Surly & Serene · Intake
Surly & Serene
the honest intake

Tap the truth. Skip the essay.

Mostly sliders and taps, under five minutes.
The mess is the material, so answer where you actually are, not where you wish you were.

Team size
Solo 2-10 11-50 50+

Where it hurts.

Drag each one. 0 = not a problem  ·  10 = on fire.

How much of how you run lives only in people's heads?
0
All written downAll in their heads
How undocumented are your core processes?
0
Fully documentedNothing written
How much of your week goes to repeat, manual work?
0
Almost noneMost of it
How much of your reporting is done by hand?
0
AutomatedAll copy-paste
The tools you pay for, how much goes unused?
0
Fully adoptedMostly shelfware
How untapped is AI in the business today?
0
Using it dailyHaven't touched it

Which of these sound like you?

Tap all that fit.

Onboarding takes forever I'm the bottleneck Bought tools we don't use Reporting eats my week Tried AI, got burned Knowledge walks out the door Endless copy-paste between systems No single source of truth

A few quick reads.

One tap each.

Where you are with AI
Haven't started Dabbling Using it regularly Building with it
Budget you're working with
Under $2.5k $2.5-5k $5-10k $10k+
Timeline
ASAP 1-3 months This quarter Just exploring
Who signs off
Just me Me + 1 A few of us

In your words, keep it short.

Three quick ones. A sentence each is plenty.