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🧠 1hr AI Educational Crash Course (Execs & Staff)
Purpose: Demystify AI for business leaders and safe AI for operational teams.
What Happens:
I provide a tailored, jargon-free overview of AI — focusing on real-world applications in your sector. We discuss what you can actually use AI for and how easy it is to get started. Join my Skool Community for weekly showcases from developers on what they are building for their clients.
For your staff, I provide training designed make them way more productive using AI tools safely. This is also a way to identifying opportunities for AI automation from those closest to the work becoming your AI audit, without paying for an AI Audit. I also train staff on using AI safely, meeting data policy and regulation concerns. Your staff need to know what they can and cannot do with AI tools such as ChatGPT!
Benefit: You gain clarity on how to make use of AI in your business. Your staff become more productive, and contribute to your AI strategy.
Process Review & Opportunity Discovery
Purpose: Identify where AI can make the biggest impact in your existing operations. I also use AI to find quick win improvements.
What Happens:
Together we'll review your current business processes and pain points. Following the staff training, your staff will have identified lots of opportunities as a starting point. I can also use my AI system to find quick win process improvements to get immediate efficiency savings. I'll recommend:
- Suitable off-the-shelf AI tools that work with your current processes, for quick wins. Why build something if it already exists!
- Or identify custom AI opportunities that could significantly improve efficiency or create new value.
Benefit: You avoid wasting money on custom builds when effective products already exist. Developers and agencies will typically steer you toward expensive custom development, which takes time and carries risk. When a suitable product is already available, this is usually the quickest and most cost-effective solution. However, sometimes custom-built AI automation is the best complete solution. I'll provide all the options.
Requirements Gathering for Custom Solutions
Purpose: If a custom build is needed, then I'll scope the requirements for clarity and to gather accurate quotes from a range of different build approaches and developers.
What Happens:
I write plain-English business requirements and, where needed, technical briefs for developers. This ensures everyone understands the scope and expected value.
Benefit: With detailed requirements in hand, I can engage the market to get accurate build quotes and approaches from a range of trusted developers in my network.
Multiple Quotes & Build Comparison from Trusted Developers
Purpose: Help you choose the best-fit team and build approach for the job.
What Happens:
I source multiple quotes from my network of vetted developers, outlining:
- Build plans for comparison
- Timeframes
- Costs
- Technologies
- Ongoing support options
Benefit: You stay in control, comparing options based on cost and quality — without being locked into one agency's approach. I'll provide guidance on your options and make clear recommendations.
Implementation Oversight & Decision Support
Purpose: Ensure smooth execution and strategic alignment.
What Happens:
I help you choose the right path, avoid common pitfalls, and maintain alignment with your business goals.
Benefit: You have a trusted advisor on your side, I will check in on progress and cut through any "bs"
Horizon Scanning & Ongoing Advisory
Purpose: Keep your business ahead of AI trends.
What Happens:
I stay in touch with regular check-ins and tailored updates on new AI opportunities relevant to your business, workflows, or market.
Benefit: You won't fall behind as the AI landscape evolves — I'll help you stay proactive, not reactive.
🚫 Why Not Just Go Straight to an Agency?
| Agency Model | Michael's Independent Advisor Model | |
|---|---|---|
| Approach | Each Dev team has a bias to sell their in-house solution | Tech-neutral – I recommend what works best for you |
| Discovery | Look for opportunities to apply their specific solutions | Opportunity discovery focused fully on your needs |
| Pricing | A quote for their solution with no comparison | Multiple quotes and approaches with negotiation |
| Relationship | You deal directly with sales reps, no second opinion | You have a strategic consultant in your corner |
| Proposals | One proposal, one build approach | Multiple proposals with help choosing the best one |
| Ongoing Support | Support for your solution only | Continuous horizon scanning, new opportunity recommendations |
Ready to Transform Your Business with AI?
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Contact Me to Discuss🧠 Final Thought
Most AI projects fail not because of bad technology — but because of poor fit, unclear goals, and vendor-driven decisions. My approach avoids these pitfalls by putting your business needs first, translating them into practical steps, and only then involving the right technical partners.