Fractional CAIO · Founder-led B2B, 20 to 200 employees
Your org chart wasn’t built for the AI you just bought.
I’m Taufiq uz Zaman, Fractional Chief AI Officer for founder-led B2B companies. I put the systems, process and data in order, redesign the teams and roles to match, then hand it over.
- Diagnose the real org in the first sprint
- Every workflow sorted: Replace, Augment, Refuse
- Named owners for every AI-era function
- Your team runs it after I leave
The problem
The layer AI removes first is the one you still have.
Most companies are an hourglass. Founders at the top. People who ship at the bottom. A narrow middle that moves information between them.
That middle existed because humans could not move information across the gap. AI can.
Bolt a copilot onto the middle and you get the old company, faster. You pay to stand still.
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How the work runs · the ORBIT method
Systems, process and data first. Tools last.
- 1
Put the systems, process and data in order
Map the real org, not the chart.
- 2
Redesign the teams and roles to match
Sort every workflow: Replace, Augment or Refuse.
- 3
Install the tools last, then hand over
Your team runs it. I leave.
Essays
Start with the frameworks.
The ORBIT Framework
Five functions every AI-augmented team needs covered, and the one nobody owns.
The Hourglass Collapse
Why the middle layer goes first, and what the company looks like after.
Why AI Rollouts Fail
It’s your org chart, not your tools. Every common cause traced back to structure.
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