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Research, practical frameworks and leadership insight filed under Small business.
Your business is ready for AI when seven things are in place: purpose, permission, ownership, capability, protection, foundations and evidence. Here is a diagnostic question for each, what strong and weak look like in a small business, and why your readiness is your lowest score, not your average.
Most small businesses have given their teams AI and stopped there. Six mistakes keep access from turning into value; here is the 2025-2026 research behind them and a four-question diagnostic to find where your business is stuck.
Yes, and it should fit on one page. Your staff are probably already using AI on personal accounts. Here is what a small-business AI policy must answer, what UK GDPR, US guidance and the EU AI Act's AI literacy duty mean for you, and what to do this week.
Most AI training changes what a team knows, not what it does. Here is what works for small business teams instead: four things every training plan needs, the evidence behind them, and a 30-day plan a 20-person business can run without a data team.
Most small businesses have tried AI, and few have changed how the work gets done. Dan Fitzpatrick's answer: start with one job, not one tool. How to pick that job, the three rules to write first, and a 30-day plan for a small team.
