RSW Consulting
Executive AI advisory

Helping business leaders turn the promise of AI into practical strategy, stronger performance, and measurable results.

RSW Consulting brings more than 40 years of executive leadership to the questions AI raises: where it fits, what it's worth, and how to lead an organization through the change.

Small businessesMid-market companiesEnterprise teams
Services

AI decisions, made with an executive's eye

AI is a business decision before it is a technology decision. I help leadership teams decide where to invest, what results to expect, and how to bring their people along.

Executive AI advisory

A trusted advisor for leadership

Ongoing counsel for owners, CEOs and boards weighing what AI means for their business.

  • Board and leadership team briefings
  • Investment and vendor decisions, judged on business value
  • Risk, governance and responsible-use policy
AI readiness assessment

Know where you stand

A clear-eyed review of your strategy, processes, data and people, and where AI could realistically help.

  • Opportunity scan across business functions
  • Gaps in data, skills and decision-making
  • Plain-language findings for leadership
Strategic roadmap

Decide what to do first

A prioritized plan tied to the P&L, so AI spending is judged on the results it delivers.

  • Use-case prioritization and business cases
  • Success measures and decision points
  • Phased plan matched to your budget and capacity
Organizational transformation

Lead the change

Technology is the easy part. I help leaders prepare their organization to adopt new ways of working.

  • Leadership alignment and ownership
  • Change management and communication
  • Roles, structure and accountability
Who we work with

Support scaled to the size of your business

Small businesses

Owner-led teams

Practical, low-overhead AI that saves hours each week, with no large IT budget or in-house data team required.

Medium businesses

Growing teams and departments

Shared tools, clear standards and repeatable processes, so AI use grows without becoming a patchwork of tools.

Large businesses

Enterprise and multi-site

Portfolio-level prioritization, governance and cross-functional rollout that connects pilots to measurable outcomes.

Approach

How an engagement runs

Each stage ends with a leadership decision, so you only invest in the next step once the previous one has earned it.

  1. Step 1

    Assess

    Understand your goals, operations and readiness. Identify where AI could matter to performance.

  2. Step 2

    Prioritize

    Build the business case for each opportunity and agree on what to pursue first.

  3. Step 3

    Plan

    Set the roadmap, success measures, ownership and governance.

  4. Step 4

    Lead

    Guide leadership through execution and change, reviewing results against the plan.

About me

40+ Years of Business Leadership. A New Focus on AI-Driven Business Transformation.

Scott Wilks is a seasoned business executive with more than 40 years of leadership experience across the healthcare, pharmaceutical, and business services sectors. Throughout his career, he has led complex organizations, managed businesses with revenues exceeding $500 million, and driven strategic growth, operational improvements, acquisitions, and organizational transformation.

Having held senior executive positions with significant financial and operational accountability, Scott understands the challenges facing business leaders. From managing profitability and building high-performing teams to navigating competitive markets and leading organizational change, his career has focused on turning business strategy into measurable results.

Today, as Founder and Principal Consultant of RSW Consulting, Scott is bringing his executive experience to a new area of focus: helping medium and large organizations navigate the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence.

Scott sees AI as one of the most significant business transformations of our time. Yet he believes the greatest challenge for organizations is not understanding what AI is capable of doing. It is determining where AI makes business sense, how to integrate it effectively, and how to achieve meaningful returns on investment.

His approach is business-first, technology-second.

Rather than focusing on technology for its own sake, Scott works from the perspective of the CEO and executive leadership team, connecting AI opportunities to strategic priorities, operational efficiency, customer experience, profitability, and long-term competitive advantage.

Through RSW Consulting, his focus is on helping organizations assess their AI readiness, identify high-value opportunities, establish practical adoption strategies, and navigate the organizational changes required for successful implementation.

Scott brings a perspective shaped by decades of real-world executive leadership, combined with a commitment to understanding how emerging AI technologies are reshaping the way businesses operate.

He believes the organizations best positioned to benefit from AI will not necessarily be those adopting it fastest, but those making the smartest decisions about where, why, and how to apply it.

His mission through RSW Consulting is straightforward: help business leaders move beyond the AI hype and turn emerging technology into sound business strategy, measurable performance improvements, and sustainable competitive advantage.

Blog

Insights

Practical notes on planning, launching and managing AI in real businesses.

Contact

Start with a conversation

Tell me what you're trying to improve. I'll reply with whether AI is a good fit and what a first step would look like.

Email: scott@rswconsulting.ca

Phone: 416-700-8214

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