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Ragan’s Center for AI Strategy Launches AI Team Readiness Assessment
Free AI Readiness Assessment Helps Comms & Marketing Teams Measure Progress
- Ragan’s Center for AI Strategy Team Readiness Assessment is now launched.
- Ragan’s 2026 State of AI & Communications Market Study showed about 75% of communications teams reported using AI regularly but only 20% state AI is embedded into team workflows and organizational strategy.
- Built by Ragan and Phyusion, the AI team assessment was designed to identify adoption gaps, and provide a roadmap for responsible team implementation.
- Comms and marketing teams can identify gaps in AI capabilities by taking the free assessment.
CHICAGO, June 16, 2026 — Ragan’s Center for AI Strategy has launched the AI Team Readiness Assessment, a free and confidential assessment designed for communications, public relations, internal communications and marketing professionals.
The diagnostic, created by Ragan and Phyusion, surfaces how advanced teams are in their AI adoption, identifying gaps in AI capabilities. The tool also provides a roadmap for responsible and effective AI implementation.
“An organization’s AI success is dependent on nearly every employee’s understanding of the tools and their organization’s goals and guardrails,” said Diane Schwartz, CEO of Ragan Communications. “With this tool and the Center for AI Strategy’s team trainings, we’re giving leaders a practical roadmap for responsible, effective implementation.”
The assessment tool has been built around eight dimensions of adoption so leaders and teams can better understand their adoption gaps.
“That honest baseline is what makes it possible to build a practical AI strategy from what you learn, one that scales across the whole team,” said Samantha Stark, Founder + Chief Strategist of Phyusion and AI Advisor for Ragan’s Center for AI Strategy.
“AI is already part of daily work for most communications teams, but its use is far from consistent,” noted Stark. “Some teams have clear governance and strategy. Others are still relying on one-off pilots and individual experimentation.”
What Is the AI Team Readiness Assessment?
The AI Team Readiness Assessment is a diagnostic tool developed by Ragan’s Center for AI Strategy and Phyusion to help communications professionals understand where their organizations stand in their AI adoption journey.
The assessment evaluates multiple dimensions of AI readiness, helping organizations determine:
- Current AI maturity and adoption levels
- Strengths and weaknesses across key AI capabilities
- Organizational barriers slowing AI implementation
- Opportunities for improvement and growth
- Recommended next steps for building an AI strategy
- Areas where leadership alignment is needed
Who Should Take the AI Readiness Assessment?
The assessment is designed for:
- Communications professionals who are part of a comms team
- Marketing professionals on a marketing team
- Human resources teams
- Communications and marketing team leaders
Benefits of Measuring AI Readiness
Organizations that complete the assessment can:
- Benchmark their AI capabilities against industry standards
- Identify gaps in governance, skills and implementation
- Prioritize AI investments and training
- Build a strategic AI roadmap
- Align leadership teams around AI goals and policies
- Accelerate responsible AI adoption
The assessment is free, confidential and takes only a few minutes to complete.
Access the AI Readiness Assessment.
Next Steps: Join Ragan’s Center for AI Strategy
Communications professionals who want to act on their assessment results can join Ragan’s Center for AI Strategy, a membership community dedicated to helping communications and marketing leaders successfully implement AI.
Membership includes:
- Full enrollment in Ragan’s AI Certificate Course
- Access to three in-person AI summits annually
- Six member-exclusive AI expert calls
- Monthly tutorials and workshops for faster AI adoption
- AI Answer Desk support
- Proprietary AI research and annual benchmarking surveys
- On-demand AI training resources
- Peer networking and best-practice sharing
Center members represent organizations such as Chick-fil-A, Cisco, Family Dollar, IBM, CVS Health, and Siemens Energy. The Center’s advisory board includes organizations such as New York Life, Edelman, GE Healthcare, Golin, Lockheed Martin, and Burson. Members of Ragan’s Communications Leadership Council receive complimentary access to the Center for AI Strategy. Learn more
About Ragan Communications
Ragan Communications has delivered trusted news, training, research and professional development for communications, public relations, HR and marketing professionals for more than 60 years. Its publications, including Ragan.com and PRDaily.com, reach more than 600,000 professionals each month. Ragan also operates the Communications Leadership Council, hosts industry conferences and events, and produces Communications Week, held Nov 9-13, 2026.
About Phyusion
Phyusion is a strategic consulting agency that helps communications and marketing teams move from AI experimentation to sustained adoption. The firm works across three areas: strategic transformation of workflows, operating processes, and agentic systems; content optimization, including answer-engine optimization and AI content studio development; and AI training and workshops.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is AI readiness?
AI readiness refers to an organization’s ability to successfully adopt, implement and scale artificial intelligence technologies through the right combination of strategy, leadership, governance, skills, processes and technology.
Why is AI readiness important for communications teams?
Ragan’s 2026 State of AI & Communications Market Study showed about 75% of communications teams reported using AI regularly but only 20% state AI is embedded into team workflows and organizational strategy.
Communications teams increasingly use AI for content creation, employee communications, media relations, audience insights and workflow efficiency. Measuring AI readiness helps organizations identify risks, gaps and opportunities before expanding AI initiatives.
Is the AI Readiness Assessment free?
Yes. The AI Readiness Assessment from Ragan’s Center for AI Strategy is free and confidential.
How long does the assessment take?
The assessment can be completed in just a few minutes and provides a personalized roadmap based on responses.
