01 — Diagnostic
AI Maturity Assessment
A candid audit of data, talent, tooling, and executive posture — mapped to where value actually compounds in your P&L.
Enterprise AI Advisory
Between the pilot deck
and the production floor,
most AI programs stall.
Bratlich & Associates helps enterprise leaders govern AI responsibly and prove its business value. We deliver AI maturity assessments, governance frameworks, operating models, and board-ready investment cases for healthcare, industrial, energy, and manufacturing companies.
Position
Strategy is easy. We build what makes it real — the governance, the operating model, the products, and the case the board will actually fund.
The practice
Four engagements that move AI from pilot to production.
Delivered as standalone mandates or sequenced as a full transformation, in partnership with your executive team.
02 — Structure
Governance Frameworks
Defensible risk, model, and vendor governance that clears legal and audit without collapsing velocity.
03 — Execution
Operating Models
Center-of-Excellence design, delivery pods, and stage-gates that turn ambition into a working production line.
04 — Capital
AI Value Realization & Investment Cases
ROI measurement, portfolio prioritization, and board-ready investment cases — financial models and staged commitments written for the scrutiny of the executive committee.
Track record
Built inside the Fortune 100 & 500.
Every framework we deliver has been pressure-tested inside the same environments our clients operate in — regulated, capital-intensive, and unforgiving of theatre.
- 01$45MAI / Digital Center of Excellence built inside a $160B+ privately held global food and agriculture leader
- 0230 daysEnterprise AI operating model stood up end-to-end
- 03$460MRevenue protected by AI products in production
Sectors
Where the stakes are physical and financial.
We concentrate on industries where model failure has consequence — patients, workers, assets, and quarters of revenue.
- 01Healthcare
- 02Industrial
- 03Energy
- 04Manufacturing
Insights
Two briefings for the full AI leadership agenda.
Weekly — GovernanceAll issues →
The Governance Signal
Latest — No. 16 · November 3, 2026
Incident Readiness Is a Management Test
Congress wants 48-hour AI incident notification. California is testing whether SB 53 covers agents. ISO 42001 certificates are landing, but scope matters more than the stamp. The November 3 briefing turns it into five actions with owners and dates: run a 24-hour incident tabletop, prove you can revoke one agent’s tool access, and verify one supplier’s certification scope. Four-minute read.
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The Ventured AI Brief
Latest — No. 4 · November 5, 2026
CFO-Credible Value Math for GenAI
Most GenAI business cases blend three different claims into one “AI value” number. That number doesn’t survive finance review. In this issue of The Ventured AI Brief, Managing Partner Nancy Yaklich separates cash impact, redeployed capacity, and growth contribution. She shows how to give each claim its own evidence, owner, and full operating cost.
[Read the issue →]Engage the firm
If your AI program is running out of runway between pilot and production, let's talk.
We take a limited number of engagements each quarter to keep principal attention on every client. Briefings are confidential.