Where Every Engagement Begins
Discovery Conversation
A complimentary, structured first conversation that names the friction holding your organization back — before you commit to anything.
Complimentary · 45 minutes · Pre-call diagnostic + written brief
What it is
A board conversation, a competitor's move, or an internal breaking point has made AI impossible to ignore. You're not shopping for a vendor — you're deciding whether this is real, what it means for your organization, and who's worth talking to.
This is how every engagement begins. Before we talk, you complete a short interactive diagnostic covering your own AI orientation, your organization's perceived readiness, and the friction specific to your situation. I pair your responses with independent research into your company and industry to prepare a substantive brief. The conversation works against that brief — it starts from a specific picture of your organization, not from introductions.
What you get
What’s included.
A pre-call diagnostic
An interactive instrument — not a generic questionnaire — covering your AI orientation, your organization's perceived readiness, and the friction specific to your situation.
A 45-minute conversation
Grounded in your inputs and independent research into your company and industry.
A written brief
The friction named, an honest answer to the most important question your team needs to resolve, and a candid read on whether going deeper makes sense.
The next-step prospectus
If the answer is yes, the brief arrives alongside the prospectus for the right next step.
What’s true at the end
You leave with a clearer, written picture of your most important AI question — and an honest read on whether I'm the right partner to help you answer it. If I'm not, you keep the brief anyway.
About Tyler
I’m Tyler Scriven.
I've spent my career designing powerful company cultures and operating at the messy intersection of innovation and real problems inside real organizations — large and small, as an operator, a CEO, a board director, and an investor. Now I'm fortunate to do it as an advisor to CEOs and leadership teams trying to make sense of the moment we find ourselves in.
I was employee #75 at Palantir, where I spent six years as Chief of Staff to the President & CTO — focused on how frontier technology actually gets adopted inside real organizations.
As Founder of Hazy Lane Advisors, I partner with CEOs and their leadership teams to bring operator-level clarity to what AI really means for their business. I act as a Forward Deployed Executive — working alongside you to cut through the noise, build internal capability, and execute a strategy that actually scales.
If the fit is right, the recommended next step is the AI Diagnostic.
Begin with a Discovery Conversation.
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