Volta's AI & SME Innovation Framework
Are you working with small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to help them harness AI for innovation and growth? Our comprehensive framework provides a proven, practical approach to de-risking AI adoption and ensuring measurable outcomes.
What You'll Get
- Problem Discovery Framework: A 5-phase methodology for evaluating and de-risking AI adoption with SMEs—complete with checkpoints, red flags, and measurable outcomes.
- Exploiting AI Presentation: Insights and strategies for building innovative enterprises through AI, covering real-world applications and success patterns.
Why This Framework Works
Volta's approach helps non-profits, economic development organizations, and innovation hubs guide SMEs toward successful AI implementations by:
- Preventing misalignment before costs escalate through structured stakeholder engagement across economic buyers, functional users, and technical teams
- Forcing measurable outcomes from day one with baselines, adoption scorecards, and clear success criteria
- Surfacing technical constraints early around security, privacy, integration, and compliance
- Creating shared truth through lightweight alignment artifacts that lock in problems, metrics, resources, and decision rights
Perfect For
- Economic development and tech-focused non-profits supporting SME innovation
- Innovation hubs and accelerators working with small businesses
- Teams that need a rigorous process without requiring deep AI expertise
- Organizations that fund pilots or connect businesses to technology experts