INTERACTIVE TOOL
AI Readiness Check
Fifteen plain-English questions about data, access, tools, policy and oversight. You get a result for each area and your top next steps, which you can print or save as a PDF.
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AI FOR SMALL BUSINESS • WITH CONTROLS
AI that helps the business without putting it at risk
More than 30 years in IT has taught me that new technology works best when someone has thought about access, data, and who is accountable. This is how I approach AI for small businesses, and the tools you can use today.
60-SECOND WALKTHROUGH
See both tools in about a minute
Narrated by Mike Motley, with captions. Watch on YouTube
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Three ways to get practical with AI
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APPROACH + TEMPLATE
How I govern AI
The standards I hold my own AI work to, a simple guide to what data belongs in AI tools, and a free, editable AI Acceptable Use Policy for your business.
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AI for Small Business Quickstart
A beginner-friendly minicourse covering everyday use cases, tool examples, case studies, ethics and an action checklist.
Download the guideWhat “with controls” means
AI tools are useful and easy to adopt, which is exactly why they spread through a business before anyone decides the rules. The goal is not to say no. It is to know what is in use, what data it can reach, who reviews its output, and who is responsible.
Know what is in use
You cannot manage AI tools nobody has listed.
Protect the data first
Decide what must never go into an AI tool before anyone asks.
A person stays accountable
AI drafts. A named human reviews before it reaches customers.
Say what is not verified
Good reports state their limits instead of implying certainty.
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