AI adoption works best when the first project is specific, useful, and measurable.
Digid helps Canadian SMEs turn AI, funding, training, and digital transformation ideas into one clear next step. The work starts with a real business workflow, then moves through evidence, funding fit, governance, training, implementation, and measurement.
1. Assess the workflow
Before choosing a platform or writing a proposal, Digid helps clarify the workflow worth improving. We look at the work people do today, the data involved, the systems already in place, the risks, and the measurable result the business needs.
- AI opportunity and readiness reviews
- Workflow, data, and tool mapping
- Funding-fit and implementation-path triage
- Practical project path for the first useful workflow
Use AI Pathfinder when you need help choosing the right first workflow.
Assess. Build. Scale. explains the adoption path when a business wants to move from idea to controlled implementation.
2. Fund the right project
Funding conversations are easier when the project is specific. Digid helps frame AI, cloud, training, quality, productivity, and digital modernization projects so you can decide whether DMAP, TDP, SR&ED, BDC LIFT, cloud credits, training support, or another path may be relevant.
- DMAP and TDP planning support where eligible
- SR&ED project evidence and technical narrative support
- BDC LIFT readiness framing, with Digid acting independently
- Project scoping for cloud, AI, training, and implementation budgets
Review funding support for the main funding paths. If you want a lighter first step, use the AI funding readiness checklist before the full assessment.
3. Govern AI before scaling it
AI adoption needs rules that people can actually use. Digid helps define approved sources, permissions, review points, escalation paths, evaluation checks, and training so AI can support the business without creating uncontrolled risk.
- AI governance and policy readiness
- Knowledge source and permission design
- Human review and approval workflows
- Training plans and bridge courses for teams
See the governance briefing for teams that need policy, funding, and adoption planning together.
4. Build the first useful system
When the workflow is clear, Digid can help build or coordinate the implementation. This may include RAG and knowledge workflows, automations, dashboards, QMS workflows, cloud setup, integrations, or a managed AI operating path where it fits the workflow.
- AI knowledge and RAG workflows
- QMS and manufacturing quality workflows
- CRM, calendar, chat, document, and reporting automation
- Cloud provider setup across Cloudflare, Microsoft Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud
Review AI knowledge workflows when the challenge is approved company knowledge. AI Automation Workflow Planning is the better starting point when the challenge is handoff, intake, reporting, or repetitive operations.
5. Train the team before rollout
Tools only work when the team understands how to use them safely. Digid can support partner-provided courses, PECB training paths where applicable, and bridge courses that connect standards, governance, AI usage, and day-to-day operations.
- PECB course access where applicable through partner channels
- ISO, quality, privacy, security, and governance learning paths
- Bridge courses for practical AI usage in business workflows
- Workshops for leaders, operations teams, and implementation owners
Where to start
If the project is still unclear, start with AI Pathfinder. If you want a lighter first step, use the AI funding readiness checklist. If you already know the workflow or funding path, book a review and Digid will help decide the next practical step.
Funding, financing, grants, tax credits, and certification outcomes depend on third-party eligibility rules and approvals. Digid is not a government funding body, lender, BDC representative, OCI, or PECB certification authority.