About

Unlocking Growth turns AI into a company-wide growth system.

We are a consulting firm that designs, builds and runs the AI Enablement function our clients are missing — so AI pilots compound into enterprise capability and the board sees the numbers.

What we do

Most organisations don't have an AI problem. They have an operating-model problem. Pilots happen in pockets. Shadow AI is everywhere. The board asks for ROI. Leadership has stories, not numbers.

We close that gap. We design, build and run the function that turns AI activity into enterprise capability — portfolio, platform, governance, enablement and operational excellence on one cadence. The deliverable is a running function with a named owner and board-ready reporting, not a strategy deck.

Two paired offerings

We work with executive teams on two paired offerings that compound when run together:

  • AI Enablement (inside-out) — the operating function that turns AI activity into enterprise capability. Portfolio, platform, governance, enablement, operational excellence. Owners: CEO, COO, Chief of Staff, CIO.
  • AI-Native Growth Operations (outside-in) — a Customer Brain layered over the existing GTM stack. Adaptive journeys, next-best-action, contextual lifecycle, measured against the metrics that move the P&L. Owners: CRO, CMO, VP Growth, Head of Lifecycle.

Who we work with

We work with executive teams (CEO, COO, CIO, CRO, CMO) at mid-market and enterprise organisations — typically B2B SaaS, financial services, technology and growth-stage companies whose leadership is being asked to defend AI spend at the board.

How we work

Every engagement is powered by software we build and run, so the operating function doesn't walk out the door when the engagement ends:

  • Unlocking AI — the AI Enablement control plane. Portfolio, platform, governance and evals on one surface, one scoreboard, one cadence.
  • Unlocking Signals — AI-generated growth intelligence on autopilot. Confidence-scored insights pushed to the people who can act, not buried in another dashboard.

We are permissive-first on governance, interoperable by design (portable across AI platforms, no vendor lock-in), and we work with human oversight built in from day one. Nothing reaches end users without the right review and accountability.

The 5-stage AI Enablement maturity model

Our 15-question AI Enablement Maturity Self-Diagnostic places organisations on a five-stage model: Ad Hoc → Coordinated → Operationalised → Embedded → AI-Native. Each stage has a recommended next move that takes the organisation to the next plateau.

Founders

Unlocking Growth was founded by Peter Ikladious (Partner) and Audrey Melnik (Partner). Both have spent careers standing up operating models, growth functions and measurement disciplines for technology and high-growth businesses.

Talk to us

Book a 30-minute executive briefing and we'll assess where you sit on the maturity model, identify two or three workflows worth crawl-phase deployment, and sketch what an establishment sprint looks like for your organisation.

General inquiries: info@unlockinggrowth.co.