A practical AI plan for businesses with 1 to 20 people, without the enterprise consultancy layer.
AI strategy for teams of 1 to 20 people.
in short
AI strategy means honestly looking at where AI actually helps your business and where it's just hype. No expensive pilots that go nowhere, but a concrete plan with achievable steps, from someone who also builds the technology hands-on.
What's included
AI strategy for small business is figuring out where AI actually fits your operation, and where it doesn't. I map your workflows, find the highest-value places AI saves time or wins revenue, and give you a clear, costed plan you can act on (or have me build).
AI opportunity assessment
Workflow & time-loss mapping
Tool selection & roadmap
Use-case prioritisation
Data & privacy guardrails
Team enablement
Build vs buy guidance
Implementation support
how I work
- 1
Intro & goals
On a call I go through your business, your processes and what you really want to achieve.
- 2
Opportunities & risks
I flag where AI adds value and where it doesn't pay off (yet).
- 3
A concrete plan
Achievable steps, prioritised by impact and effort, no castles in the air.
- 4
First result
I start small with something that delivers value fast.
- 5
Build on it
I scale up based on what actually works.
AI plans forSmall budgets
AI advice is mostly written for big companies with big budgets. Small teams get hype and tool lists, not a plan. I strip it back to what moves your numbers at your scale, so you spend on the two or three things that pay off, not the twenty that don't.
No hype, no 50-slide slideshow. I find the one or two workflows where AI actually saves you hours and wire it into the tools you already use.
Common questions
What's the difference between AI strategy and AI automation?
Strategy is the plan: where AI fits, what's worth doing, in what order. Automation is the delivery: building the workflows and tools. I do both, but strategy comes first so you don't automate the wrong things.
Is AI strategy worth it for a business with under 20 people?
Especially for them. Small teams feel time savings immediately and can move fast. The risk is wasting money on tools that don't fit, which a short, honest strategy step prevents.
Do you push specific AI tools?
No. I'm tool-agnostic and have no resale deals. I recommend what fits your work, budget, and data, including "don't use AI here" when that's the right answer.
What do I walk away with?
A prioritised, plain-language plan: the use cases worth doing, the tools to use, rough effort, and what to do first. You can run it yourself or have me build it.
Related services
Often combined with:
The right AI opportunities,For your business.
Book a free call. I'll find your best two or three AI opportunities and tell you straight if there aren't any yet.
