Practical AI for small businesses.

Less copying, chasing and starting from scratch. I help you learn useful AI tools or set up one repetitive task, with a person checking the work.

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Start with the work you already do.

For small local businesses, professional offices such as law firms, accountants, clinics and realtors, nonprofits and other agencies. You do not need an AI strategy. You need a task that is worth making easier.

Local or remote Ontario-based, with in-person work in Grey-Bruce and remote work across Ontario and Canada.

People stay responsible AI drafts, a person approves. Your accounts and data stay yours.

Where AI can help.

Workshops + training

Learn where AI can help in an ordinary workday, using tasks you already do.

  • Hands-on small-group workshops
  • Private sessions for one business's staff
  • Free hosted talks for business groups and libraries

Busywork automation

Give one repetitive task a simpler path, with a person checking the important bits.

  • Email reply drafts and quote follow-ups
  • Intake forms into a spreadsheet or CRM
  • Meeting notes and summaries

Website chat + booking assistants

Help visitors find an answer or a booking link, only where enquiry volume makes the setup worthwhile.

  • Answers based on information you approve
  • A clear route to a person when the assistant cannot help
  • No made-up availability or promises on your behalf

Custom assistants for owners

An assistant built around how you work, rather than another tool you have to work around.

  • Drafts and research for you to review
  • Useful connections to your existing tools
  • Your accounts and data stay yours

Learn it, set it up, or get help keeping it working.

All paid prices are in CAD, plus HST. Tool subscriptions are separate and agreed before setup.

Free hosted talk

Free for business groups and libraries

A practical introduction for your members or community. A talk, rather than the full hands-on workshop.

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Hands-on small-group workshop

$149/person

AI that saves you 5 hours a week. Bring a laptop and practise with everyday business tasks.

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Private team session

$990

The same 90-minute workshop for one business's staff, using examples relevant to your team.

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AI Setup Sprint

$750

One repetitive task automated in one focused day. We agree on the task and what counts as working before the day starts.

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One task, from call to handover.

We start small enough to understand the task and check whether the setup is useful.

  1. Have a call

    Tell me where the week gets repetitive. You do not need a technical brief.

  2. Pick one task

    Choose a task worth doing, agree on the scope and decide where a person needs to check the result.

  3. Set it up

    Connect the right tools in your accounts and test with examples we are allowed to use.

  4. Practise together

    Learn how to use it, check its work and pause it when something looks wrong.

  5. Hand it over

    You keep your accounts and data, with instructions you can follow. Ongoing care is optional.

What this will not do.

AI will not run your business unsupervised, replace professional judgement or make every task worth automating. I will tell you when a simpler non-AI fix makes more sense.

No unchecked promises Messages and important changes need human approval. We agree on review points before setup.

No guaranteed results No promised time savings, sales increases or ChatGPT placement.

What I have actually built.

I build and run my own AI operations assistant for Creative Mess. It reads email, drafts replies for me to approve, tracks invoices and does research.

I have also built custom WooCommerce plugins, a lead research and CRM tool, and automated inventory sync for a record shop. I use this stuff every day in my own business before I set it up in yours.

Before you hand a task to AI.

What happens to my data?

Your accounts and data stay yours. Before setup, we agree what information the workflow needs, which tools can see it and who has access. We review the tools' data settings. Do not put confidential client, patient or staff information into a public AI tool without an approved approach.

Are tool subscriptions included?

No. Paid AI or automation tools are separate from my fee and billed to your own accounts. I explain any required subscriptions before you agree to the work.

Do I need to be techy?

No. You need to know the task you do now and be willing to practise. I explain the setup in plain language and leave you with instructions.

What if it gets something wrong?

AI can get things wrong. AI drafts, a person approves. We put review points before messages go out or important records change, and I show you how to check, correct and pause the workflow. It is not a substitute for professional judgement.

Which task keeps coming back?

Tell me what you do now and what you wish took less time. We'll work out whether AI is useful, and what a sensible first step costs.

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