Electronic press kit · 2026
Executive AI Advisor. Futurist. Author of two books on the AI workforce transition. Founder of LaunchReady.ai and creator of The 7 Levels of AI Proficiency. Based in Fishers, Indiana.
01 · Quick facts
Remote-ready, fast to schedule, easy to produce.
02 · Bio, three lengths
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Harrison Painter is an Indianapolis-based executive AI advisor and founder of LaunchReady.ai. He created The 7 Levels of AI Proficiency, the measurable standard for AI-capable companies, and authored two books on the AI workforce transition in April 2026.
Harrison Painter is the founder of LaunchReady.ai, an Indianapolis executive AI advisory firm. He created The 7 Levels of AI Proficiency, the measurable standard for AI-capable companies, and founded AI Law Tracker, an AI governance platform. Harrison authored two books in April 2026: "You Have Already Been Replaced by AI: What Happens Next Is Up to You" and "The White-Collar Factory is Closing." He hosts the AI Ready Podcast and writes the weekly LaunchReady Indiana newsletter. Harrison is a follower of Christ.
Harrison Painter is the founder of LaunchReady.ai, an Indianapolis executive AI advisory firm that helps mid-market companies build AI-ready teams. He is the creator of The 7 Levels of AI Proficiency, the measurable standard for AI-capable companies, and the author of "You Have Already Been Replaced by AI: What Happens Next Is Up to You" and "The White-Collar Factory is Closing," both published in April 2026. Harrison founded AI Law Tracker (ailawtracker.org), an AI governance platform, and Get Found, an agentic marketing platform. He hosts the AI Ready Podcast, writes the weekly LaunchReady Indiana newsletter, and facilitated the AI Certification Course at Ivy Tech Community College. LaunchReady.ai serves CEOs and executive leadership teams at companies between 100 and 5,000 employees across manufacturing, legal, healthcare, business services, and education. Harrison is a follower of Christ and lives in Fishers, Indiana with his wife and three dogs.
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The first published framework that assigns every employee a measurable position on AI capability, from Level 1 (AI Aware) through Level 7 (AI Orchestrator). It is to AI capability what CliftonStrengths is to talent and what The 7 Habits is to personal effectiveness.
Grant Thornton's 2026 leadership survey shows a 32-point spread between CIOs and COOs on AI readiness, sitting at the same executive table. Harrison published the underlying analysis. The story: your own C-suite disagrees on what ready means.
Book one opens on the argument economists are now reporting: AI-driven displacement is happening without a workforce plan attached. Harrison built the framework that gives leaders an alternative to the layoff-or-pretend binary.
Most AI governance writing targets companies with 5,000+ employees and a Chief AI Officer. Harrison built AI Law Tracker and published practical governance guidance scaled to the company-level AI committee. Practical, not academic.
Book two argues the rules-based knowledge-work era is ending, and the people who feel behind on AI are the audience nobody writes for. Harrison is the guide for the 70 percent who feel behind while most AI books chase the 5 percent already ahead.
04 · Books
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06 · Speaking + booking
| Engagements | Keynotes, corporate workshops, and the 7 Levels Engagement. Scoped per engagement; inquire by email. |
| Standing topics | The 7 Levels of AI Proficiency · AI workforce readiness · AI governance · the AI super-user divide · building AI-ready teams |
| Travel | Based in Indianapolis, available CONUS |
| Guest cadence | Available for podcast guest appearances with one to two weeks notice |