Fractional leadership
Your Fractional AI Advisor.
Your part-time AI leader. Strategy, governance, and a roadmap, without the cost of a full-time hire. For mid-size companies that know AI matters but are not ready to staff a Chief AI Officer.
From $5,000 a month
What you actually get
An AI plan that survives the next model release, without a full-time hire.
How you'll know it worked: a roadmap reviewed each quarter, governance kept current, and at least one real AI-assisted fix shipped and tested with a real user.
Who this is for
You run a mid-size company. AI matters, the board is asking about it, and your team needs direction. But you are not ready to hire a full-time Chief AI Officer at $300k-plus a year, and you should not have to.
You want one person who owns the AI question. Strategy, governance, what to adopt and what to skip, a roadmap, and a steady hand when something new comes up. That is what this is.
Best fit: companies under about $300 million in revenue where AI is strategic but a full-time hire is premature. New to me or a past client, both welcome.
What's included
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Direct 1:1 time with priority scheduling. Time with Chrysti when you need it. You get first dibs on slots.
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Email and Slack access between calls. Quick questions get quick answers, not a sales meeting.
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Tool and vendor evaluations. When you're weighing a new AI tool or a vendor pitch, I look at it and tell you what to ask.
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Policy and guardrail reviews. A 2026 industry survey found 34% of employees do not know which AI tools their employer has actually approved. That is not a discipline problem, it is a communication gap. I write the policy, then make sure your team actually knows it exists.
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New-hire briefings. Onboard someone into your AI workflows without re-running the whole workshop.
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Roadmap check-ins. Where you are vs. where you said you'd be after the workshop. Course-correct if needed.
What's recorded and what isn't
Transparency upfront. The contract spells this out in full. Short version:
Recorded
Things I keep notes on
- Agendas for each session
- Decisions you and I land on together
- Recommendations I give you
- Action items, with owners and dates
- Tool and vendor evaluations I produce
- The roadmap we agreed to and how it's tracking
Not recorded
Things that stay in the room
- Your confidential business information (financials, internal politics, personnel matters)
- Specific client names you share in context
- Proprietary processes you describe in confidence
- Personal or sensitive matters that come up
- Audio or video of our calls (no recordings)
- Anything you flag as off-record during a session
If something comes up that needs special handling (NDA, regulated industry, executive coaching territory), say so at the start of the call and we'll scope it.
Pricing
Three-month minimum, billed monthly. Scope sets the price.
Advisory
$5,000/mo
A couple of days a month. Strategy, evaluations, and priority access.
Embedded
From $10,000/mo
Deeper cadence, governance buildout, and board-level updates.
Both tiers include everything listed above. The three-month minimum is what makes the work compound. We scope the right tier on a short call.
How to start
Three steps.
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Confirm you're a fit. You run a mid-size company that needs AI direction and wants one person to own it.
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Book a 15-minute call. We talk through what you want from the next 12 months, confirm the scope, and pick monthly or quarterly billing.
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Sign and go. Contract signed, first call scheduled, you're in.