Should My Business Use AI? A Beginner's Decision Guide

What you’ll explore

• Describe what AI can realistically do for a business of their type and size, and name the limitations that matter, separating a real capability from a sales claim
• Place their own business against the types that benefit early and the types where AI investment often disappoints, using evidence from their own operations
• Apply the three-question decision framework (Problem, Readiness, Stakes) to decide whether now is the right time, and weigh the risk of moving too early against the risk of moving too late
• Articulate what an AI adoption journey would actually cost and require in dollars, hours, data and team cooperation before committing to it
• Make a clear, confident decision, and lay out either a realistic first 90 days (if yes) or a useful holding plan with review triggers (if not yet), ending with a written decision statement

Who it’s for

Owners and managers of small businesses considering AI for the first time Practice managers, office managers and operations leads asked to look into AI for their business Sole traders and partners who have tried a chatbot informally and want a sound basis for a real decision