHIP
Improve the system.
A finance analyst owns the workflow and improves the next cycle.
Illustrative workflow, not a client result. The inputs, scope, and measure of success are defined for each engagement.
Progress you can point toKnow what changed.
Know what changed.
Know who owns it.
A workflow your team can use.
Co-build around the real process and put the selected workflow to work in the business.
People who can keep improving it.
Identify an internal owner and build their capability alongside the workflow.
How it worksStart with useful work.
Start with useful work.
Build from there.
The first conversation
A conversation about what’s possible.
Tell us about the reporting cycle, handoff, or recurring task that takes more effort than it should. We’ll discuss where AI might help, whether Blueprint fits, and what your team would need to contribute.
What HVL brings
A way to assess the opportunity, select useful workflows, and co-build with your people.
What your team brings
Knowledge of the work, access to relevant data, and people who can help build and own it. We’ll discuss capacity and scope together.
For a closer lookThe method behind the work.Explore the assessment, priorities and internal ownership.
Before you ask
FAQ
How long does a Blueprint engagement take?
The initial program runs across 90 days: assessment in weeks 1–2, workflow prioritization around week 3, and co-building and deployment through week 12. We agree on scope and your team’s capacity before starting; ongoing work is discussed separately.
What access will you need to our data?
That depends on the workflow. We discuss the relevant systems, data access and internal approvals with your team when defining scope, before building.
How much time will this take from our team?
The commitment depends on the workflows and systems involved. Your team contributes business context, access to relevant data, and people to co-build and own the work. HVL leads the assessment and supports workflow selection, building, and coaching. The first conversation is a chance to discuss your team’s capacity and what getting started would require.
What does Fractional Chief AI Officer mean?
Blueprint helps leadership set AI priorities across the business and connect them to workflow delivery. We map the opportunities, help select the work, and co-build with your people. The engagement defines the scope and responsibilities, while your team retains ownership.
Is this another AI strategy project?
Blueprint starts with an assessment because the work needs a clear starting point. The point is deployment: selecting workflows worth building, co-building them with your people, and creating the internal capability to continue.
We already have an AI strategy.
How many workflows are in use across the business? Who owns them? What changed because of them? If those answers are clear, you may already be ahead. If they are not, Blueprint gives your team a practical way forward.
Who owns the work after HVL leaves?
Your people do. The Builder Roster identifies internal owners early, and the Blueprint platform makes the work, the connections, and the next priorities visible across the company.
Optional one-minute checkWant to take stock first?Answer four questions about how AI is used in your business.
Get startedStart with the bottleneck