AI strategy for leaders who actually run companies
Know Where Your Company Stands With AI — And What To Do Next.
Take Control AI helps owners, CEOs, and leadership teams move from scattered AI experimentation to a practical company-wide strategy for adoption, alignment, and execution.
Approximately 3 minutes · Instant score · Practical recommendations
Led by Patrick Somers & Scott Stolze — operators actively implementing AI inside real companies.
AI Readiness Score
- Stage
- Experimenting
- Top Strength
- Leadership Awareness
- Biggest Gap
- Alignment Across Teams
- Top Opportunity
- Workflow Prioritization
- Next Step
- Create a 90-Day AI Adoption Plan
What you'll receive at the end of the scorecard.
Most Companies Don't Have an AI Problem.
They Have an Alignment Problem.
AI tools are everywhere. Direction is not. In most companies, adoption is happening in pockets — without leadership, policy, or a plan connecting them.
Different departments. Different tools.
Marketing, sales, operations, and finance are each adopting their own AI tools — with no shared standards between them.
Leadership isn't aligned.
The team agrees AI matters, but there's no agreed direction, no set priorities, and no clear owner.
Nobody knows what's approved.
Employees are guessing what's allowed — and policy questions only surface after something has gone wrong.
Experiments stall before they pay off.
Promising pilots never become workflows. The value stays trapped in individual effort instead of compounding across the company.
Sound familiar? See how this shows up for leaders →
What Most CEOs Are Dealing With — But Not Saying Out Loud.
If any of these feel familiar, you're not behind — you're normal. You're also exactly who the scorecard was built for.
You're moving. Your organization isn't.
You see the opportunity clearly. Day-to-day execution still runs the way it did five years ago.
Mixed signals from your team.
Some employees are quietly using AI. Others are unsure it's allowed. Everyone is guessing.
Decisions without traction.
AI keeps appearing on the leadership agenda — and keeps leaving without a decision.
The talent risk no one's talking about.
Your best people are building AI habits on their own — or hiding the ones they already have.
Meet the Operators Behind Take Control AI.
This is not a firm of analysts. Patrick and Scott run companies, lead teams, teach leaders, and implement AI — inside real operating businesses, every week.
Running companies.
Leading teams.
Teaching leaders.
Implementing AI.
Patrick Somers
- Co-Founder, Take Control AI
- President & CEO, General Air Conditioning & Plumbing
- Co-Host, The Human Edge
Patrick Somers is a business owner and operator actively implementing AI across multiple companies, including General Air Conditioning & Plumbing and two healthcare businesses he owns. Rather than approaching AI from the sidelines, Patrick is applying it inside real operating companies — bringing Take Control AI a firsthand perspective on what works, what doesn't, and what it takes to move an organization from experimentation to execution.
Scott Stolze
- Co-Founder, Take Control AI
- Co-Host, The Human Edge
- Founder, GrwX Labs
Scott Stolze brings more than 20 years of corporate experience in healthcare and software to helping business leaders navigate the human side of AI adoption. Through Take Control AI and GrwX Labs, he helps organizations align people, processes, and technology — identifying where AI can remove bottlenecks and connecting companies with the expertise needed to put those opportunities into action.
The AI Readiness Scorecard
Start With a Clear Picture.
Before any AI strategy, workshop, or tool — get an honest read on where your organization actually stands today.
Get My AI Readiness Score- 10 leader-focused questions
- Approximately 3 minutes
- Instant score and maturity stage
- Practical, prioritized recommendations
- Built for owners, CEOs, and leadership teams
AI Is Moving Faster Than Most Organizations Can Absorb.
The gap between experimenting and executing is widening.
Companies that turn AI into workflows are compounding advantages. Companies that don't are collecting subscriptions.
Your team is already using AI — with or without a plan.
The question isn't whether AI enters your company. It's whether leadership directs it.
Alignment now beats perfection later.
You don't need a perfect AI strategy. You need a clear direction, agreed priorities, and a way to measure progress.
Where do you start? With a clear picture. Take the scorecard →
From Confusion to Execution, in Five Steps.
The CONTROL™ framework — the same operating rhythm we use inside our own companies.
Assess
Understand where the organization actually stands.
Align
Get leadership clear on direction and priorities.
Identify
Find the AI opportunities that pay for themselves.
Implement
Turn ideas into working workflows — not pilots.
Scale
Build training, governance, and operating discipline.
Simple, Practical Ways to Work With Us.
Every engagement starts the same way: with a clear picture of where you stand.
AI Readiness Scorecard
Free diagnostic. See exactly where your organization stands.
Executive AI Alignment
Leadership alignment around AI strategy and priorities.
AI Workshops
Practical sessions for leadership, managers, and teams.
AI Transition Lab
A structured implementation program that turns plans into workflows.
AI Advisory
Ongoing strategic guidance from operators who do this daily.
From Take Control AI
The Human Edge — Winning with AI.
The show Patrick and Scott co-host: straight conversations on AI adoption, leadership, workforce change, business opportunity, AI risk, and the human side of transformation.
Hosted by Take Control AI co-founders Patrick Somers & Scott Stolze.
Explore AI InsightsBefore You Build an AI Strategy,
Find Out Where You Stand.
Take the AI Readiness Scorecard and get a practical snapshot of your organization's current AI maturity, biggest gaps, and next opportunities.
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