Faur /AI Adoption Consultation

Faur AI Adoption Consultation · £300

AI is already at work in your organisation. Is it working?

A focused, board-level consultation on putting that use on a safe footing, and getting real value from it.

A 45-minute consultation with Michael MacLennan on how AI is being used across your organisation now, and the decision in front of you.
An 8 to 10 page advisory note within five working days: where you stand, the priorities, and whether you need a policy, a project or a lead.
Quick wins you can act on immediately, a clear view of the bigger moves, and an honest answer if you do not need us.

£300 is the full amount. Faur is not VAT registered, so nothing is added at checkout, and the session is booked and paid in one step.

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The consultation is the most direct way to work with us on AI. Bring what is already happening: the tools people use, and the questions your board or trustees are asking. It is senior counsel without a long engagement or a large budget. Many clients use it as a standalone piece of thinking; others use it as the first step into a Faur AI Adoption Assessment or a wider project.

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Why Faur

Who you will be talking to

The 45 minutes are with Michael MacLennan, who also writes the advisory note. Advice on AI works best from someone who understands the technology and has also led organisations through change, which is a rarer combination than it sounds.

Understands the technology

Completed Imperial College London's Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence certificate in October 2025 with top-quartile performance, and is a contributing expert to frontier AI model training. That keeps the advice current on what these tools can and cannot do.

Has led the change

Twenty years leading digital and communications work, including at Red Bull, Brunswick and Barclaycard, and as interim chief executive of a national cancer charity. Policy, rollout and reputational risk are familiar ground.

Builds with these tools

Founded Comms With AI, which won Gold for Best Innovation in AI Tools for Communications at the 2026 AI Comms Awards, where Michael was also named AI Communications Leader of the Year (Agency).

AI Communications Leader of the Year (Agency), AI Comms Awards 2026

Results of the 2026 AI Comms Awards, held on 18 June 2026.

“Michael’s empathy and strong grasp of our charity’s aims and challenges was impressive and validating. The follow-up document was full of really useful, practical, tailored guidance.”
Jane Hartley · Development Coordinator, Gracemount Mansion

“Our conversation clarified my aims, and the advisory note that followed set out what to consider and the order to tackle it. It helped me think clearly and get things done.”
Natasha Robinson · Founder, Hope at the Oaks

“Instead of taking our budget as read and running with it, they proposed a smaller scoping project to test the idea. A hugely refreshing, human and thoughtful approach.”
Sophie Drake · Director of Communications and Influencing, Alcohol Change UK

A sample, written for a fictional organisation

What the advisory note looks like

A sample note, written in full for a fictional hospice to show the depth. Open a section to read how it begins, flick through the pages, or download all ten. Every real note is written from your own session and material.

Sample · fictional organisation

Faur AI Adoption Consultation · advisory note · 10 pages

Putting AI use on a safe footing

Prepared for Fulmar Hospice, about 160 staff and 600 volunteers

1Where you standPages 2 to 4The AI already in use, where the risk sits, and where the team stands.Read the openingClose

AI is already in use, and most of it began the way it does everywhere: one person tried a tool, it saved them an hour, and a colleague asked how. In the session you described six patterns, from lottery prize descriptions to in-memory appeal letters.

We have added the data each tool touches, because the data decides how much risk a use carries.

The full section runs to three pages: the six uses with the data each one touches, the two that carry real risk, how keen and how practised each part of the team is, and what the Fundraising Regulator, Healthcare Improvement Scotland and families can reasonably expect you to know.

2What needs a rule now, and what can waitPage 5Three rules to agree this month, and the questions that are safe to park.In the full note

3Policy, project or lead: which you needPages 6 to 7A direct answer on whether you need a policy, a project or a Head of AI.Read the openingClose

You need a policy now and a small project next. You do not need a Head of AI.

A one-page policy, agreed with the teams who use the tools, turns the three rules into something you can train volunteers on and show an inspector.

The full section runs to two pages: what the policy says, a version for volunteers, AI champions in each team, the spring project, how to hand the clinical question to clinical governance, and who owns AI use.

4Quick wins for the next 30 daysPage 8Things to do this month, without outside help.Read the openingClose

Stop the handover app. Thank the nurse, explain why, and ask her to delete the recordings and the app.
Move in-memory drafting to work accounts. Copy any templates the team values into a shared folder.

The full section lists six actions, each with an owner and a date, with a draft message to all staff and one measure to watch.

5The bigger moves, and what they would costPage 9What comes after the quick wins, in order, with rough costs.In the full note

6If you do not need usPage 10What to do next on your own, and when to come back.In the full note

Flick through the note

Scroll sideways, and select a page to open it full size.

Download the sample note (PDF, 10 pages)

Page 1 is a one-page summary for the board.

Questions, answered

What happens after I book?

You receive confirmation straight away, with a short pre-session question so the 45 minutes start at full depth. Within five working days of the session you receive your 8 to 10 page advisory note: your situation set out plainly, the priorities, and exactly what to do next.

What if people are already using AI tools?

That is a common starting point. As in the charity engagement described on our AI Adoption page, the first job is a stocktake: who uses which tool, for what, and what needs a rule now rather than later.

Can the consultation scope a bigger piece of work?

Yes, and many clients use it exactly that way. The advisory note doubles as a scoping document for a Faur AI Adoption Assessment, a policy build or a wider programme, with no obligation to take things further.

Is it right for charities and small teams?

Yes. Recent consultations include national charities and small development trusts as well as commercial organisations. The format is designed to deliver senior counsel without a long engagement or a large budget.

Is VAT included in the £300?

There is no VAT to add. Faur is not currently VAT registered, so £300 is the full amount payable and nothing is added at checkout.

Last updated: November 2026