Free tools & guides
Free AI, Data & Career Resources
Free tools, workbooks and guides built for real decisions. Test whether an AI idea pays for itself, plan the delivery, or work through your next career move.
Which free AI resource should I use?
Start with the decision in front of you. Testing whether an AI idea makes financial sense? Use the AI ROI Calculator. Not sure a team or workflow is ready for AI? Take the AI Readiness Assessment. Choosing between several AI proposals? Use the AI Prioritization Scorecard. Already running or planning an AI project? Use the AI Execution Workbook. Working through a workplace or career question? Start with the Career FAQs.
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AI ROI Calculator
Build a business case for an AI idea before you ask for budget. Enter the one-time cost, the running cost and the value you expect, and get the payback month, 3-year ROI and a conservative case.
Best for: business leaders, AI program owners and finance partners preparing an AI investment case.
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AI Readiness Assessment
Find out whether one workflow or team is ready for its next AI investment. Answer 15 questions across five capabilities and get a readiness profile, the gap most likely to block you and what to fund next.
Best for: leaders deciding where to invest before an AI pilot, and teams preparing for a funding review.
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AI Prioritization Scorecard
Choose which AI project to fund first. Enter each proposal’s volume, review time, adoption and cost, and the workbook calculates net value, stress-tests the ranking and suggests a funding lane.
Best for: leaders comparing several AI proposals for the same budget, and finance partners reviewing them.
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AI Execution Workbook
Plan an AI project from the first risk review through pilot, production and business impact. It covers execution risk, a 90-day pilot plan, production readiness and impact measurement, with worksheets, stop rules and go or no-go checks.
Best for: AI program owners and teams moving a project from pilot to production. Companion to AI to ROI for Business Leaders.
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Career FAQs for Success
Direct answers to 15 common career and workplace questions: visibility, networking, career changes, self-advocacy, first-time leadership, boundaries, burnout, conflict and long-term growth. Each answer ends with actions you can use at work.
Best for: professionals working through growth, leadership changes or difficult team situations. Companion to The Lost Map to Your Career.
Where are the free resources mentioned in AI to ROI for Business Leaders?
They are all in the AI Execution Workbook. The Execution Risk Assessment, Pilot Planning Template, Risk Assessment Framework, Production Readiness Checklist, Incident Response Playbook and CFO-Proof Business Impact Framework from the book are brought together in one 43-page PDF.
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Who are these resources for?
People making business, data, AI or career decisions. The AI tools focus on investment, pilots, production and measurable results. The career material covers workplace situations that formal training usually skips.
AI and business leaders
Test whether an AI project has a sound business case and what needs to be true before you scale it.
Data and analytics leaders
Connect technical work with adoption, operations, governance and measurable business results.
Career-focused professionals
Work through visibility, influence, career changes, leadership and difficult workplace situations.
Who created these free resources?
I am Shyam Uthaman, a data and AI leader and the author of books on AI execution, data leadership and career growth. I built these resources to turn ideas from my books and articles into tools, worksheets and guides you can use.
The AI Execution Workbook expands on AI to ROI for Business Leaders. The Career FAQs build on themes from The Lost Map to Your Career.
Where should I start?
Evaluating an AI idea? Start with the AI ROI Calculator. Checking whether a team is ready? Take the AI Readiness Assessment. Choosing between several AI proposals? Use the AI Prioritization Scorecard. Running or planning a project? Use the AI Execution Workbook. Making a career decision? Start with the Career FAQs. New resources appear here as I add them.