AI Disruption Score
What is an AI Disruption Score?
A calibrated measure of how much AI is likely to reshape your organization's business model. Not readiness. Not maturity. Disruption pressure, scored 0-100 across eight weighted dimensions.
What the AI Disruption Score measures
The AI Disruption Score is a single number (0-100) that quantifies how much external AI pressure your organization faces. A higher score means more disruption to your current business model, workforce structure and competitive position.
It is deliberately not a readiness score. An organization can be highly prepared for AI and still score 85 because the external forces reshaping its industry are substantial. Conversely, an organization with no AI capability may score 35 because AI simply does not threaten its core operations.
The score is calculated from publicly available information (your website, news, financial data, job postings, peer activity and business registry records) for any organization, in any market.
Scoring Model
Eight weighted dimensions
The AI Disruption Score is built from eight dimensions. Four measure exposure (how vulnerable you are), one measures opportunity (what AI-era advantages you hold) and three measure defensibility (what structural protections exist). Weights reflect relative importance and sum to 10.0, so a perfect score across all dimensions equals 100.
Workforce ReplaceabilityEXPOSUREWeight: 1.5
What share of the workforce’s tasks could AI agents credibly perform within 3-5 years?
AI-Native Displacement RiskEXPOSUREWeight: 1.5
How easily could an AI-first startup replicate the core value proposition from scratch?
Digital vs Physical MixEXPOSUREWeight: 1.0
How digital is the value chain end to end? Purely digital businesses face maximum exposure.
Market VelocityEXPOSUREWeight: 1.5
How fast do competitive dynamics play out? Fast-moving markets give less time to adapt.
Proprietary Data StakesOPPORTUNITY / STAKESWeight: 1.5
How decisive is proprietary data plus AI in this sector, whether the organization holds the data or faces the gap?
Switching Cost and Lock-inDEFENSIBILITYWeight: 1.0
How easy is it for customers to leave? Low switching costs mean faster competitive displacement.
Regulatory MoatDEFENSIBILITYWeight: 1.0
How much does regulation buffer the organization from fast disruption?
Brand and Trust StakesDEFENSIBILITYWeight: 1.0
How much does brand and trust drive the purchasing decision?
Each dimension is rated against a written rubric, adapted for government, university and not-for-profit context, then combined with fixed weights that are the same for every organization. See the full methodology
Interpreting Your Score
Six disruption bands
Your AI Disruption Score falls into one of six bands. Each band carries a different strategic implication and shapes the tone and urgency of the analysis.
Very High
90-100
Business model actively under threat from AI.
High
75-89
Substantial disruption requiring leadership attention now.
Significant
65-74
Pressing strategic response needed.
Moderate
55-64
Clear areas requiring attention.
Low-Moderate
40-54
Some exposure worth addressing.
Low
Below 40
AI is background noise for this business model.
Scoring Rigor
Calibrated rubrics, not AI-generated numbers
The most common failure in AI-generated assessments is that scores sound plausible but are not grounded in anything reproducible. An AI model asked to rate a company's AI exposure on a scale of 1-10 will produce a number. It will not produce the same number twice, and it cannot explain why it chose 7 instead of 6.
Our scoring model uses calibrated rubrics with hard boundaries for each dimension. A workforce replaceability rating of 7 or more requires that more than half of the organization's roles are knowledge work AI can credibly perform. A market velocity rating of 7 or more requires product or service cycles under a year and AI-native competitors that have entered the market in the last 24 months. These boundaries are not suggestions; they are constraints that prevent score inflation and ensure that different organizations receive meaningfully different scores.
Every finding carries a confidence tag (Evidenced, Inferred or Hypothesis) so you know what is verified from public sources and what needs your own validation. Read about our evidence standards
What happens after your score
A scan produces the full AI Disruption Snapshot: your AI Disruption Score, an eight-dimension breakdown, threats ranked by urgency, opportunities sized by impact, named peers and a downloadable document.
Organizations that want to move from diagnosis to action move to the AI Strategic Blueprint: a 20-30 minute workshop with four AI Advisors, a Strategy Canvas, Transformation Roadmap and Executive Presentation reviewed by the delivering partner, a signed cover letter and a 90-minute walkthrough. See how it works
Common Questions
AI Disruption Score FAQ
How much is the AI Disruption Score?
A scan produces your AI Disruption Score, eight-dimension breakdown, ranked threats and opportunities and named peers. The AI Disruption Snapshot, which includes the score and the downloadable DOCX, is delivered through an advisory partner. It is built from your website and, when you provide them, your documents.
What does a high score mean?
A high score means AI is set to reshape more of your business model. It does not mean your organization is failing at AI adoption. A law firm scoring 82 (High) is facing substantial reshaping because a large proportion of its work is knowledge work that AI can credibly automate.
How is the score different from an AI readiness assessment?
Readiness measures how prepared you are. The AI Disruption Score measures how much pressure AI is placing on you, regardless of your preparation. An organization can be highly ready and still face a high disruption score because the external forces are significant. See the full AI readiness assessment for how the two combine.
Can the AI just make up a number?
No. The scoring model uses calibrated rubrics with hard boundaries. A workforce replaceability rating of 7 or more requires that more than half of the organization’s roles are knowledge work AI can credibly perform. These boundaries prevent score inflation and ensure different organizations receive meaningfully different scores.
More questions? See our full FAQ, look a term up in the glossary or get in touch.
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