# Run the method under licence. Internally or with clients. Source: https://thewiremethod.com/licensing Site: The WIRE Method Tagline: AI that works inside the business. Founder: Richard Batt Contact: hello@thewiremethod.com This Markdown companion is generated from the prerendered page for AI crawlers. Licensing # Run the method under licence. Internally or with clients. Organisations that want to embed the WIRE Method permanently, or deliver it to their own clients under their own brand, do that under a written licence. Two licence shapes are available. Practitioner certification on at least one staff member is a precondition; bulk and licensed-organisation certification rates apply. Before you license ## Certification first, then licensing. Every organisation that licenses the WIRE Method has at least one Practitioner-certified staff member at the point of signature. The reason is simple: the licence covers running the method, and the method needs at least one person who has been signed off against the standard. Master certification is required additionally for the Delivery licence. Once a licence is in place, additional cohort places for the licensed organisation run at the licensed rate (below the £10,000 list price), and bulk certification discounts apply from five seats upward. - Internal use licence: at least one Practitioner-certified staff member required. - Delivery licence: at least one Master and one Practitioner required. - Additional certification under a live licence: discounted to the licensed rate. - Bulk certification: 5 to 9 seats at a 10 percent discount, 10 or more at 15 percent, with payment plans across the licence year. ## Two licence shapes ### Internal use licence £12,500 (per year, plus VAT. Founding-partner discounts available. Practitioner certification required.) For organisations rolling out AI inside their own business. The licence covers internal use of the WIRE Method, the worksheets, the playbook, and the named patterns by your in-house teams. - Up to ten certified internal practitioners (additional seats at the licensed rate) - Quarterly office hours with Richard - Access to the practitioner private library - Co-branded internal training materials - Bulk certification discounts apply from five seats ### Delivery licence £22,500 (per year, plus VAT. Founding-partner discounts available. At least one Master and one Practitioner required on staff.) For consultancies, agencies, and implementation partners who want to deliver the WIRE Method to their own clients, under their own brand, with attribution. The licence is co-designed. - Right to deliver the method to client engagements - Use of the WIRE Method seal with attribution - Co-marketing, joint case studies, referral pipeline - Master practitioner required to be on staff at point of signature - Discounted Practitioner certification for delivery teams (licensed rate plus bulk tiers) ## How licensing works 1. **Practitioner certification**. At least one staff member completes the Practitioner cohort. For the Delivery licence, one Master cohort completion is also required. The cohort fees roll into the licence onboarding cost so they are paid once, not twice. 2. **Discovery call**. A 45-minute conversation with Richard. We confirm fit, scope of use, and the licence shape that matches. 3. **Scoping document**. A written scoping document with your team. Use cases, certified-practitioner count, the bulk certification volume you expect to need, and the brand and attribution terms. 4. **Licence agreement**. A short, plain-English licence agreement. Annual term, renewable. No sign-up to indefinite tail commitments. Includes the licensed certification rate for additional team members joining during the licence year. 5. **Onboarding**. Additional team members enter Practitioner cohorts at the licensed rate. Bulk certification discounts kick in from five seats upward. ## Who licences the method - AI consultancies and digital agencies adding a recognised implementation framework to their offer - Mid-market and enterprise organisations rolling AI into operations across multiple business units - Trade associations and professional bodies adopting the method as their member-facing standard - Private equity portfolios that want a single AI implementation framework across their holdings ## A note on protection The WIRE Method, the named patterns inside it, and the worksheets that come with it are the registered intellectual property of Richard Batt. Use of the framework name, the seal, or the named patterns in client materials, courses, or publications without a written licence is not permitted. The licensing route is the way to use the method commercially.