Service
AI for Business
Practical guidance on where AI tools genuinely help everyday business work—and where they do not.
Key services
What this covers
Choosing a realistic starting point
Data handling and access considerations
Setting expectations with staff and leadership
How Gary helps
Practical AI guidance focused on real business work
AI creates value when it solves a real business problem and remains understandable, controlled, and maintainable. I help organizations identify practical use cases, select appropriate tools, build workable processes, and put the documentation and safeguards around them.
Business-process discovery
Review repetitive work, reporting, documentation, research, communication, data handling, and areas where staff spend significant time on manual processes.
Use-case selection
Identify realistic opportunities where AI can save time, improve consistency, support decision-making, or reduce repetitive work.
Tool and platform selection
Evaluate which AI platforms, models, integrations, and supporting tools fit the use case, data, budget, and required level of control.
Governance and safeguards
Establish approval gates, access controls, cost monitoring, data-handling rules, human review, change management, and clear ownership.
Implementation and testing
Move selected use cases from idea to working process through prompts, workflows, integrations, testing, and controlled rollout.
Documentation and SOPs
Document prompts, workflows, responsibilities, controls, review steps, escalation procedures, cost safeguards, maintenance tasks, and SOPs so the solution can be operated consistently.
Change and cost management
Monitor usage, model/API costs, scope changes, and performance so AI projects do not quietly become expensive or uncontrolled.
Ongoing review and improvement
Review what is working, what needs adjustment, where tools have changed, and where new opportunities may make sense.
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Practical Resources
Practical Resources
Simple tools and guides to go with this work. Sample cards for now—the real documents can be added anytime.
AI Readiness Checklist
PDFA short checklist to see how ready your business is to start using AI tools day to day.
View documentSampleAI Use-Case Worksheet
WorksheetA worksheet for identifying which everyday tasks AI could realistically help with first.
Download documentSampleAI Policy Starter Guide
GuideA starting point for setting simple, sensible rules around AI use at work.
View documentSampleWhere AI Fits — and Where It Doesn't
PDFA plain-language overview of the work AI handles well, and the work it shouldn't be asked to do.
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AI Readiness Check
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