Accelerating AI innovation: Unlocking sustainable growth
AI is key to driving business performance, but many organizations struggle to move beyond proof-of-concept. Our AI advisory services help you turn experiments into scalable, enterprise-wide solutions that fuel sustainable growth—always grounded in ethical, human-centric practices and aligned with evolving regulations.
AI strategy: Bold thinking for realizing AI’s full potential
AI’s possibilities are vast but often underutilized. We challenge organizations to think big in terms of how AI can help speed trusted actions—whether automating processes, using predictive analytics, or transforming customer or citizen engagement. Our approach unlocks AI’s potential with future-focused solutions that go beyond today’s challenges. But bold thinking needs action. We help clients identify use cases that deliver real, measurable results. With our AI Use Case Library and global expertise, you’ll build on proven successes to accelerate your AI journey without starting from scratch.
AI roadmap: Pragmatic action to turn vision into value
Vision sets the path, but pragmatic action makes it real. Many organizations stall in AI implementation due to a lack of strategy. We work with you to develop comprehensive AI roadmaps aligned with your business goals and governance, guiding you from idea to full-scale deployment. Our End-to-end Delivery Playbook ensures a seamless journey from concept to production.
AI adoption: Human-centric AI transformation
AI is about technology, but it’s also about people. Resistance to change and skill gaps are common barriers to AI adoption. Our change management and people-centric transformation service helps foster a culture of AI-driven innovation. We collaborate with you to upskill your workforce and build data literacy, ensuring your teams are ready for the AI future.
Responsible AI: Navigating risks and compliance
As AI evolves, its responsible use becomes critical. Our responsible AI approach ensures your AI solutions are safe, reliable, and ethical. We help you navigate regulatory requirements like the EU AI Act and other global and local standards for AI governance, so your organization stays compliant while building trustworthy AI systems.
Leading with AI strategy, people-centricity, and integrity
By partnering with us, organizations can confidently navigate the complexities of AI adoption, ensuring success through a balanced approach that combines strategic foresight, ethical responsibility, and a focus on people.
We guide clients through every step of their AI journey, aligning with our four AI imperatives for action: Envisioning the possibilities, Exploring ROI-driven use cases, Engineering future-ready foundations, and Expanding to achieve scale.
We help clients:
- Lead AI with an enterprise-wide strategy, aligning AI initiatives with business goals to build adaptive and resilient operating models and ensure scalable, ROI-driven outcomes.
- Foster a human-centric AI culture, addressing skill gaps and resistance to change through structured change management and workforce development.
- Embed responsible use of AI principles in every step of your transformation.
- Navigate AI risks and regulatory compliance, ensuring alignment with global standards such as ISO/IEC 42001 and emerging regulations to build trustworthy AI systems.
Accelerators for rapid AI Success
To fast-track AI adoption, we offer a suite of accelerators:
- AI maturity and strategic alignment: Align AI initiatives with business goals to address over 120 common challenges.
- Responsible AI Framework: Embed ethical AI practices using our AI Risk Matrix to ensure transparency and accountability.
- Proven methods for exploration, innovation, and design: Quickly identify and scale high-ROI AI use cases.
- End-to-end Delivery Playbook: Deploy AI with a step-by-step guide, with built-in quality assurance at every stage.
- Global AI Use Case Library: Leverage proven, industry-specific AI use cases.
- Change management & people-centric transformation: Foster an AI-ready culture by upskilling teams and addressing cultural resistance.
CGI business consultants collaborate with industry leaders to help unlock the full business potential of AI. Here are examples of proven use cases where CGI has supported clients from strategy to business transformation to delivery of trusted outcomes.
- Helping a major Canadian railway build the foundations for responsible AI
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By collaborating with the client’s AI teams, we developed an Ethical AI Framework, AI Implementation Strategy, and a Risk Management Matrix to ensure responsible and scalable AI adoption.
We also established an AI Center of Excellence, identified high-priority use cases, and designed a multi-cloud architecture to support AI enablement.
Outcomes achieved
The client now benefits from a robust AI governance framework, a clear roadmap for AI implementation, and the necessary infrastructure to accelerate AI innovation with confidence.
- Partnering with Helsinki University Hospital and CleverHealth Network to enable an AI-driven solution for detecting cerebral hemorrhages
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In collaboration with hospital teams, we developed an AI solution for real-time CT head scan analysis, applying strict ethical and privacy safeguards, including a “human in the loop” model and expert validation.
We ensured the solution met AI quality, security, and privacy standards, allowing it to be tested in a clinical setting with retrospective analysis and privacy protection.
Outcomes achieved
The AI solution successfully detects over 99% of common cerebral hemorrhages in real-time, providing hospitals with an ethical platform for further testing and analysis, improving the speed and accuracy of emergency treatment decisions.
Read the case study: Using AI to review CT scans and detect brain hemorrhages
- Assisting a Swedish municipality in advancing its AI maturity
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Working alongside the client, we conducted an AI maturity assessment, developed a strategic roadmap, and facilitated leadership workshops to guide their AI journey.
Through a structured online survey targeting leadership, we evaluated AI readiness using a comprehensive framework and analyzed results in a leadership workshop to identify key challenges and opportunities.
Outcomes achieved
The municipality gained valuable insights into varying perspectives on AI, identified adoption challenges, and created a prioritized action plan to drive AI maturity and ensure future AI readiness.
- Working with a U.S. bank create tangible AI use cases for “quick win” investments
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We co-developed with the client 13 AI use cases across 2 business domains, prioritizing them with an effort/benefit matrix to focus on high-impact, low-cost opportunities for AI funding.
Through workshops with over 30 business managers and directors, we assessed the bank's processes, ideated use cases, and proposed both strategic and “quick win” approaches tailored to their needs.
Outcomes achieved
Four “low-hanging fruit” AI use cases were selected for immediate funding, positioning the bank to achieve quick, impactful business outcomes while exploring further AI initiatives with CGI as an implementation partner.
By connecting strategy to execution and bridging competing imperatives, we help clients think boldly and act pragmatically through our business consulting services. Learn how we combine decades of business consulting experience and leading end-to-end technology expertise with best practices, tools, and frameworks to accelerate results.