Leadership
Strategy and decisions
How clearly do leaders understand current use, opportunity, tradeoffs, priorities, investment, and organizational responsibility?
RUDI Research · In Development
The Greater Cincinnati AI Readiness Index.
A regional research initiative designed to understand how prepared Greater Cincinnati organizations are to adopt and implement AI—and what leaders, institutions, and the ecosystem should do next.
The research question
How ready are Greater Cincinnati organizations for AI?
Not whether people have tried a chatbot. Whether organizations have the leadership alignment, workforce capability, workflows, technology, data, culture, governance, and operating capacity to turn AI into responsible value.
Workforce
Capability and adoption
What are employees using, what can they do, where do needs differ by role, and what conditions support sustained practice?
Work
Workflows and value
Where is AI changing tasks and processes, which applications are creating value, and where does human judgment remain essential?
Infrastructure
Technology and data
What tools, access models, information sources, integration patterns, and technical constraints shape use?
Trust
Governance and responsible use
How are organizations handling policies, privacy, verification, oversight, vendors, risk, accountability, and incidents?
Region
Ecosystem conditions
What shared resources, partnerships, talent, research, programs, and institutional coordination would accelerate readiness?
Proposed evidence model
Combine breadth, depth, and practical observation.
The first edition is intended to combine several forms of evidence rather than rely on a single self-reported survey.
Regional organizations
A structured instrument capturing current activity, readiness conditions, capability, governance, adoption, and leadership priorities.
Executive perspectives
Qualitative interviews examining decisions, barriers, use cases, organizational dynamics, and emerging needs.
Deeper organizational evidence
A smaller set of readiness assessments and engagement evidence to test and enrich the regional patterns.
Intended outputs
Regional intelligence people can act on.
Annual report
A clear account of regional readiness, patterns, gaps, strengths, and priority actions.
Executive brief
A concise view of what organizational leaders should understand and prioritize.
Sector views
Where sample size and evidence support it, analysis of meaningful differences across sectors or organization types.
Regional convening
A working conversation that turns findings into commitments, partnerships, programs, and continued learning.
Ways to participate
Help build the first edition.
Employer
Join the research sample.
Contribute organizational survey data, nominate an executive interview, or explore a deeper readiness assessment.
Network
Become a distribution partner.
Associations, chambers, industry groups, universities, and public institutions can help reach organizations responsibly.
Supporter
Support regional access.
Funders and sponsors can help underwrite participation, analysis, convening, or access for mission-driven organizations.
Contribute to Greater Cincinnati’s AI readiness picture.
Tell RUDI whether you are interested in participating, partnering, sponsoring, contributing expertise, or receiving research updates.