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Practical AI Foundations for Small Teams

Half day For: owners, managers, and teams

A plain-English session on where AI helps in a small business, where people still need to be careful, and how to start using it without adding more noise.

Outcomes

  • A shared view of what "AI at work" should mean for your business right now.
  • Clarity on where it helps, and where the risks are real
  • Practical habits for using it responsibly without a policy manual

Agenda

  1. 01. Opening, stakes and expectations

    30 min
    • What success looks like for the session (outcomes, not slides)
    • Quick pulse: who’s already using AI tools and for what
    • Ground rules: judgement, data, and confidentiality
  2. 02. Landscape, what changed, what didn’t

    45 min
    • From copilots to agents: capabilities without the jargon trap
    • Why one person getting faster doesn’t always move the business
    • Where fixing the process matters more than adding another tool
  3. 03. Value, where AI earns its place

    45 min
    • High-value workflows vs. one-off tasks: how to tell the difference
    • Quality, risk, and ownership: what you can’t hand off blindly (including client-facing work)
    • Short group exercise: map one real workflow and where it grinds
  4. 04. Leadership, steering the shift

    40 min
    • Who decides what when AI is in the loop (even in a flat team)
    • Room to try things without dropping your standards
    • What “good enough to use” means when someone’s name is still on the work
  5. 05. Close, next steps

    20 min
    • Capture themes and questions from the room
    • Optional follow-on: deeper workflow or “who does what” sessions
    • How to book a small pilot or hands-on help

Format & preparation

  • Interactive throughout, short inputs, discussion, and one hands-on mapping exercise.
  • Can be delivered in person or remotely; materials are shared digitally after the session.

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