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AI only does what you direct it to do. If it’s giving you rubbish, it hasn’t been trained yet or set up for success.

Kate De Jong and Sam Morris break down the two things that make AI actually useful in a small business: context and connectors. Sam shows how she runs three businesses with one AI executive assistant that reads her email, calendar and Trello board, then tells her every morning what to focus on.

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Chapters (add your intro length to each):
00:00 Welcome back
02:07 AI only does what you direct it to do
03:51 Why you have to onboard AI like an employee
05:58 The builder who thought Copilot was crap
06:59 The two keys: context and connectors
08:30 Native connectors vs GitHub files
17:00 Step 1: one inbox, one calendar
19:56 Using Trello as the to-do list
22:24 The daily brief: how it plans the day
26:01 Payroll from days to minutes
32:24 Cash flow questions answered in seconds
34:25 Using AI to coach you, not replace your thinking
36:52 Building a staff intranet with Google Sites
40:58 “I don’t believe in AI”
43:45 Supervising AI from the couch
49:59 Where to start

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Kate De Jong, PhD | Inspired Business

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Sam Morris | The O8

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