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Research on AI readiness across Asia Pacific. Behavioural-signal methodology, evidence-based findings, and a structured publication cadence for governments, boards, and the partners who advise them.
Featured · Q1 2026
The foundational findings report. Across the Q1 2026 dataset (510 organisations across five APAC markets), the structural problem is clear: information opacity is the first-order readiness problem. APAC organisations are being described and ranked by AI systems before their own signal catches up. The Q2 2026 Pulse now covers 1,000 organisations across 23 markets.
Publication cadence
Two to three pages. One signal, one visual, one policy implication. Distributed to subscribers and council partners.
Ten to fifteen pages. A thematic deep dive across one of three streams: sector readiness, asymmetric visibility, or governance signals.
The AI Readiness Pulse: full organisation-level scoring across APAC markets, with tier placements and methodology notes.
Longitudinal comparison, sector deep dives, and the governance signals digest. First year-on-year publication in early 2027.
Standard notes
A category for writing about AIRS-J/1 as it moves: what the clauses mean, what governance decides, and what the evidence says even when it weakens a claim.
Plain-language walkthroughs of the rubric: the nine dimensions, the anchors, the evidence rules, and the decision rules. Begins with the dimensions.
Review-board constitution and nominations, version releases, and changes to the standard, recorded per version.
Reliability, fairness, and validity results that weaken a published claim, released in the next cycle and the claim amended. None exist yet: no monitoring has run.
Published
April 2026. 39 pages, six findings.
Download PDFInaugural white paper, v2. April 2026. Full methodology, market and sector results, the APAC Data Desert finding.
Download PDFForthcoming
Q2 2026 brief. What raises a low-confidence organisation to medium: the lowest-cost interventions, the signal-density threshold, and what visibility buys.
Annual flagship, early 2027. First longitudinal comparison and sector deep dives.
Urban tourism AI readiness, asymmetric visibility in travel discovery, and AI governance signals for tourism. Co-published with a partner in the Asia Pacific cities tourism network. Working paper status pending sign-off.
Drill into the data
Each Pulse publication is accompanied by per-market patterns. The current Q2 2026 Pulse provides a 23-market overview.
How the research assets fit together
The Q1 Index, the Q2 Pulse, the APAC 5000, and the Scorecard are not competing datasets. They are four stages of one programme.
| Asset | Period | Dataset | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 Index | Q1 2026 | 510 companies | Foundational research and the confidence framework. |
| Q2 Pulse | Q2 2026 | 1,000 published from 5,820 candidates | Current public-signal benchmark. |
| APAC 5000 | Forward architecture | Up to 5,000 organisations | Longitudinal regional benchmark. |
| Scorecard | Live diagnostic | Self-assessment | Organisation-specific readiness profile. |
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